Rangers v Hamilton Academical Match Preview, 8/11/20

Match Facts

1. Rangers have won seven of their last eight league meetings with Hamilton Academical, although they lost their last such home match 0-1 in March last season.
2. Both of Hamilton’s two previous Scottish Premiership wins over Rangers came at Ibrox. They won 2-0 in November 2017 and 1-0 in March 2020.
3. Rangers’ tally of 35 points is the best by any side from their opening 13 matches of a Scottish Premiership season since Celtic had 37 in 2016-17; indeed, it is Rangers’ best total at this stage of a top-flight season since 2011-12 (also 35).
4. Rangers have scored a league-high 17 first half goals in the 2020-21 Scottish Premiership, while Hamilton have also conceded the most such goals in this period so far (17).
5. Rangers right back James Tavernier has been directly involved in more goals than any other player in this season’s Scottish Premiership (11 – six goals, five assists), scoring four penalties, including his team’s winner against Kilmarnock last time out.