It's time to decide the outcome of the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round meeting between Rangers and Malmö FF. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rangers and Malmö FF.
These teams have little in common geographically as Malmö FF have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Slavia Praha.In general it's been a long time since Rangers tasted defeat here at Ibrox Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 20 home games in the league.
In their previous game, the manager S. Gerrard led his Rangers to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Dundee United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ibrox Stadium. Defender Borna Barišić got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.12/10. Barišić hit one key pass and won 8 of 15 duels.
A Champions League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Malmö FF.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Cup game versus Dunfermline Athletic in only three days. This game is also played here at Ibrox Stadium.
Malmö FF form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Riga and HJK in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.Playing away, Malmö FF have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Allsvenskan this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Malmö are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Halmstad. Midfielder Erdal Rakip was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Rakip hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 53 successful passes (of 66 total).
Before that, Malmö secured a home win against Rangers with the score 2-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting IFK Göteborg in just three days.
Malmö has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Malmö in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Malmö FF - Rangers 2-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - one - two (Rangers wins - draws - Malmö FF wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 7 goals |  V. Birmančević 6 goals |  S. Krukow Rieks 4 goals |
Rangers missing players
Malmö FF missing players
| Rangers | Malmö FF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 50 | 37 | Scored | S | 18 | 51 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 8% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.9 | 15.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Djurgården | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | AIK | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Häcken | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Halmstad | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | IFK Göteborg | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Degerfors | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 12 | Sirius | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 15 |
| 13 | Varberg | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Örebro | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 12 |
| 15 | Mjallby | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
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- Sydsvenskan - (local newspaper)
- Svenska Fans: Malmö FF - (supporter blog)