Champions League: Get ready for the second leg of the Servette - Rangers clash

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 15.Aug
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Genève (28833 seats)

It's time to decide the outcome of the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round meeting between Servette and Rangers. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!

These teams have little in common geographically as Rangers have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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 Servette and Rangers.

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Servette form and stats

Action has already taken place for Servette in Champions League as they have defeated Genk to reach the 3rd Qualifying Round.

Servette have less points than they have played home games in the Super League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in this competition.

The spoils were shared in Servette's previous game, also at home. Visiting St. Gallen travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The Servette goalkeeper Mall was crucial in the match against St. Gallen last time out, making six saves.

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Rangers in the Champions League.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Servette as they are travelling to their away game against Meyrin in the Swiss Cup. That match is four days after this one.

Servette has scored {3 goals-1} so far and conceded {3 goals-2} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Rangers form and stats

Rangers's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.

Rangers are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the match against Livingston. As you can tell from the results above, Rangers was very dominant against Livingston, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Lammers, Sima, Dowell and Danilo providing the goals. Midfield player Cantwell was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Cantwell hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 51 successful passes (of 58 total).

Before that match, the win at home against Servette in the Champions League (2-1).

A quick return to home after this game, as Rangers are hosting Greenock Morton in the League Cup only four days away.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date past match featuring both these participants is the Rangers - Servette 2-1 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

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

Servette missing players

Rangers missing players

Servette Rangers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   9 25
11 7   Won W   5 16
12 7   Drew D   1 2
2 0   Lost L   3 7
50 33   Scored S   21 56
31 13   Conceded C   12 30
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 88%
56% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   78% 80%
48% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   56% 44%
20% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 20%
68% 57%   BTTS BTTS   56% 60%
32% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 28%
4% 7%   Failed to Score F T   22% 12%
 
6.1 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 6.3
4.2 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.5
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1.5
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
15 16.8   Shots (avg) S (   17.3 17
5.6 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6 6.1
35% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 37%
 
13.8 12.3   Shots against (avg) S A   8.8 7.8
4.4 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.3

  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 4 3 1 0 10 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 8 10
2 Young Boys 3 2 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 7
3 St. Gallen 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
4 Servette 4 1 3 0 7 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 6
5 Lugano 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
6 Luzern 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
7 Yverdon Sport 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
8 Grasshopper 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 4
9 Winterthur 4 1 1 2 7 11 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 4 10 -4 4
10 Basel 3 1 0 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 3
11 Lausanne Sport 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
12 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 4 0 1 3 2 9 3 0 1 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 -7 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.