The first of two encounters in the Europa League 8th Finals, as the hometeam Slavia Praha will try to edge Rangers in their own ballpark.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Czech Liga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Banik Ostrava, was also a home game here at Sinobo stadium. The away team is better rested.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rangers, who are travelling more than 1900 kilometers to play this game.
Slavia Praha form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the play-offs.Slavia Praha have been outstanding at home so far in the Czech Liga with 10 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Slavia Praha has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Slavia has a nice streak going on as they have played 34 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Slovacko defeat 375 days ago. Slavia has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Sinobo stadium. We remember; it was Zbrojovka Brno.
Slavia's previous game was a Czech Liga match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Banik Ostrava. The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Slavia won a home game hosting Karlovy Vary (10-3).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Slavia as they are travelling to their away game against Mlada Boleslav in the Czech Liga. That match is three days after this one.
Slavia are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Sinobo stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 29 goals in 11 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Slavia have only let in 5 goals at home.
Rangers form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Bayer Leverkusen.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Rangers who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 33 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Hamilton Academical. Rangers are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 18 in a row without losing.
Rangers had fun at their own home (Sinobo stadium) last time out, beating St. Mirren 3-0. Ianis Hagi, Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent scored. Prior to that result Rangers won their away game at Livingston in the Premiership. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Rangers in our archives, and the results are: one win for Rangers, zero draws and zero defeats.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Kuchta 11 goals | A. Sima 11 goals |   J. Tavernier 11 goals |
Slavia Praha missing players
Rangers missing players
| Slavia Praha | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 10 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 70 | 39 | Scored | S | 29 | 62 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.7 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 13.8 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 43% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 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 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 48 | 58 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Slovacko | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 40 |
| 4 | Slovan Liberec | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Jablonec | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Viktoria Plzen | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 37 |
| 7 | Pardubice | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 8 | Sigma Olomouc | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Banik Ostrava | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | Ceske Budejovice | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 11 | -2 | 30 |
| 11 | Zlin | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | Karvina | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Bohemians 1905 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 25 |
| 14 | Teplice | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -20 | 22 |
| 15 | Mlada Boleslav | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Zbrojovka Brno | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -19 | 15 |
| 17 | Pribram | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -26 | 12 |
| 18 | Opava | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -29 | 12 |