Aberdeen versus Rangers. Comfortably one of the biggest games of the season in normal circumstances, but with Philippe Clement’s Gers already six points behind the high-flying Dons, few fixtures have been as important as this one in recent years.
With Jimmy Thelin’s side on a run of eight wins from their first nine games, Aberdeen will be desperate to build on their outstanding early season form and prove their title credentials by moving nine points clear of Rangers in third.
For the visiting Ibrox giants, defeat is unthinkable. Heading into the game in patchy form, Rangers were able to bounce back from a disappointing defeat to Kilmarnock with a 2-1 win over St Mirren at the weekend, but failure to win on Wednesday evening will have huge ramifications on any title aspirations they may have this year.
With Aberdeen clear of their rivals in the league, many have attested that the Dons are simply a better side than Rangers, though the notion has been scoffed at by those of a royal blue persuasion, confident that they can haul back the points difference come the end of the campaign.
But which players would make a combined Aberdeen and Rangers starting XI, based on their displays in the opening throws of the 24/25 season?
Here are the XI players who would make up the combined Aberdeen and Rangers XI, using the popular football statistics website FotMob.
9. RAM: Vaclac Cerny - Rangers
Despite being one of Rangers' more frustrating players, the Czech attacker's numbers can't be argued. His average rating of 7.30 is one of the best in the league in his position, and he's contributed to five goals in just seven starts. | AFP via Getty Images Photo: Getty Images
10. LAM: Pape Habib Gueye - Aberdeen
Frustratingly ruled out with injury for the foreseeable future, there's no doubting the Senegalese's impact on Aberdeen's season. With his displays rated at 7.80 on average this season, Gueye had scored five goals in four games before injury interrupted his campaign. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group
11. CF: Cyriel Dessers - Rangers
He's not scored in a number of weeks and has the lowest average rating of any player in this team at 6.97. That said, he is still the highest scoring centre-forward in the league, and is currently creating more than 92% of strikers in the league, though he'll want to improve on his tally of three goals in the Scottish Premiership. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group