Europa League match preview: Rangers versus Brøndby

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 21.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ibrox Stadium (50817 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Rangers at Ibrox Stadium when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Brøndby with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superliga.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Brøndby, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.

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Rangers form and stats

Rangers was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Europa League. Slavia Praha was too strong.

On the other hand, in the Europa League, Rangers has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. In general it's been a long time since Rangers tasted defeat here at Ibrox Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 24 home games in the league.

The spoils were shared in Rangers's previous game, also at home. Visiting Hearts travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Joe Aribo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Aribo hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).

Ahead of that match, Rangers won a home game hosting Hibernian (2-1).

The manager S. Gerrard will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to St. Mirren in only three days.

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Brøndby form and stats

Brøndby's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round.

There's been little loot from Brøndby's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Superliga. Brøndby only have 0 wins to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws.

Brøndby are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Superliga against Vejle. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager N. Frederiksen when Christian Cappis scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Andreas Bruus got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Bruus scored one goal.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Randers.

A quick return to home after this game, as Brøndby are hosting København in the Superliga only three days away.

Brøndby have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Brøndby struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

BrøndbyM. Uhre
M. Uhre
7 goals
RangersK. Roofe
K. Roofe
3 goals
RangersJ. Aribo
J. Aribo
2 goals

Rangers missing players

Brøndby missing players

Rangers Brøndby
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   15 25
14 9   Won W   3 8
5 4   Drew D   6 9
6 2   Lost L   6 8
41 29   Scored S   29 44
19 11   Conceded C   26 35
92% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
64% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 88%
48% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 56%
20% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 32%
12% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 20%
40% 47%   BTTS BTTS   80% 72%
44% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 16%
24% 13%   Failed to Score F T   13% 16%
 
7.3 7.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5
3 3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.1
1.7 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.7
2 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
15.9 17.3   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 12.5
5.3 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 4.5
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 40%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Sparta Praha 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
3 Brøndby 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
4 Rangers 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
  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 12 9 1 2 23 7 6 5 0 1 15 3 6 4 1 1 8 4 16 28
2 København 12 7 4 1 26 9 6 2 3 1 9 6 6 5 1 0 17 3 17 25
3 AaB 11 6 3 2 18 9 5 4 0 1 10 2 6 2 3 1 8 7 9 21
4 Randers 12 6 3 3 16 13 6 2 3 1 7 7 6 4 0 2 9 6 3 21
5 Silkeborg 12 4 6 2 17 13 6 3 2 1 10 5 6 1 4 1 7 8 4 18
6 Brøndby 12 3 6 3 17 17 6 3 2 1 9 6 6 0 4 2 8 11 0 15
7 OB 12 3 5 4 19 18 6 2 2 2 12 8 6 1 3 2 7 10 1 14
8 Nordsjælland 12 4 2 6 17 22 6 2 2 2 10 11 6 2 0 4 7 11 -5 14
9 Viborg 12 2 6 4 15 19 6 1 2 3 7 9 6 1 4 1 8 10 -4 12
10 AGF 11 3 3 5 9 16 6 2 2 2 7 8 5 1 1 3 2 8 -7 12
11 SønderjyskE 12 2 3 7 6 17 6 2 2 2 5 7 6 0 1 5 1 10 -11 9
12 Vejle 12 0 2 10 9 32 6 0 2 4 5 14 6 0 0 6 4 18 -23 2

Read more about Europa League

The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.