It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs meeting between Rangers and Borussia Dortmund. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
It's quite the trip for Borussia Dortmund when visiting Rangers as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Rangers nor Borussia Dortmund 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.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers have reached this Europa League stage through battling and winning against Olympique Lyonnais, Sparta Praha, Alashkert and Brøndby. Last season, Rangers's Europa League journey ended in the 8th finals against Slavia Praha.This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in this competition.
Rangers travelled for their previous game, a trip to Dundee United that ended 1-1. Tavernier, defender, was given a rating of 8.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Tavernier hit three key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Motherwell are coming to town in three days.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.The visitors are W6-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
Wolf, Malen, Moukoko, Reus (2) and Can scored in Borussia Dortmund's previous match, the home game against Borussia M'gladbach that ended 6-0. Reus, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 10.0. Reus scored two goals, signed up for three assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Borussia Dortmund manager Rose as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Augsburg.
The Borussia manager Rose has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 11 league matches. As for defending, Borussia Dortmund rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also faced each other earlier this match year: Borussia Dortmund - Rangers 2-4.Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 16 goals |   A. Morelos Aviléz 11 goals |  M. Reus 9 goals |
Rangers missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| Rangers | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 57 | 29 | Scored | S | 21 | 59 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 4% | ||
| 6.9 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 18.4 | 20.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 14.6 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 42% | ||
| 7.2 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 48 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 49 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 21 | 41 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 37 |
| 5 | Hoffenheim | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Freiburg | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| 7 | Köln | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | -2 | 35 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 34 |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Bochum | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 27 |
| 13 | Borussia M'gladbach | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -16 | 26 |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | -26 | 23 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -15 | 22 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 19 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 44 | -40 | 13 |
