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Aberdeen vs Rangers: match report

Aberdeen hosted Rangers at Pittodrie Stadium on Sunday 30 August 2026, in the SPFL Premiership (round 4). Matthew Macdermid is the referee, averaging 3.9 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.9.

Result and scorers

Aberdeen 0-1 Rangers. Goals: Lawrence Shankland 69' (pen) for Rangers. Attendance: 18,343.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 4' Yellow card: Daniel Happe (Aberdeen)
  • 36' Yellow card: Christopher Cadden (Aberdeen)
  • 37' Yellow card: Findlay Curtis (Rangers)
  • 43' Yellow card: Connor Ronan (Aberdeen)
  • 44' Yellow card: Aremu Afeez (Aberdeen)
  • 49' Yellow card: Cameron Devlin (Rangers)
  • 55' Yellow card: Toyosi Olusanya (Aberdeen)
  • 65' Yellow card: Dujon Sterling (Rangers)
  • 69' Penalty: Lawrence Shankland (Rangers)
  • 77' Yellow card: Lewis Mayo (Aberdeen)
Match stats (contains the result)
43.8%Possession56.2%
10Shots18
2Shots on target5
6Corners6
21Fouls15
4Offsides2
3Saves2
6Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Aberdeen 4-2-3-1

Coach: Stephen Robinson

  1. 27 Marius Müller GK
  2. 28 Chris Cadden MID
  3. 23 Lewis Mayo DEF
  4. 26 Daniel Happe DEF
  5. 24 Nesta Guinness-Walker MID
  6. 25 Connor Ronan MID
  7. 32 Afeez Aremu MID
  8. 31 Mitchy Ntelo FWD
  9. 20 Toyosi Olusanya FWD
  10. 7 Tony Yogane FWD
  11. 15 Kevin Nisbet FWD

Bench

  • 17 Stuart Armstrong MID
  • 11 Lewis Smith FWD
  • 9 Ayoub Mouloua FWD
  • 13 Nicholas Suman GK
  • 21 Gavin Molloy DEF
  • 22 Jack Milne DEF
  • 5 Mats Knoester DEF
  • 10 Alexander Briedl MID
  • 53 Andrew Fasanya FWD

Rangers 4-2-3-1

Coach: Derek McInnes

  1. 1 Ivor Pandur GK
  2. 21 Dujon Sterling DEF
  3. 37 Emmanuel Fernandez DEF
  4. 24 Olwethu Makhanya DEF
  5. 29 James Penrice DEF
  6. 14 Cameron Devlin MID
  7. 6 Daniel Neil MID
  8. 52 Findlay Curtis MID
  9. 10 Min-Su Kim FWD
  10. 23 Djeidi Gassama FWD
  11. 7 Lawrence Shankland FWD

Bench

  • 18 Kosta Nedeljkovic DEF
  • 17 Daisuke Yokota FWD
  • 4 Ben Godfrey DEF
  • 20 Ryan Don Naderi FWD
  • 31 Liam Kelly GK
  • 8 Connor Barron MID
  • 11 Thelo Aasgaard MID
  • 42 Tochi Chukwuani MID
  • 22 Vanja Dragojevic MID
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 21 March 2026: Rangers 4-1 Aberdeen
  • Sunday 11 January 2026: Aberdeen 0-2 Rangers
  • Tuesday 6 January 2026: Rangers 2-0 Aberdeen
  • Sunday 11 May 2025: Rangers 4-0 Aberdeen
  • Sunday 13 April 2025: Aberdeen 2-2 Rangers