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David Irvine

Glaring Rangers scoring stats laid bare as Dingwall win starts to rectify issue

Rangers doubled their away goals tally in their 3-0 victory over Ross County in the Scottish Premiership.

The Ibrox side have found goals hard to come by on the road this season with just three before the trip to Dingwall on Sunday.

Despite having scored seven times on their travels in the Europa League, a glaring stat showed Rangers had struggled in front of goal in away matches in domestic competition.

The only away goals before beating Ross County came in a 1-0 win over Dundee United, a 2-1 loss to Aberdeen and a 1-0 win in Perth against St Johnstone.

Glasgow rivals Celtic already have 23 goals on the road this term with Aberdeen scoring 12 times away from home and even bottom club Hibs having seven goals in away fixtures.

Victory against Ross County, though, started to correct the stat line for Rangers as they doubled their tally with Hamza Igamane, Danilo and James Tavernier all on target.

Despite the comfortable victory, Rangers are still the second lowest scorers in away matches so far in the Scottish Premiership, with only Ross County worse off with just one goal on the road.


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Philippe Clement stated he was satisfied with the victory in the Scottish Highlands as he admitted: "This is the football that our fans want to see in away games."

On Sky Sports he said of the win: "I am satisfied about that because the team in the last couple of weeks is showing where we want to get to.

"It's a really important victory, not only for the points but also for the way; to score the goals then also not to concede and to have the domination all the game like I want to see.

"It takes time to have this connection between players and they start to understand their roles much better, whoever is playing and whoever is coming in.

Rangers' Scottish Premiership home vs away record

HOME

Played: Eight; won seven, drawn one.

Goals For: 21.

Goals Against: Three.

AWAY

Played: Seven; won three, drawn three, lost one.

Goals For: Six.

Goals Against: Six.

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