Week 5 brings us a match on Aug 27th where Rangers will host Ross County in a clash of these two mismatched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. Rangers is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Hibernian. James Tavernier struck first for Rangers in the 45th minute from the penalty spot, then Martin Boyle tied it up for Hibernian in the 51st minute on a feed from Thody Elie Youan . Rangers is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Ross County is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Kilmarnock. Owura Edwards struck first for Ross County in the 86th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kilmarnock couldn’t manage to score, and Ross County took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Rangers won the head to head battle with 3 wins and 1 draw.
Ross County is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Matthew Wright and Jordi Hiwula each only have 1 goal in their last five. Rangers is glad to have Antonio Čolak in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.