Rangers predicted XI vs Aberdeen: 10 changes from Pittodrie including right-back swap
01/14/2025 02:30 PM
Rangers home form continues to keep Philippe Clement in a job with Aberdeen the visitors looking to end an unbeaten record this season.
The manager knows that Ibrox will be toxic if anything other than a good performance and result is seen with Patrick Stewart already hinting that his future is not secure.
With a squad that is short of bodies in defence, this is how Clement should set Rangers up to get revenge on an Aberdeen side who have only won once in the league since the Pittodrie win.
Rangers predicted XI vs Aberdeen
One thing that is guaranteed is that there will be changes from back to front.
All of the back four that started the last encounter are injured as is Jack Butland between the sticks.
Unless Clement is looking for an excuse to be sacked, Ross McCausland and Cyriel Dessers should be nowhere near the starting XI too.
In defence, the Gers boss should make a change at right-back.
Leon King might be short of minutes but Rangers are vulnerable at set-pieces due to a severe lack of height and physicality and he has featured recently.
With a goal and an assist, Mohamed Diomande was man of the match against St Johnstone and his partnership with Nicolas Raskin continues to develop – the latter could be the only player who started at Pittodrie to be on the pitch from the first whistle in this game.
Why Clement shouldn’t rotate his forward line
In front of them, Clement should avoid the urge to tinker knowing that the next game is at Ibrox and against Fraserburgh in the Scottish Cup.
If he can't rest/rotate players for that game, he's in the wrong job.
Hamza Igamane, Danilo and Vaclav Cerny continue to provide the numbers and none of them started the last time the two sides met, with Ianis Hagi only coming off the bench too.
It will be a totally different team, hopefully, it is a totally different performance, and result.
