Rangers vs Club Brugge Prediction: Betting Tips, Team News & More
Rangers face Club Brugge at Ibrox on Tuesday in the first-leg of their crunch Champions League play-off tie, live on Amazon Prime at 8pm.
Read on for our best bets and the early team news ahead of kick-off.
Rangers vs Club Brugge Prediction
Rangers have had a mixed start under former Southampton boss Russell Martin, with three wins, three draws, and a defeat from his opening six matches in all competitions.
The Gers are yet to pick up a win in the league, falling four points behind Celtic and Hearts already, but in Europe they have battled their way through to Champions League play-offs following wins over Panathinaikos and Viktoria Plzen.
Goals have been a key theme at the start of Martin's regime - at both ends of the pitch - with 20 goals scored and conceded across the seven games. Both Teams to Score has landed in five of those, and Over 2.5 Goals has hit in three of the last four.
That trend could easily continue on Tuesday when Rangers face a tough test against Club Brugge, who reached the last 16 of this competition last season and are no strangers to high-scoring affairs themselves. The sides played out a 2-2 draw at Ibrox in a pre-season friendly just last month, while Brugge edged a 3-2 second-leg thriller against RB Salzburg in the previous round.
With goals expected at Ibrox, new Rangers star Djeidi Gassama looks a strong shout to continue his impressive scoring form in Champions League qualifying.
The 21-year-old - a summer arrival from Sheffield Wednesday - has netted four goals in four games so far, including a brace in the 3-0 win over Viktoria Plzen, and looks a massive price at 23/5 to get on the scoresheet again on Tuesday.
He could also be worth considering at 9/1 in the 'last goalscorer' market, having scored the final goal in three of Rangers’ European games this summer.
Rangers vs Club Brugge Team News
Martin made 10 changes for the weekend's 4-2 cup win over Alloa Athletic but familiar faces will return for tonight's clash.
Jayden Meghoma will hope to register in time to feature, Cyriel Dessers faces a late fitness test, while Besiktas-linked Ridvan Yilmaz and Palmeiras-linked Jefte not expected to be in the squad.
Michal Skoras and Joel Ordonez are doubts for Club Brugge.
| # | Starting XI | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Butland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Jayden Meghoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | John Francis Souttar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Nasser Yacouba Djiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Maximillian James Aarons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Joseph Matthew Rothwell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Nicolas Thierry Raskin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Mohammed Baba Diomandé | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Djeidi Gassama | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Danilo Pereira da Silva | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Oliver Antman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Substitutes | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Thelo Gerard Aasgaard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Connor Clark Barron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Lyall Cameron | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Findlay Curtis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Kieran O'Neill Dowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Oluwasegun Fernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Joshua Gentles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Alexander Hutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Hamza Igamane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Liam Patrick Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Mikey Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | James Henry Tavernier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Starting XI | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Joaquin Seys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Brandon Mechele | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Jorne Spileers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Kyriani Sabbe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Raphael Onyedika Nwadike | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Aleksandar Stanković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Christos Tzolis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Hans Vanaken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Carlos Roberto Forbs Borges | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Romeo Vermant | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Substitutes | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Lynnt Audoor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Shandre Miguel Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Mamadou Diakhon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Nordin Jackers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Bjorn Thomas Meijer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Håkan Gustaf Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Joel Leandro Ordóñez Guerrero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ludovit Reis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Cisse Sandra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Hugo Thierry Siquet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Nicolò Tresoldi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hugo Vegard Vetlesen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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