Europa League: Glasgow Rangers vs Slavia Prague Preview, Odds, Prediction

Glasgow Rangers and Slavia Prague will highlight arguably the most interesting Europa League match tonight. With all due respect to Manchester United and AC Milan’s fans, we believe that the game at Ibrox is going to bring drama and thrill. The opening leg in Prague saw a draw, 1-1, but the intensity and the overall situation on the pitch were more than satisfying. Rangers has the home-field advantage, but on the other side, that doesn’t have to mean anything when Slavia plays. These two sides pretty much solved all the enigmas in the domestic leagues, with the Rangers mathematically securing the title, whilst Slavia being close to that position.

Preview

Glasgow Rangers (+135) didn’t have any games this weekend, meaning that their unbeaten streak stretches throughout 18 matches. During that time, Steven Gerrard’s side won on 15 occasions and had just three draws.

When looking at the home events, the situation is even more impressive. The Gers haven’t lost since the start of the season, and only Benfica managed to get away from Ibrox unbeaten, with that match ending 2-2.

In 23 games, the hosts would protect their net on 17 occasions, scoring two or more goals 18 times. It is no wonder why Rangers won the title with the winter still going on.

Slavia Prague (+210) didn’t lose in 19 straight games, and before that, the last loss was in October. Like ways the Rangers they are the unstoppable force in the domestic league and have no worthy opponent at the time.

A slight difference is that Slavia’s matches are a bit more efficient in terms that when the team from Prague plays, we often see four or five goals. Unlike the Gers, the Czechs have a bit more loosened defense, but on the other side, their attack is ferocious.

In 11 of those 19 matches, they would score at least three goals, and 12 of them saw both sides to net.

Latest News

Katic and Tavernier are out, which is a significant blow for the Rangers, who also have Ryan Jack injured. We’ll see how Gerrard covers the absence of these two guys.

On the other side, the list of Slavia’s injured players is long, but most of them are out for quite some time. Beran, Kacharaba, Yusuf, van Buren, are all left back home. Hovorka, Sevcik, and Traore are injured, while Zima suffered a suspension due to yellow cards.

Head to Head Games

Even though they are old clubs whose background is very colorful and rich, these two sides didn’t have any H2H meeting until one week ago. The game in Prague saw the hosts taking the lead after seven minutes, with Stanciu’s goal, but Rangers responded in the 36th with Helander netting. That was the final result of the game.

Prediction

As said, we expect to see the intensity of this game at the highest possible level, because these two teams don’t know to play differently. At some point in the event, we should see them trading blows and engaging in an open gunfight, which is why we predict over 2.5 goals in tonight’s affair. The bookies don’t believe in such a development, so they put high odds on this pick, +120.