It's Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Rangers and Servette

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 09.Aug
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ibrox Stadium (50817 seats)

It's game one of two in the Champions League as Rangers host Servette. This is a 3rd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Rangers form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

In their previous game, the manager Beale led his Rangers to a defeat away at Kilmarnock. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ibrox Stadium. Barišić was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.2 out of 10. The defender Barišić hit five key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting St. Mirren.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Livingston are coming to town in three days.

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Servette form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Genk in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League.

Four points from two away games for Servette, meaning one draw and one victory in the Super League so far.

Servette are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy. The draw against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy came from a losing position. The Servette manager Weiler brought on Pflücke as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. The attacker Guillemenot got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. Guillemenot hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that match, 2-2 away against Genk (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) in the Champions League.

A new game in only three days for Servette, the Super League home match versus St. Gallen. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Servette has managed {4 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ServetteC. Bedia
C. Bedia
3 goals
ServetteP. Pflücke
P. Pflücke
1 goals
ServetteE. Crivelli
E. Crivelli
1 goals

Rangers missing players

Servette missing players

Rangers Servette
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   11 25
16 10   Won W   5 12
2 1   Drew D   5 12
7 4   Lost L   1 1
55 31   Scored S   19 52
29 17   Conceded C   16 29
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
88% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 84%
76% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 56%
40% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 48%
20% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 20%
56% 60%   BTTS BTTS   73% 64%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 36%
12% 7%   Failed to Score F T   0% 4%
 
6.7 7.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 6.8
3.3 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4
1.6 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
16.9 16.3   Shots (avg) S (   14.5 15.9
6.4 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 6
35% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 34%
 
7.7 7.1   Shots against (avg) S A   14 12.4
3.2 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zurich 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 7
2 Young Boys 3 2 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 7
3 Lugano 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
4 Servette 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 5
5 Luzern 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Basel 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 St. Gallen 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Lausanne Sport 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
9 Grasshopper 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
10 Yverdon Sport 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
11 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 1
12 Winterthur 3 0 1 2 4 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 10 -6 1

Read more about Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.