League · Premier Division

Rangers4–1Dundee Utd

Brian Laudrup 43′
Alex Cleland 44′
Marco Negri 82′
Marco Negri (pen.) 90′
Kjell Olofsson 28′
27 Dec 1997Saturday, 27 December 1997 · 3pmIbroxAttendance: 50,017

Lineups

Rangers

Dundee Utd

Rangers · Starting XI

  • Theo Snelders
  • Alex Cleland
  • Ståle Stensaas
  • Stuart McCall
  • Sergio Porrini
  • Joachim Björklund
  • Ian Ferguson
  • Barry Ferguson
  • Marco Negri
  • Jorg Albertz
  • Brian Laudrup

Dundee Utd · Starting XI

Rangers · Substitutes

  • Iain Durrant
  • Tony Vidmar
  • Ally McCoist

Dundee Utd · Substitutes

Rangers · Substitutions

  • Tony Vidmar for Ståle Stensaas45′
  • Iain Durrant for Brian Laudrup76′
  • Ally McCoist for Ian Ferguson84′

Dundee Utd · Substitutions

Rangers · Manager

  • Walter Smith

Dundee Utd · Manager

Rangers · Cautions

  • Joachim Björklund
  • Ian Ferguson
  • Sergio Porrini

Dundee Utd · Cautions

Match report

For the second time this season, we went down heavily at Ibrox in the league, but there were never three goals between the teams. Indeed, up until that deadly one-two blast immediately prior to the interval, we looked the more likely side. Kjell Olofsson had given us the lead when he raced on to a Lars Zetterlund through ball. The Ibrox faithful getting restless until Laudrup buried a free-kick from 20 yards and the Dane then immediately set up Alex Cleland's header that put his former colleagues behind. It was only chasing an equaliser late in the game that afforded…Read moreRead less
For the second time this season, we went down heavily at Ibrox in the league, but there were never three goals between the teams. Indeed, up until that deadly one-two blast immediately prior to the interval, we looked the more likely side.

Kjell Olofsson had given us the lead when he raced on to a Lars Zetterlund through ball. The Ibrox faithful getting restless until Laudrup buried a free-kick from 20 yards and the Dane then immediately set up Alex Cleland's header that put his former colleagues behind. It was only chasing an equaliser late in the game that afforded Negri his late double to put a flattering complexion on the final scoreline.

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