Prior to their Scottish Premiership match, Rangers and Aberdeen received injury updates. Rangers will be without at least seven first-team players for the match against the Dons.
Rangers rejoiced earlier this week after defeating Livingston 4-0 to advance to yet another Scottish League Cup semi-final. The game was not without controversy, though; many supporters felt Abdallah Sima, the goal scorer for the Gers, should have been called for a possible foul. With an own goal by Luiyi de Lucas and additional goals from Ridvan Yilmaz and Ryan Jack, Michael Beale’s team will play Hearts in the semi-finals in November.
But now that Ibrox is getting ready to host Aberdeen in the most recent Scottish Premiership game, it’s time to get back in the game. The Rangers manager has disclosed before of the game that at least seven first-team players are expected to be absent from the starting XI while Aberdeen are to
Speaking to the press ahead of the fixture, Aberdeen manager Barry Robson has confirmed that James McGarry will be sidelined for four to six weeks after pulling up during their weekend Scottish Premiership win over Ross County at Pittodrie.
Meanwhile, the Gers injury list does not make for great reading. Tom Lawrence (calf), Nicolas Raskin (calf), Todd Cantwell (knee), Kieran Dowell (knee), Rabbi Matondo (knee) and Danilo (fractured cheekbone) were already on the treatment table before striker Kemar Roofe picked up a groin problem and left-back Ridvan Yilmaz was forced off with cramp against Livingston.
Beale believes that the intense scheduling for both Rangers and Aberdeen has undoubtedly impacted the subsequent injuries. He said after the win over Livingston: “Kemar Roofe felt his groin midway through the first half and has a slight problem.
“He probably should have asked to come off so we’ve had that chat and Ridvan is a touch of cramp. That’s the third game in seven days and Aberdeen will be the fourth in 10
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“The only thing is the games have been at home but that’s hard on our fans financially. It’s not the schedule we make so we have to get on with it but if we look at the amount of injuries that will happen in these games or the three or four after it, could our game against Aberdeen have been moved back 24 hours because they travelled to Germany and went to Dingwall. If you want to see the product on the pitch we need to protect our players more.”
Rangers and Aberdeen will kick-off at 3pm tomorrow, Saturday 30 September, at Ibrox Stadium.
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