SPL Betting: Aberdeen v Rangers

Best Bookies, Betting, Bookmakers, Fixed Odds, Football, Tipsters | selectabet | August 23, 2008 at 7:37 am

Aberdeen v Rangers – Live on Setanta Sports 1. Kick Off 12.30pm

Just three months after nailing the final nail into the coffin of Rangers SPL title aspirations, Aberdeen again host the Glasgow giants in what promises to be another SPL cracker. There’s a lot of history between these two clubs and that has resulted in a few fiesty affairs down the years but of late Aberdeen have been able to channel their passion into winning performances. They’ve won 3 of the last 5 meetings between the two sides at Pittodrie and will be fired up to do so again today at lunchtime.

Rangers will be looking for revenge however after that final day defeat back in May. Since their shock exit from Europe and the loss of Player of the Year, Carlos Cuellar, the Ibrox club have come out fighting. They’ve reacted by adding several new players to their squad including Pedro Mendes from Portsmouth and the return of Sean Davis, this time on a permanent deal, from Fulham. Boss Walter Smith now has midfield options despite absence of captain Barry Ferguson.

5/1 at Coral on the Aberdeen win seems to belie their recent record against Rangers at home. This is a game that the Pittodrie crowd are always up for. They’ll need a much improved performance on their last home game which resulted in a 2-0 defeat to Inverness.

Rangers though are slowly building their own momentum. 2 league wins leaves them as just 1 of 2 teams (Hamilton being the other) who have a 100% record in the league so far. They’re best price at 8/11 (Bet365, Ladbrokes, VCBet, William Hill) to maintain that record today.

Despite a poor away record against teams in the top six last season I think Rangers will win this one today and if you back them on the Asian Handicap with -0.5 of a start you can get slightly better odds of 73/100 at VCBet for the win.

It’ll be a tight game though and a 2-1 win for Rangers at 8/1 (BetInternet) looks a likely result.