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For Rangers manager Philippe Clement, it is a chance to change negative perceptions of his team from those outside Ibrox; for Aberdeen counterpart Jimmy Thelin, it is too early in the season to bill it as a key game in the Scottish title chase.
Many others, though, see this as an acid test of the unbeaten Dons' hopes of at the very least splitting the Old Firm by the end of the season - and of both sides' ability to mount a title challenge.Clement accepts that Rangers are in for "a big battle" against a side that have improved since he left Pittodrie with only a point on his first and only visit there.
"I think it's one of the biggest tests you can have in the league to go to Aberdeen now, so it's a really big challenge," he said.Clement insisted "there is a lot of confidence and belief in the team" despite their struggle to overcome St Mirren at Ibrox on Sunday. "To me, looking at them, they are coming off the back of beating someone in Europe by four goals, they beat St Mirren at the weekend, so I don't think they are in a bad place," he added.
Rangers have only lost two of their last 19 league meetings with Aberdeen , although both of those have come in their last five such clashes .
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