Brøndby and Rangers get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
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 Brøndby and Rangers.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rangers, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.
Brøndby form and stats
Brøndby have performed here at Brøndby Stadion this season with 4 wins from 7 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Brøndby has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Brøndby, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Brøndby enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Viborg's place. The match ended 1-0 with Christian Cappis scoring. Manager N. Frederiksen felt very clever after Christian Cappis scored the winning goal against Viborg, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 76th minute. Henrik Heggheim, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Heggheim hit one key pass and won 4 of 9 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Aalborg Freja and winning 3-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Brøndby, as the Superliga home game vs OB is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Brøndby in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Brøndby have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers was sent out of Europa League in the 8th finals last season, when Slavia Praha turned out to be too strong.When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-1D-2L. This is both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Rangers who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Dundee United.
Two travels in a row for Rangers, whose manager S. Gerrard could celebrate last time after the Premiership win against Motherwell. As you can tell from the results above, Rangers was very dominant against Motherwell, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-1 (!) with Fashion Sakala (3), Kemar Roofe, James Tavernier and Glen Kamara providing the goals. Fashion Sakala certainly enjoyed Rangers's last game versus Motherwell, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-1 victory. The attacker Fashion Sakala got a match rating of 9.9 in that game. Sakala scored three goals, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Aberdeen.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ross County in just three days.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Rangers - Brøndby 2-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  M. Uhre 7 goals |   K. Roofe 5 goals |  A. Morelos Aviléz 4 goals |
Brøndby missing players
Rangers missing players
| Brøndby | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 14 | Scored | S | 16 | 41 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 5.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.2 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 17.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| 14 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 6 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympique Lyonnais | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Rangers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Brøndby | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Midtjylland | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | København | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 28 |
| 3 | AaB | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Randers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Silkeborg | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Brøndby | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | OB | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Viborg | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | AGF | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Nordsjælland | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 11 | SønderjyskE | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -18 | 9 |
| 12 | Vejle | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -24 | 5 |