Rangers proceed their Europa League marketing campaign on Thursday, travelling to Greece to face Europa Convention League champions Olympiacos.
Philippe Clement nonetheless finds himself beneath big strain as Rangers supervisor, with the Glasgow facet at present sat 9 factors behind bitter rivals Celtic within the Scottish Premiership. Even victory within the Scottish League Cup semi-final was awkward on the weekend, with the Gers needing to come back from behind of their 2-1 win over Motherwell.
The Europa League has provided blended outcomes up to now. An embarrassing 4-1 defeat to Lyon was sandwiched between commanding victories over Malmo and FCSB, however Rangers’ inconsistencies imply supporters are by no means solely sure which model of their facet they’ll witness.
Olympiacos have additionally confronted Lyon and Malmo within the Europa League, following Rangers’ instance by dropping to the previous and beating the latter. A 3-0 victory over Braga on Matchday 2 means they too have claimed six factors from their opening three encounters.
The Greek giants are themselves in patchy kind, successful three, drawing two and dropping considered one of their final six matches. They’re at present off the tempo within the Tremendous League, three factors behind desk toppers Aris Thessaloniki.
Right here is 90min’s information to Thursday’s motion.
Olympiacos vs Rangers H2H File
That is the primary aggressive fixture between Olympiacos and Rangers.
Present kind (all competitions)
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Olympiacos |
Rangers |
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Olympiacos 2-1 Panserraikos – 02/11/24 |
Motherwell 1-2 Rangers – 03/11/24 |
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Athens Kallithea 0-1 Olympiacos – 30/10/24 |
Aberdeen 2-1 Rangers – 30/10/24 |
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Asteras Tripolis 1-0 Olympiacos – 27/10/24 |
Rangers 2-1 St Mirren – 27/10/24 |
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Malmo 0-1 Olympiacos – 24/10/24 |
Rangers 4-0 FCSB – 24/10/24 |
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Olympiacos 2-2 Levadiakos – 20/10/24 |
Kilmarnock 1-0 Rangers – 20/10/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/reside stream |
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United Kingdom |
TNT Sports activities 3, discovery+, discovery+ App |
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United States |
Paramount+, fuboTV, ViX, CBS Sports activities Community |
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Canada |
DAZN |
Jose Luis Mendilibar is with no host of key gamers for Rangers’ go to, together with summer season signings Willian and Yusuf Yazici. The Brazilian has made simply six appearances for his new facet since leaving Fulham and is sidelined till 2025.
Marko Stamenic, Theofanis Bakoulas, Franciso Ortega and Andreas-Richardos Ntoi are all more likely to miss out, however Italian defender Lorenzo Pirola may make his comeback having been lacking because the victory over Malmo.
Ayoub El Kaabi is Olympiacos’ main attacking menace. The 2023/24 Europa Convention League Participant of the Season has already scored 9 occasions this marketing campaign, together with three within the Europa League.
Olympiacos predicted lineup vs Rangers (4-2-3-1): Tzolakis; Costinha, Retsos, Carmo, Pirola; Mouzakitis, Hezze; Rodinei, Chiquinho, Martins; El Kaabi.
Tom Lawrence is a doubt for Thursday’s conflict after lacking coaching through the week. The midfielder was substituted within the first half of the weekend win over Motherwell and could also be absent for the journey to Greece.
Oscar Cortes remains to be sidelined by damage, whereas Ross McCausland missed out on the win over Motherwell and is uncertain to function. Ridvan Yilmaz and Rabbi Matondo are each again in coaching however it’s unclear if they are going to be concerned on Thursday.
Danilo was omitted from the Europa League squad, that means Cyriel Dessers will lead the road as soon as once more having failed to attain within the competitors up to now.
Rangers predicted lineup vs Olympiacos (4-2-3-1): Butland; Tavernier, Souttar, Balogun, Jefte; Raskin, Barron; Cerny, Diomande, Bajrami; Dessers.
Rangers are within the midst of a tough interval and Clement can ill-afford many extra slip-ups if he desires to maintain his place because the membership’s head coach. Travelling to face European regulars Olympiacos would not have been his dream outing because the Gers intention to rediscover some consistency.
Olympiacos have an array of attacking skills who will check a Rangers facet with only one clear sheet of their previous 5 video games. Clement will fancy his facet to trigger the hosts points, particularly contemplating the constructive type of Vaclav Cerny and Nedim Bajrami, however they could depart with out something to indicate for it.
