Fixture: Hamilton vs Rangers
Competition: Scotland Premiership 2016-17
Date: Friday, 16th December, 19:45 GMT
Stadium: The SuperSeal Stadium (Hamilton).
Scottish giants Rangers is set to lock horns with Hamilton Academical in a Scottish Championship at SuperSeal Stadium on Friday.
Rangers is currently in the second place on the Scottish Premiership table, and they are already eight points behind league leader Celtic, who tops the standings with 4o points.
Rangers must need a win against Hamilton Academical on Friday to keep their fading title hopes alive.
Hamilton Academical, meanwhile, has drawn their last eight league matches, and they are on the eighth position of the Premiership table with 16 points.
Talking about history, Rangers has won 12 out of 14 matches played between these two teams since 2008.
Team News: Hamilton Academical
The good news for Hamilton Academical fans is that all of their players are fit ahead of the clash against Rangers.
Strikers Alexandre-joaquin-D’Akol and Louis Longridge are likely to form a striking partnership in this game.
Meanwhile, Hamilton has drawn their eight successive league matches. Hence, the attacking players like Ali Crawford and Greg Docherty need to step up their performance if their team wants a positive result in the upcoming match.
Hamilton Academical: Predicted Line-up (3-5-2)
Woods – Seaborne, Sarris, Mcmann – Crawford, Docherty, Gillespie, Mackinnon, Imrie – Longridge, D’Akol
Team News: Rangers
No players has been sidelined due to injuries for Rangers at the moment.
Striker Joe Garner, who has scored three Premiership goals this season, will be a key player for the away side to unlock Hamilton’s defense.
Centre-back duo Daniel Wilson and Robert Kiernan are likely to form a defensive solidity in the backline for Rangers.
The Blueshirts came into this match with two wins in row. Hence, manager Mark Warburton isn’t expected to make any changes in the team, which has given them success recently.
Rangers: Predicted Line-up (4-3-3)
Foderingham – Wallace,Wilson, Kiernan, Hodson – Tavernier, Halliday, Holt – Miller, McKay Garner
Hamilton vs Rangers: Head-to-Head Stats
Both teams have played 14 matches against each other in all the competitions. Hamilton has registered 2 draws and 12 defeats against Rangers. Rangers has scored 37 goals against Hamilton and concedes 9 goals against them.
Rangers held a 1-1 home draw against Hamilton in their last meetings in the match of Scotland Premiership on 6th Aug, 2016.
Hamilton vs Rangers: Prediction
Hamilton will try their best to secure at least a home draw from this match and Rangers is ready to secure an away win from the fixture. Rangers is better side to compare with Hamilton when they will play against each other at The SuperSeal Stadium.
Predicted result will be an away win for Rangers.
Hamilton vs Rangers: Betting Tips
Asian Handicap : Hamilton +1.5 at 1.50
Full time Result : Rangers win at 1.55
