Rangers – Ufa Prediction & Picks (23.08.2018)

Glasgow Rangers and Ufa meet at Ibrox Stadium, in a match for this phase of the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs). This will be the first direct confrontation between these two teams, as they have never faced each other before.

Glasgow Rangers:

The home team reaches this stage of the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs) after having played previous qualifiers with: Maribor, Osijek and Shkupi. The team comes to this match after a win away with Kilmarnock by (1-3). In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Glasgow Rangers has won 8, tied 1 and lost 1.

For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 6 games.

Rangers reach the playoffs of the Europa League after qualifying in the previous phase, when he ended with some ease with Maribor, so now he wants the qualification for the group stage. The team knows that to advance in the competition it is very important to win this game, as it will play in their domains and guarantee an advantage for the return game, which will be played in the home of their opponent. Being that way, to conquer the desired marker you must show desire and determination, because without it you run the risk of being eliminated.

Ufa:

Until reaching this phase of the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs), the visiting team eliminated: Progrès Nidderkuer and Domžale. In the last match they played, for the Premier League, they lost to Dynamo Moscow by (3-0). In the last 10 away matches Ufa has won 2, tied 4 and lost 4. The team has conceded goals in 3 of the last 4 matches, so they have not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 23 of the last 50 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 35 out of 50 have ended with Under 2,5 goals.

Before reaching the European League playoffs, the UFA needed to go through two previous previous rounds of the competition, in which they eliminated Domzale and Progrès, so now they want their qualification to the next level. The team knows that reaching the group stage is difficult and for this it is important that you get a good result in this match, even a draw with goals, because the return game will be in your domains and so you will have a small advantage. In this game you will find difficulties and that was already expected, so you must show all your strength in the field to not return home with a setback.