Aberdeen 0-2 Rangers: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 11 January 2026
Result
Aberdeen 0-2 Rangers
Premiership · Sunday 11 January 2026, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Aberdeen 0-2 Rangers: match report
Aberdeen were beaten by Rangers 0-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 11 January 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Thelo Aasgaard opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Aberdeen did not score. Rangers scored through Thelo Aasgaard (23') and James Tavernier (74', penalty).
Discipline: Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards; Rangers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aberdeen were 8th on 25 points from 21 and Rangers 3rd on 41 points from 21. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 9th with 40 points, and Rangers 3rd with 72.
Aberdeen lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Tavernier of Rangers (8.5), ahead of Jack Butland (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aberdeen wins, 2 draws and 5 for Rangers.
Going into the match Aberdeen's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Rangers's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Thelo Aasgaard
- 54'Yellow card · Mats Knoester
- 54'Yellow card · John Souttar
- 59'Yellow card · Thelo Aasgaard
- 62'Yellow card · Youssef Chermiti
- 63'Yellow card · Leighton Clarkson
- 74'Penalty goal · James Tavernier
Head-to-head
Team news
Aberdeen line-up (4-1-4-1)
Dimitar Mitov, Nicky Devlin, Jack Milne, Mats Knoester, Emmanuel Gyamfi, Leighton Clarkson, Nicolas Milanovic, Dante Polvara, Graeme Shinnie, Jesper Karlsson, Marko Lazetić
Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jack Butland, James Tavernier, John Souttar, Emmanuel Fernandez, Jayden Meghoma, Nicolas Raskin, Mohamed Diomandé, Djeidi Gassama, Thelo Aasgaard, Mikey Moore, Youssef Chermiti