With an entertaining encounter anticipated at Ibrox on Thursday night, it makes sense to support over 2.5 goals. 3 of Rangers’ 5 Europa League games this season have featured 3 or more match goals, including each of their 2 outings at their Glasgow base.

As for Tottenham, 4 of their 5 continental contests this season have produced a minimum of 3 match strikes, with each of their previous 2 breaking the over 3.5 goal barrier. On top of that, 10 of Spurs’ 15 Premier League games this term have also delivered at least three goals.

With the two teams firmly on track to qualify, both respective managers can approach this clash with a relatively relaxed attitude, and that only adds to the appeal of siding with a goal-heavy game in Glasgow.

Rangers left-back Jefte looks like a prime candidate to commit a minimum of 1 foul on Thursday night. The young Brazilian defender has averaged 0.95 fouls per-game across both domestic and European duty this season.

He has given away a free-kick in 3 of his 4 Europa League outings this term, including each of Rangers’ 2 home games. On top of that, Jefte has got on the wrong side of the referee in each of his previous 5 appearances in the Scottish Premiership.

The 20-year-old could come up against Brennan Johnson on Thursday night, who has been fouled 3 times over the course of his last 3 Europa League outings.

Another Rangers defender who regularly finds himself on the referee’s radar is Robin Propper. The Dutch defender is giving away an average of 1.17 fouls per 90 when on continental duty this term.

In fact, Propper has been penalised in each of his 5 appearances for Rangers in this season’s Europa League, including a 22-minute substitute appearance against FCSB.

He has also overstepped the mark in all but 2 of his 9 appearances in this season’s Scottish Premiership, making multiple misdemeanours in 2 of his last 4 appearances. There is plenty of scope for that trend to continue when he comes up against Tottenahm on Thursday night.

Propper could be pitting his wits against Dominic Solanke, who has drawn a team-high average of 1.40 fouls per-game for Spurs in this season’s Europa League.

Heung-min Son has a knack for drawing fouls from Tottenham’s opponents, making him an appealing option to earn his side at least 1 free-kick on Thursday night.

The Tottenham captain has been fouled in each of his 3 outings in this season’s Europa League to date. Throw in the fact that Son has been upended once or more in 9 of his 12 Premier League appearances this season, then a repeat looks well within range against Rangers at Ibrox on Thursday night.

In direct opposition to the Spurs ace is likely to be James Tavernier. The Rangers skipper has given away a combined total of 3 free-kicks across the 3 Europa League games that he has started this season.

While Tottenham’s overall form this season has been extremely inconsistent, they have lost just 1 of their opening 5 Europa League games thus far. Furthermore, Ange Postecoglou’s side have come out on top in 3 of those 5 contests, and they should have too much firepower to slip up here.

While Rangers have taken a respectable 10 points from their 5 games in this season’s Europa League, this will be their toughest test to date. The Light Blues defensive deficiencies were laid bare when losing 4-1 to Lyon at Ibrox on matchday 2.

Philippe Clement’s side have also failed to keep clean sheets against the likes of Olympiakos and Nice, which doesn’t bode well ahead of a clash with a star-studded Spurs side. Postecoglou’s team are a step up in class from what Rangers have faced previously and they should flex their muscles to take top honours at Ibrox.

Look to Heung-min Son to either score or assist at Ibrox on Thursday night. The Tottenham captain opened up his Europa League account for the season when notching against Roma two weeks ago. Son was then back on the scoresheet on Sunday against Chelsea in the Premier League.

While the Spurs ace has endured a somewhat injury disrupted season thus far, he has still registered an impressive 9 goal involvements across his 16 outings in all competitions so far.

With that in mind, he merits support to either score or provide an assist against Rangers on Thursday night. The Light Blues leaked 4 goals at home to Lyon back on matchday 2, making Son a prime candidate to exploit that defensive vulnerability.

Tottenham look well placed to hit the most corners at Ibrox on Thursday night. Ange Postecoglou’s high-octane outfit have been prolific corner operators this season.

They have averaged a whopping 8.40 flag-kicks per game in the Premier League this term – a tally only marginally topped by Man City. While that average drops down to 5.40 in the Europa League, Spurs have still come out on top in the corner battle in 3 of their last 4 European outings.

In contrast, Rangers have averaged a lowly 2.14 corners per 90 in Europe this season. That has coincided with them losing the flag-kick count against the likes of Malmo and Nice, so Tottenham hold plenty of appeal to follow suit.

Rangers’ Nicolas Raskin is known to be combative and he should have plenty of defensive work to get through at Ibrox on Thursday night. Thus, the Belgian looks worth backing to tackle his way into the referee’s notebook against Tottenham.

Raskin has already racked up 6 yellow cards across his 18 appearances for Rangers in all competitions this season, 1 of which came against Olympiakos on matchday 4.

Given the calibre of opposition that Rangers will be coming up against on matchday 6, Raskin may be forced to up his aggression. He could be tasked with keeping Tottenham’s James Maddison quiet – a player that has drawn an average of 2 fouls per-game in this season’s Europa League so far.