Rangers and Galatasaray get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Play-offs fixture.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
These teams have little in common geographically as Galatasaray have to travel 3600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers have reached this Europa League stage through battling and winning against Lincoln Red Imps and Willem II. Rangers was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Europa League. Bayer Leverkusen was too strong.Ever since the Hamilton Academical game Rangers has been unbeatable here at Ibrox Stadium producing four straight wins.
Rangers are returning here after visiting Willem II in a Europa League game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. James Tavernier, Filip Helander (2) and Ryan Kent scored the goal(s). 2-2 away at Hibernian before that.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Rangers played a great game against Willem II and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rangers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost zero.
Galatasaray form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Neftci and Hajduk Split in order to reach Play-offs of Europa League. Galatasaray's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 16th finals against Benfica.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super Lig travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Galatasaray had fun at their own home (Ibrox Stadium) last time out, beating Hajduk Split 2-0. Ryan Babel and Younès Belhanda scored. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Istanbul Basaksehir.
Galatasaray are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.
Galatasaray have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Kent 4 goals |  A. Morelos Aviléz 3 goals |   R. García Zárate 3 goals |
Rangers missing players
Galatasaray missing players
| Rangers | Galatasaray | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Scored | S | 20 | 47 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 64% | 70% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 374 | 172 | Total Shots | T S | 149 | 288 | ||
| 143 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 115 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fatih Karagumruk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Hatayspor | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Alanyaspor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | BB Erzurumspor | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Goztepe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Antalyaspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Fenerbahce | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Trabzonspor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Kasimpasa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Sivasspor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Kayserispor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Genclerbirligi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Denizlispor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 19 | Ankaragucu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Rizespor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 21 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |