Union Saint-Gilloise 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 have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Union Saint-Gilloise nor Rangers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Union Saint-Gilloise at their home stadium (King Power at Den Dreef Stadion) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
A nice win for Union Saint-Gilloise last time playing, versus Sporting Charleroi. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Sykes scoring for the victors. Sykes, defender, was given a rating of 8.13/10 in that game, top of the team. Sykes scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.
1-1 away at Sint-Truiden before that.Union Saint-Gilloise are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Mechelen awaits in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Union Saint-Gilloise at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Rangers form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round, when Malmö FF drew the shortest straw.It's the second away game in a row for Rangers, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Livingston last time out. Tavernier, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.81. Tavernier scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 8 of 10 duels.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Rangers in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Rangers, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
A new game in only four days for Rangers, the Premiership home match versus Kilmarnock. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Sykes 1 goals | S. Adingra 1 goals |   J. Tavernier 1 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
Rangers missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 13 | Scored | S | 25 | 48 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 14.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 25% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||
| 9 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | OH Leuven | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Zulte-Waregem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Gent | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Standard Liège | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Genk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Mechelen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
