International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Rangers and Ajax are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The hosts Rangers saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premiership. This match was also played here at Ibrox Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Ajax have had more rest.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Champions League. Malmö FF was too strong.0 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Rangers have to build on here at Ibrox Stadium in the league. 2W-1D-6L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Rangers.
A nice win for Rangers last time playing, versus Aberdeen. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Morelos, Tavernier, Čolak and Lundstram scoring for the victors. Midfielder Lundstram was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.62 (out of ten) in that game. Lundstram scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 57 successful passes (of 61 total).
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Napoli in the Champions League.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 8th finals against Benfica.The away performances of Ajax have been very solid so far with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Eredivisie. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses both home and away.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Champions League home defeat versus Liverpool with 0-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Brobbey got a match rating of 7.13 in that game. Brobbey hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus RKC Waalwijk at their stadium, the result 4-1.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ajax are regular goalscorers on their travels. Ajax have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Ajax - Rangers 4-0.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 11 goals |   B. Brobbey 8 goals |  S. Bergwijn 7 goals |
Rangers missing players
Ajax missing players
| Rangers | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 35 | Scored | S | 24 | 67 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 18 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 14.2 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 15.6 | ||
| 5 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | ||
| 10 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | Ajax | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 4 | Rangers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -18 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | Ajax | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 4 | Rangers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -18 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | PSV | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 24 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 24 |
| 4 | AZ | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | NEC | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 16 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -19 | 6 |
