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Rangers v Tottenham
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Kick Off: Thursday 12th December at 20:00
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Competition: UEFA Europa League
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Rangers take on Tottenham in an intriguing-looking Europa League tie at Ibrox on Thursday night. The Scottish giants took a big step towards qualification with a brilliant 4-1 win away at Nice.
As for Tottenham, they are also on track to qualify despite drawing 2-2 with Roma last time out.
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Tottenham have blown hot and cold this season but they should have too much quality for their opponents here. Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou has hinted that he will field a strong starting XI, which doesn’t bode well for a Rangers side that were soundly beaten 4-1 when hosting Lyon in October. While the Light Blues have exceeded expectations through the opening 5 match days, a tussle with Tottenham is an obvious step up in class.
👕 Rangers v Tottenham Predicted XI
🔍 Rangers v Tottenham Players to Watch
🔵 Nicolas Raskin
No Rangers player has committed more fouls than Nicolas Raskin in this season’s Europa League. The 23-year-old has given away an average of 2.80 fouls per game in Europe this term. He has fallen foul of the referee 12 times across his last 3 Europa League outings, giving away 2 or more free-kicks on each respective occasion. Expect to see that trend continue when Raskin comes up against a Tottenham team laced with talented players.
⚪ Heung-min Son
Heung-min Son looks well-placed to either score or assist at Ibrox on Thursday night. Across his 16 appearances for Spurs in all competitions this season, the South Korean star has chipped in with 9 goal involvements. He has scored in 2 of his last 3 starts for Tottenham and he could get more joy in front of goal against a Rangers team that have conceded 6 goals across their last 4 Europa League games.
📂 Rangers v Tottenham Cheat Sheet
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💻 Rangers v Tottenham Form and Tactics
Rangers produced their best European performance of the season when winning 4-1 away at Nice on matchday 5. Philippe Clement’s side generated an xG of 2.30 and racked up 14 shots on goal, 8 of which hit the target.
Rangers have since won their subsequent 3 Scottish Premiership matches, the most recent of which was a 3-0 success at Ross County. The Light Blues dominated possession (67%), won the shot battle (19-9) and landed nine on-target efforts.
Rangers have been strong corner operators in the Scottish Premiership this season but that’s not been the case in the Europa League. The Scottish heavyweights have earned a combined total of just 15 flag-kicks across their opening 5 league phase assignments. Philippe Clement’s side earned just 1 corner away at Nice a fortnight ago.
Only 4 other teams have committed more fouls than Rangers (75) following 5 rounds of league phase action.
Tottenham’s topsy-turvy season continued as they threw away a 2-goal lead to lose 4-3 to Chelsea on Sunday. Ange Postecoglou’s side won the xG battle 2.90 to 2.83 but their vulnerabilities at the back were exposed by the Blues.
Spurs have failed to win each of their previous 2 Europa League assignments, losing to Galatasaray before playing out a 2-2 draw with Roma. They will consider themselves unfortunate not to have come out on top against Roma though, having generated an xG of 3.74, working the opposition goalkeeper with 12 of their 24 efforts on goal
Tottenham have already been shown 2 red cards in this season’s Europa League, though they have collected just 9 yellow cards across their opening five league phase matches.
2 of the 10 goals Tottenham have scored in this season’s Europa League to date have come from the penalty spot.
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🏁 Rangers v Tottenham Ref Watch
- Referee – Sandro Scharer
- Sandro Scharer will take charge of a Europa League game for the first time this season on Thursday night. The Swiss whistler has issued 8 yellow cards across the 2 Champions League (excluding qualifiers) games that he has taken charge of this season.
- Sandro Scharer has awarded 3 penalty kicks across the 13 matches he has taken charge of in all competitions this season. It’s worth noting that none of those spot kicks were given in either of the 2 Champions League games he has overseen.
- Sandro Scharer awarded an average of 17.50 free-kicks per game across the 2 Champions League games he was in charge of earlier this season.
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