Malmö FF host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round game. Rangers will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Ibrox Stadium before the return leg in 9 days.
Rangers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only three sleeps ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rangers, who are travelling more than 1900 kilometers to play this game.
Malmö FF form and stats
Malmö have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Riga and HJK. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.Malmö FF have been outstanding at home so far in the Allsvenskan with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Malmö tasted defeat here at Eleda Stadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last 25 home games in the league.
Malmö travelled for their previous game, a trip to HJK that ended 2-2. The hometeam coach J. Dahl Tomasson made a successful contribution in the game against HJK, bringing on Veljko Birmančević who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Mjallby.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Malmö as they are travelling to their away game against Halmstad in the Allsvenskan. That match is three days after this one.
Goals are plentiful at Eleda Stadion in the league this season as Malmö has scored 16 goals here in 6 home games. Malmö have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Rangers form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Slavia Praha.Things are running smoothly for Rangers who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 40 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Hamilton Academical.
Impressive finishing from Ianis Hagi, Kemar Roofe and Scott Wright secured the home win 3-0 against Livingston in their previous game. James Tavernier was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.72. The defender Tavernier signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Aberdeen.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rangers manager S. Gerrard as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Dundee United.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Malmö won one game, one match ended with a draw and Rangers has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / twoTop Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 7 goals |  V. Birmančević 6 goals |  S. Krukow Rieks 4 goals |
Malmö FF missing players
Rangers missing players
| Malmö FF | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 54 | 31 | Scored | S | 13 | 51 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 16.2 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 39% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Hammarby | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | AIK | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Häcken | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Halmstad | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Degerfors | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 11 | Sirius | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -9 | 15 |
| 12 | Kalmar | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Varberg | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Mjallby | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Östersunds FK | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Örebro | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
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