Friday evening, at 19:45, Hibernian receives Glasgow Rangers’ visit in the 29th round of the Scottish Premier League. The hosts come after three consecutive wins and are very dangerous on the ground, while the Rangers are fighting to defend their second position.
Rangers is in second place and succumbed to the title fight in front of Celtic. White-blue have 58 points, while Celtic has 66 and is split into the champion even though he has lost manager Brendan Rodgers. The next-placed Aberdeen podium winner has 50 points. Hibernian is in 6th place (42-31) and boasts a dangerous home attack, where the white-green scored 23 goals. Only Rangers and Celtic have more success in front of their own fans, and this can encourage us to bet on Friday night’s goals.
The Edinburgh band lost only three home games this season, while Rangers has 7 wins and only 3 failures in 14 games. In the previous match in the Scottish Cup, Hibs lost to Celtic (0-2), after a good series of results, which brought him success with St. Johnstone (2-1), Dundee (4-2) and Hamilton (2-0). Rangers comes after a draw with Aberdeen, still in the Cup (1-1), but won without the right to win the championship games with Dundee (4-0), Hamilton (5-0) and Kilmarnock (5-0). The last three direct duels between the two bands ended in a draw, 1-1, 0-0 and 5-5 (!), And the hosts will give a solid replica Friday night.
The hosts are Agyepong, Boyle, Gauld and Porteous, while Rangers can not rely on Dorrans, Murphy, Grezda and Polster. It is a balanced duel, where the draw gives a very good odds. Most likely, the first half will be “closed” and tactical, because none of the two managers want to take too high a risk.
PREDICTION: Rangers to win @ 1,64
