Scottish Premiership Action Heats Up as Rangers Entertain Dundee United | OneFootball

Rangers Welcome Dundee United to Ibrox in Scottish Premiership action Saturday, 18 October 2018 as these two sides lock horns early on in the season.

Playing at the Ibrox, with a raucous crowd cheering them on, it’ll come as no surprise to see Rangers being priced up as favorites on the best online betting sites in the UK, though their recent form leaves a lot to be desired.

Recent Form

The home side’s recent form has seen them win just once over their previous six games. They lost once and drew the other four in that period as of 02 October 2025.

The visitors on the other hand have won twice in their previous five games. United lost the other two and drawn once in that time.

Team News

The home side have no new injury concerns for the visit to Dundee and will have a fully fit squad to choose from ahead of the tie. There could be selection headaches at full-back with both Max Aarons and James Tavernier pushing for a start.

Dundee, on the other hand, will assess Isaac Pappoe and Kristijan Trapanovski ahead of the tie and who to give the nod to up front between Zac Sapsford and Nikolaj Moller.

Head-to-head analysis

The recent head-to-head conflict between these two sides is dominated by the home team as Rangers have won four of the previous five games and drawn the other against Dundee United.

Tactical Focus

The home side are very strong at Ibrox and keep the ball well. They will look to dominate possession and make use of their fullbacks as they try to stretch the pitch and the visitors will have to rely on their compact shape and approach the game with caution so they can try and hit Rangers on the counter and also make use of their set pieces well.

Key Player Matchups

Rangers right wing vs Dundee’s left defender Tavernier gets forward well and has two assists while Will Ferry is solid and has won 60% of his duels this season.

Rangers’ Striker vs United’s defenders: Bojan Miovski will be looking to make the Dundee United defence a hard time and bag his first goal of the season.

Trapanovski vs Rangers defence: The home side has been leaky and Trapanovski will be eager to register a goal against their shaky backline.

Expert Betting Insights

Rangers to win: The home side have been very dominant head-to-head between these two sides lately.

Over 2.5 goals: Recent meetings have seen goals, and it is likely that there are over 2.5 goals in this one.

Prediction

Rangers win and make the most of their home side. They also have dominated the recent meetings and despite their form coming into the tie they are likely going to edge Dundee United at Ibrox.