FootyMAD's Hibernian match preview

History of the Rangers v Hibernian fixture

Rangers prepare to entertain Hibernian at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 96 wins out of 143 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ibrox Stadium was less than a year ago, in March 2008, the The Gers carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2008/2009	Sun 28 Sep	Hibernian	0 - 3	Rangers	SPL
2007/2008	Sun 04 May	Hibernian	0 - 0	Rangers	SPL
2007/2008	Sat 22 Mar	Rangers	2-1	Hibernian	SPL
2007/2008	Sun 09 Mar	Rangers	1 - 0	Hibernian	SFAC
2007/2008	Sun 03 Feb	Hibernian	0 - 0	Rangers	SFAC
2007/2008	Sat 29 Dec	Hibernian	1 - 2	Rangers	SPL
2007/2008	Sat 06 Oct	Rangers	0 - 1	Hibernian	SPL

Recent respective form guides

Rangers are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, The Gers have rattled up an impressive 21 goals, and conceded 5.

Hibernian have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Rangers sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 40 points from their 18 games. Hibernian's 26 points from 18 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Rangers	6	3	2	1	14	6	11
Hibernian	6	3	2	1	11	6	11

FootyMad's prediction ...

Rangers may be coming up against a decent side in Hibernian, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the The Gers. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Rangers	Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw.
Hibernian	6 games since last defeat.