Dundee vs Rangers - prediction, team news, lineups

Dundee instrumentality connected the Scottish Premiership's astir in-form broadside connected Saturday arsenic Rangers question to Dens Park.

The hosts are 4th with 13 points from 8 games, portion the visitors are 2nd connected 19 points and looking to widen their seven-game winning run.

Match preview

Dundee person enjoyed a affirmative commencement to the 2026-27 season, winning four, drafting 1 and losing 3 of their opening 8 league fixtures. 

Steven Pressley's side, arsenic a result, find themselves placed 4th with 13 points, 3 down third-placed Hearts and 3 supra seventh-placed St Mirren. 

The Dark Blue volition beryllium looking to fortify their clasp implicit a top-six spot astatine this aboriginal constituent successful the season, and the hosts volition beryllium assured aft winning each of their past 2 matches. 

However, Dundee volition look arguably their biggest trial of the play truthful far, facing a Rangers broadside enjoying a stunning tally of results, portion the Dark Blue person besides failed to bushed Saturday's opponents since November 2017.

Rangers have, successful comparison, won 16 of their past 20 clashes with Dundee, including a 3-0 triumph successful their past sojourn to Dens Park successful November 2025. 

Rangers are besides heading into Saturday's fixture afloat of confidence, having triumphed successful each of their past 7 matches crossed each competitions, including back-to-back victories implicit rivals Celtic. 

That tally is successful stark opposition to their dilatory commencement to the season, which saw caller manager Derek McInnes neglect to triumph immoderate of his archetypal 4 matches astatine the helm, arsenic good arsenic failing to suffice for immoderate European competition.

However, present with six consecutive Scottish Premiership victories - including a 1-0 distant triumph against Celtic - the caller Gers brag has managed to triumph implicit the Ibrox assemblage contempt the disappointing start. 

Rangers, arsenic a effect of their winning run, present way league leaders Celtic by conscionable 2 points, meaning a triumph connected Saturday would spot the Gers ascent to archetypal - astatine slightest until Celtic's clash with Hearts connected Sunday.  

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Team News

Dundee volition beryllium without Finlay Robertson, Ryan Finnigan, Bobby Wales, Joe Westley and Simon Murray for this lucifer owed to ongoing wounded issues. 

After signaling back-to-back wins successful the league, Pressley could opt to sanction an unchanged starting 11 successful hunt of a 3rd consecutive triumph connected Saturday.

Meanwhile, Rangers are contending with injuries to Cameron Devlin, Daisuke Yokota, Lawrence Shankland, Youssef Chermiti and Jose Cifuentes. 

Ryan Don Naderi has scored 3 goals successful his past 2 matches, and the guardant should commencement conscionable down Kevin Kelsy, who has 2 goals successful his past 3 games, successful attack.

Dundee imaginable starting lineup:

Goodman; Wright, Astley, O Bevan, Samuels; J Bevan, Jones, Hamilton, Forrest; Hay, Fink

Rangers imaginable starting lineup:

Pandur; Sterling, Fernandez, Makhanya, Penrice; Neil, Raskin; Kim, Naderi, Gassama; Kelsy

We say: Dundee 1-3 Rangers

Dundee whitethorn beryllium enjoying a two-game winning run, but Rangers are the astir in-form broadside successful Scotland's top-flight and person dominated this fixture successful caller years, starring america to foretell different triumph for the Gers.

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