Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 16 May 2009
Result
Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen
Premiership · Saturday 16 May 2009, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen: match report
Rangers defeated Aberdeen 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 16 May 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Rangers's goals came from an own goal by R. Foster (66') and Kenny Miller (68'). Aberdeen scored through M. Paton (77').
Discipline: Rangers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Aberdeen received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 80 points from 36 and Aberdeen 5th on 50 points from 36. Rangers went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Aberdeen 4th with 53.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Rangers wins, 3 draws and 2 for Aberdeen.
Going into the match Rangers's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Aberdeen's D-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Kyle Lafferty
- 18'Red card · Charlie Mulgrew
- 27'Yellow card · Javan Vidal
- 40'Red card · Madjid Bougherra
- 63'Yellow card · Sasa Papac
- 66'Own goal · R. Foster
- 68'Goal · Kenny Miller
- 77'Goal · M. Paton
Head-to-head
Team news
Rangers expected line-up (4-5-1)
Ronald Waterreus, Alan Hutton, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Julien Rodriguez, Fernando Ricksen, Hamed Namouchi, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Barry Ferguson, Brahim Hemdani, C. Burke, Ian Murray