Subs: Milne, Bayne, Yao, Smith, Sibanda, Keddie and Wilson
Booked: Travis and Chisholm
Subs Used: Bayne, Milne and Smith
Starting XI (Rangers): Bell, Faure, Wallace, Black, McCulloch, Mohsni, Aird, Law, Clark, Daly and MacLeod
Subs: Templeton, Hutton, Peralta, Simonsen, Crawford, Sanchez Cribari, Smith
Booked: Black and Mohsni
Booked: Black and Mohsni
Subs Used: Crawford and Hutton
My Man of the Match: Fraser Aird
Photo; my man of the match in action
Rangers made two changes to the side that beat Airdie on the 9th November, Peralta and Templeton get put on the bench making room for Aird and MacLeod to come into the starting XI. Arbroath made three changes to the starting XI that drew 2 all with East Fife, Smith, Keddie and Sibanda were dropped to the bench making room for player manager Sheerin, Milne and Travis.
As soon as the game kicked off Rangers were up the park and were in with a chance of scoring through Daly.
Goal One (Jon Daly, 2nd minute): An Black free kick, allowed Daly to take a right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal, giving Rangers the early lead.
Rangers managed to gain 3 corners in a row but nothing being able to come of them. A shot from McCulloch was missed as his header just went too high. Arbroath were trying to hard to gain a goal back with Linn having a shot on goal that Bell managed to save easily. Then play was down the other end where Wallace was having an attempt on goal. His shot just went wide of the right hand post. The attempt that MacLeod had was initially blocked however it wasn't blocked as much as the Arbroath keeper thought.
Rangers managed to gain 3 corners in a row but nothing being able to come of them. A shot from McCulloch was missed as his header just went too high. Arbroath were trying to hard to gain a goal back with Linn having a shot on goal that Bell managed to save easily. Then play was down the other end where Wallace was having an attempt on goal. His shot just went wide of the right hand post. The attempt that MacLeod had was initially blocked however it wasn't blocked as much as the Arbroath keeper thought.
Goal Two (Bradley Donaldson Own Goal, 26th minute): A shot from MacLeod was deflected into the back of the net by Donaldson, allowed Rangers to take the two goal lead.
After the second goal Rangers began to dominate the game with attempts coming from Faure and Law. Both of these attempts were missed though. Then it became corner after corner but nobody in the box managing to get onto the ball and stick into the back of the net to hopefully secure the points for Rangers at least for the first half anyway.
After the second goal Rangers began to dominate the game with attempts coming from Faure and Law. Both of these attempts were missed though. Then it became corner after corner but nobody in the box managing to get onto the ball and stick into the back of the net to hopefully secure the points for Rangers at least for the first half anyway.
Goal Three (Nicky Clark, 40th minute): A free kick from Wallace, a header from Clark on the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Gave Rangers the three goal Advantage.
No action occurred after the goal and the half time whistle blew for half time and Rangers had a three goal lead.
No action occurred after the goal and the half time whistle blew for half time and Rangers had a three goal lead.
Half time Arbroath 0 - 3 Rangers
Photo: Clark celebrating his goal
With Rangers up three goals, you would think they would start to relax more. This wasn't the case, within minutes of the game beginning Aird was already having a shot on goal. Unfortunately, this shot was saved by keeper Morrison. This didn't effect Arbroath, they still pushed Rangers up the park and tried to gain a goal back through Linn again. This attempt was blocked however.
This attempt on goal from Arbroath just made Rangers try three times more. Attempts coming from Law, Daly and Black. All these attempts were missed. Linn was looking like he was going to get a goal tonight, but his shot was blocked by Bell.
Both teams made two subs. Arbroath were trying to get fresh legs on and Rangers were trying to keep their lead. More attempts from Daly and Clark were blocked and missed. Then attempts from Wallace, Hutton and Mohsni were missed as well.
No other action is played and it ends Arbroath getting beat by 3 goals to 0.
Full Time Arbroath 0 - 3 Rangers
Photo: Law in action
Photo: Law in action
Attendance: 3,902
Rangers make it 50 League goals in 13 games and 13 wins out of 13, on a very cold night at Gayfield.
I picked Fraser Aird as my man of the match because he showed that he deserves and place in he first team on a regular basis. He managed to create a lot of problems for the Arbroath defence with his pace from them young legs. He also managed to try and assist the strikers with their goals and managing to get a couple of chances on goal himself. Only one criticism I would have from him would be to tighten up his passing but for an 18 year old who had his first league game of the season he did not to bad and I hope to see him play more in the future.
Photo; man of the match
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