Rangers and Olympique Lyonnais get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
Olympique Lyonnais could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligue 1 game only four sleeps ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rangers form and stats
Last season, Rangers's Europa League journey ended in the 8th finals against Slavia Praha.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 21 home games in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Rangers, who won 2-1 against St. Johnstone. James Tavernier, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Tavernier scored one goal, hit three key passes and won 0 of 3 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Celtic.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rangers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rangers, as the Premiership home game vs Motherwell is only three days away.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
Olympique was sent out of Champions League in the semi-finals last season.Things could have gone better for Olympique Lyonnais in their Ligue 1 away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Impressive finishing from Lucas Paquetá, Jason Denayer and Moussa Dembélé secured the home win 3-1 against Strasbourg in their previous game. Midfield player Bruno Guimarães was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Guimarães served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 64 successful passes (of 77 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nantes at their stadium, the result 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Olympique in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Olympique Lyonnais, zero draws and two defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Olympique Lyonnais now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at Paris Saint Germain is waiting in only three days.
It's early days yet, but Olympique Lyonnais has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding three meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Rangers, zero draws and one win for Olympique Lyonnais. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  M. Dembélé 4 goals |   K. Roofe 2 goals |  L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima 2 goals |
Rangers missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Rangers | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 32 | Scored | S | 20 | 59 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 7 | ||
| 13.8 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brøndby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sparta Praha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Angers SCO | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Nice | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Lens | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Clermont | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Lorient | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Reims | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Rennes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Lille | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 13 | Troyes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Nantes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Monaco | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Brest | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Metz | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 2 |