Willem II and Rangers get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round fixture.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Rangers have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Willem II form and stats
Action has already taken place for Willem in Europa League as they have defeated Progres Niedercorn to reach the 3rd Qualifying Round.The story so far in the Eredivisie for Willem II at their home stadium (Koning Willem II Stadion) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In general it's been a long time since Willem II tasted defeat here at Koning Willem Stadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
A nice win for Willem last time playing, versus Heracles. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with John Yeboah, Görkem Sağlam and Vangelis Pavlidis (2) scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 5-0 victory visiting Progres Niedercorn.
As mentioned above, Willem "killed" Heracles in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Willem II as they are travelling to their away game against FC Emmen in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Willem II's 1 home game: 4 goals, 0 conceded.
Rangers form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lincoln Red Imps in order to reach 3rd Qualifying Round of Europa League. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Bayer Leverkusen.Rangers has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Hibernian for a Premiership game that ended a draw (2-2). Prior to that result Rangers won their away game at Lincoln Red Imps in the Europa League. The scoreline was 5-0.
Rangers has another fixture away, a Premiership game, against Motherwell in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Willem II missing players
Rangers missing players
| Willem II | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 47 | 24 | Scored | S | 23 | 48 | ||
| 28 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 238 | 124 | Total Shots | T S | 194 | 381 | ||
| 92 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 142 | ||
| 43% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Ajax | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | VVV-Venlo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Feyenoord | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Willem II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Heracles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | AZ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FC Utrecht | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |