RB Leipzig host the first leg in this deciding Europa League Semi-finals game. Rangers will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Ibrox Stadium before the return leg in 11 days.
These teams have little in common geographically as Rangers have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
RB Leipzig form and stats
Last season, RB Leipzig's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Red Bull Arena as RB Leipzig have scored 39 goals to get 32 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 10-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
The Leipzig club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Red Bull Arena: A 1-2 defeat against Union Berlin. Simakan, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Simakan hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.
RB Leipzig are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew three and lost one.
The manager Tedesco will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Borussia M'gladbach in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and RB Leipzig are scoring many of them at home; 39 on target from 16 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded.
Rangers form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Slavia Praha.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses both home and away.
Two away games in a row for Rangers, whose coach Bronckhorst could celebrate last time after the win against Motherwell. Sakala, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.44. Sakala served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
hometeam won
Rangers have another game away in just three days, a Premiership game against Celtic. A rough programme for them!
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Nkunku 17 goals |   A. Morelos Aviléz 12 goals |  A. Valente Silva 10 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Rangers missing players
| RB Leipzig | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 59 | 27 | Scored | S | 28 | 54 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.4 | 18 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6 | ||
| 44% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | ||
| 9.7 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 31 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 92 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 62 | 75 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 31 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 77 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 31 | 63 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 72 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 28 | 55 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 33 | 54 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 52 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 50 |
| 7 | Köln | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 49 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | -2 | 40 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 39 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 38 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -12 | 37 |
| 13 | Bochum | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -13 | 36 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 32 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 35 | -34 | 29 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -17 | 28 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 26 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 76 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 46 | -51 | 17 |
