Rangers vs Ross County Prediction: Hosts to sink the Staggies at Hampden

Rangers play their fourth home game on the bounce when hosting Ross County at Hampden on Saturday afternoon, with kick-off time set for 15:00.

Betfair’s Frank Monkhouse enters in fine form after tipping a correct score winner in each of the Gers’ last two outings, so check out his Rangers vs Ross County Predictions for the SPL match this weekend...

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Rangers enter round three of the new Scottish Premiership season with a “home” match against Ross County on Saturday afternoon. Gers have suffered a mixed bag of results at the national stadium after beating Motherwell in the Premiership and St Johnstone in the League Cup but losing 2-0 to Dynamo Kyiv in a tense Champions League qualifier.

Will the Glaswegians grab the win needed to move onto seven points, passing Celtic, who visit St Mirren on Sunday? The odds available at Betfred certainly suggest so.

Don Cowie takes his Ross County side to Glasgow in decent form after drawing each of their opening two games.

Fans would love to see the Staggies land their first win of the campaign at the third time of asking but appreciate the size of the task ahead when taking on an improving Rangers with a point to prove. County beat Rangers 3-2 last time, proving anything is possible at this level.

Rangers vs Ross County Odds

With Rangers unbeaten in their opening two games - a draw and a win - and playing at their temporary home on Saturday, there are no real surprises in the betting. Gers beat St Johnstone at this venue in the League Cup last week, scoring two goals and keeping a clean sheet.

Number nine Cyriel Dessers broke the deadlock on the hour before Ross McCausland wrapped up the win in stoppage time. Fancy a second home win on the spin? You can back Rangers at odds of 2/11 on the Betfred website and mobile app.

Ross County opened their account with a goalless draw at Motherwell before ending 1-1 when Dundee United came to Dingwall. Despite a strong start to the Premiership, Cowie’s men were embarrassed in the League Cup last time out when losing 1-0 away to lowly Spartans.

It was a game County were expected to win and show their Premiership quality but Spartans fully deserved their place in the next round. You’ll get 14/1 on Ross County bouncing back in style while a draw trades at 6/1.

Both teams to score @ 10/11

It appears that Rangers manager Phillipe Clement is improving his side defensively, and they kept a clean sheet against Hearts at Tynecastle and St Johnstone last time in the cup. They’re not yet the finished article at the back, and with the new signing Robin Propper still settling into life in Scottish football, we’re happy to follow the stats for our first bet of the weekend at Hampden.

The head-to-head stats show both teams found the net at least once in each of the last two meetings and three of four. The most recent game ended in a 3-2 win for County at the end of last season after Gers won 3-1 at Ibrox. Add both teams to score to your weekend accumulators, and hope this fixture lives up to expectations.

Rangers 2-1 @ 17/2

We’re aiming for our third correct score in a row on Rangers games after tipping them to beat Motherwell 2-1 and St Johnstone 2-0 at great odds. A hattrick would do nicely and help ramp up our balance even further.

We’re backing Rangers 2-1 in the correct score market after the Light Blues scored exactly two goals in three of their last four meetings with Ross County. The spare in that run was that 3-1 victory, suggesting we’ll get a run for our money. A 2-1 score would’ve earned you a profit in Rangers’ last league start.

Frank Monkhouse covers Scottish Football for us here at Betfred Insights. You can check out all of his work along with that of the rest of our Football Betting Tips desk on our main Football page...