Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League 8th Finals between Rangers and Slavia Praha. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Slavia Praha could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Czech Liga game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Mlada Boleslav. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 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 Bayer Leverkusen.This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 9 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Rangers has a nice streak going on as they have played 33 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Hamilton Academical defeat 379 days ago. 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 16 home games in the league.
Rangers drew their last game, 1-1 away at Slavia Praha. Ahead of that match, Rangers won a home game hosting St. Mirren (3-0).
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 two games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rangers as they are travelling to their away game against Celtic in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Slavia Praha form and stats
Slavia was sent out of Europa League in the quarter-finals last season, when Chelsea turned out to be too strong.The strength of Slavia Praha on their travels this season is incredible with 30 points collected from 12 Czech Liga away games. Slavia Praha has 9-3-0 on the road, with 37 goals scored and 10 conceded. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Slavia who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 35 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Slovacko. Slavia are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 17 in a row without losing.
It's the second away game in a row for Slavia, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Mlada Boleslav in the Czech Liga last time out. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Rangers.
A new game in only three days for Slavia, the Czech Liga home match versus Opava. Busy days.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Slavia alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (37 from 12 played). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Slavia Praha - Rangers 1-1.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tavernier 11 goals |   J. Kuchta 11 goals | A. Sima 11 goals |
Rangers missing players
Slavia Praha missing players
| Rangers | Slavia Praha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 59 | 29 | Scored | S | 34 | 70 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.4 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 44% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slavia Praha | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 51 | 61 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Slovan Liberec | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Jablonec | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| 5 | Slovacko | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 40 |
| 6 | Viktoria Plzen | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 37 |
| 7 | Banik Ostrava | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Pardubice | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -8 | 31 |
| 9 | Sigma Olomouc | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | Ceske Budejovice | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 14 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Zlin | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Bohemians 1905 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 13 | Karvina | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | Teplice | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 28 | -21 | 22 |
| 15 | Mlada Boleslav | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -13 | 19 |
| 16 | Zbrojovka Brno | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -20 | 15 |
| 17 | Opava | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 15 |
| 18 | Pribram | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 29 | -35 | 12 |