Europa League betting and spectator preview: Rangers and Standard Liège meet at Ibrox Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's no vacation for neither Rangers nor Standard Liège 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.
Standard Liège have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Rangers form and stats
Last season, Rangers's Europa League journey ended in the 8th finals against Bayer Leverkusen.On the other hand, in the Europa League, Rangers has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Rangers haven’t lost a league-game in 16 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Hamilton Academical, 274 days ago. After failing to beat Hamilton Academical here at Ibrox Stadium, Rangers has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with eight wins in a row.
In the match before that, Rangers hosted Benfica and drew the Europa League game 2-2.
As mentioned above, Rangers "killed" Falkirk in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Rangers are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Ross County awaits in three days.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard's mission in Europa League last season failed in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Total Europa League statistics for Standard Liège: 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. Standard have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row. Standard has drawn their two previous away games.
Standard has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Anderlecht for a Pro League game that ended a draw (0-0). Before that, Standard secured a home win against Lech Poznań with the score 2-1.
After this away game Standard return home for a Pro League game against Mechelen. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Standard have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. Standard are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Standard Liège - Rangers 0-2 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tavernier 9 goals |  R. Kent 5 goals |  K. Roofe 5 goals |
Rangers missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Rangers | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 66 | 35 | Scored | S | 10 | 32 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 20% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 15.1 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 46% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | Rangers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Lech Poznań | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 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 | Genk | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 28 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 27 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Gent | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 7 |