In a weekend match on Sunday Jan 8th, in week 21, Dundee United plays host to Rangers in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Dundee United is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against St. Johnstone. Tony Watt struck first for Dundee United in the 81st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Johnstone couldn’t manage to score, and Dundee United took the shutout win. Dundee United is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while rangers sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Celtic. Daizen Maeda scored the first goal for Celtic in the 5th minute, then Ryan Kent got the equalizer for Rangers in the 47th minute on a feed from Fashion Sakala . With 21 points in their last 10 matches Rangers should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Rangers and Dundee United last played eachother at the Ibrox Stadium on the 17th of September. Rangers was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Antonio Čolak struck first for Rangers in the 8th minute on a feed from James Tavernier, then Antonio Čolak added another in the 49th minute.
Both Scott Arfield and Fashion Sakala have been the hottest scorers for Rangers in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Dundee United is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Dylan Levitt and Steven Fletcher each only have 1 goal in their last 5.