Rangers travel to Denmark to take on Brondby on Thursday evening in the fourth round of Europa League group games.
The hosts will be looking for revenge after losing away at Ibrox two weeks ago, but their opponents also need a win to lift them into the top two of Group A.
Match preview
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Brondby's first European campaign since 2008-09 arguably started slightly better than expected, as they managed to claim a point from their opening match after a goalless draw with Sparta Prague.
The group underdogs have since fallen to 3-0 and 2-0 defeats against Lyon and Rangers, however, and dropped to their expected position at the bottom of Group A, which takes them to 11 losses from their last 12 away games in Europe.
Things have not been going much better domestically either. The Boys from Vestegnen claimed their first Danish Superliga crown since 2004-05 last year, edging out FC Midtjylland by a single point, but their title defence started terribly as they failed to win any of their six opening games and took just one win from their first nine.
Niels Frederiksen's men have turned things around recently, though, and four victories in the last five games has lifted them back up to sixth in the table. They will now look to take that momentum into the game on Thursday.
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It may already be confirmed that Rangers will not match their achievement from last campaign of going undefeated, but they sit top of the league with a four-point cushion to rivals Celtic in second nonetheless.
They also come into Thursday's game on the back of an impressive performance, having thrashed Motherwell 6-1 on their own turf at the weekend.
It was actually the hosts who took the lead - and held it for half an hour - but goals from James Tavernier and Fashion Sakala late in the first half turned the match on its head, with Sakala completing his hat-trick in the second half, and Glen Kamara and Kemar Roofe also getting in on the act.
The Gers' European campaign got off to a disappointing start with a loss to group favourites Lyon and then a narrow 1-0 defeat away at Sparta.
Their win over Brondby dragged them back into contention, though, and Steven Gerrard will know that, if they can match that result in Denmark, they will put their destiny back in their own hands heading into the final two games.
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Team News
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Brondby goalkeeper Mads Hermansen is out with a foot injury and defender Rasmus Wikstrom looks likely to be out for the rest of the year.
Mikael Uhre also looks set to miss his third game in a row, although the forward did not cause Rangers many problems in their last encounter.
Perhaps a front two of Simon Hedlund and Marko Divkovic will have more luck.
Gerrard has some issues of his own to deal with, missing Ryan Kent to a hamstring injury and Nnamdi Ofoborh, who is currently dealing with heart issues.
Despite no longer having to wear his protective boot, Filip Helander is still not available as his recovery from surgery on his knee continues, but Ryan Jack is edging closer to a return, having now returned to team training.
Brondby possible starting lineup:
Mikkelsen; Mensah, Tshiembe, Maxso, Bruus; Divkovic, Frendrup, Radosevic, Cappis; Hedlund, Divkovic
Rangers possible starting lineup:
McGregor; Tavernier, Barisic, Balogun, Bassey; Davis, Lundstram, Aribo; Roofe, Hagi, Morelos
We say: Brondby 1-2 Rangers
Both sides are attack-minded and are in need of a victory from this game, which should provide goals and plenty of entertainment. We think the visitors should have enough class to edge out their opponents and grab a crucial away victory.
Top tip
James Mackenzie
Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Rangers win with a probability of 48.73%. A draw had a probability of 25.8% and a win for Brondby had a probability of 25.44%.
The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.05%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.27%) and 0-2 (9.12%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.25%), while for a Brondby win it was 1-0 (8.1%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.3% likelihood.
