Rangers vs Aberdeen; Scottish Premiership
Rangers vs Aberdeen. Scottish Premiership.
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Rangers v Aberdeen preview: Quartet set for Rangers debut
Wednesday 24 January 2018 19:40, UK
New Rangers signings Sean Goss, Jamie Murphy, Jason Cummings and Russell Martin will have a second go at making their debuts when Aberdeen visit Ibrox on Wednesday.
The January recruits were expected to make their Gers bows during Sunday's Scottish Cup clash at Fraserburgh but the game was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
They will now join returning loanees Andy Halliday and Michael O'Halloran in Graeme Murty's squad for the Dons clash but Carlos Pena has gone back to Mexico.
"I'm looking forward to the challenge," on-loan Nottingham Forest striker Cummings said. "I like a bit of pressure and expectation to win. My character fits perfectly to playing for Rangers.
"Rangers create loads and loads of chances so I'm just going to be hanging about the six-yard box looking to tap them in.
"Getting more game time was one of the main reasons for coming here. It's no fun sitting in the stand or on the bench.
"I know I should be playing. I don't want to be wasting away down there, so when I heard Rangers had come in I couldn't turn it down."
Team news
Bruno Alves (calf) and Ross McCrorie (foot) have joined Lee Wallace (hernia), Ryan Jack (knee), Graham Dorrans (ankle) on the casualty list.
Kenny Miller (hamstring) and Jordan Rossiter (knee) have returned to training but will not be ready to face Derek McInnes' team.
Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes has no new injury concerns ahead of his first trip to Ibrox since opting against managing Rangers.
He will, however, be without midfielder Graham Dorrans, who is out of action until March after undergoing ankle surgery.
Opta stats
Rangers have lost to Aberdeen just once at Ibrox in the Scottish Premiership (2-1 in May 2017), winning 23 of the 28 such matches and drawing the other four.
Since the Gers' return to the Scottish Premiership last season, Aberdeen have conceded 12 goals against them in the competition; only against league leaders Celtic (15) have they let in more in that time.
Rangers have won just one of their last four games in the Scottish Premiership having previously won four in a row (including two wins over Aberdeen).
Aberdeen have kept back-to-back clean sheets in the top flight, and are looking to keep a third consecutive shutout for the second time this season.
Alfredo Morelos has found the net in each of his last three top-flight games at Ibrox (three goals).