Jagiellonia Bialystok vs Rangers - prediction, team news, lineups

Jagiellonia Bialystok and Rangers volition clash astatine Chorten Arena connected Thursday evening for the archetypal limb of their Europa League 3rd qualifying circular tie. 

The hosts person won each of their opening 2 matches successful 2026-27, portion the visitors drew their archetypal fixture of the caller campaign.

Match preview

Jagiellonia Bialystok secured their spot successful the Europa League qualifiers with a third-placed decorativeness successful the Ekstraklasa array successful 2025-26, finishing narrowly extracurricular the Champions League spots connected extremity difference. 

Adrian Siemieniec's subsequently enjoyed a superb pre-season campaign, winning 4 and drafting 1 of their 5 affable fixtures, including wins implicit Sparta Prague (1-0) and Nordsjaelland (2-1). 

Jagiellonia person carried that momentum into their opening games of the caller term, winning each of their archetypal 2 league fixtures, with different affable triumph sandwiched successful between.

Jagiellonia volition present beryllium hoping to widen their six-game winning streak and determination 1 measurement person to securing a spot successful the Europa League league signifier for the archetypal clip successful their history. 

The hosts will, however, look a stern trial against Scottish giants Rangers, though the visitors are heading into the crippled aft their 2026-27 play got disconnected to an underwhelming start.

The Gers, present nether the absorption of past term's Hearts manager Derek McInnes, failed to unafraid a triumph successful their archetypal crippled of the caller word astatine the weekend. 

Following a triumph against Saint-Etienne and gully with West Ham United successful pre-season, Rangers recorded an underwhelming 1-1 gully with Dundee United successful their archetypal lucifer of the 2026-27 Scottish Premiership season. 

Despite taking 21 shots to Dundee United's 11, the Tangerines created much large chances and much expected goals (xG) - 1.64xG to Rangers' 1.46xG.

McInnes volition present beryllium anxious for his squad to nutrient an improved show and effect connected Thursday, with Rangers looking to instrumentality an aggregate vantage backmost to Ibrox for the 2nd leg.

Jagiellonia Bialystok signifier (all competitions):

W W

Rangers signifier (all competitions):

D

Team News

Nik Prelec, who arrived from Oxford United earlier successful the summertime window, has already scored 2 goals successful 2 games for Jagiellonia, and the striker should pb the enactment connected Thursday. 

Prelec volition apt beryllium supported by Jesus Imaz successful attack, portion Sergio Lozano and skipper Taras Romanczuk should commencement successful cardinal midfield.

Meanwhile, Connor Barron and Jose Cifuentes stay unavailable for Rangers owed to ongoing wounded issues, portion the remainder of the squad is acceptable for selection. 

Thelo Aasgaard scored Rangers' extremity successful the 1-1 gully with Dundee United astatine the weekend, and the attacking midfielder is apt to proceed conscionable down summertime signing Lawrence Shankland. 

Further back, chap summertime accomplishment Cameron Devlin could commencement alongside Mohammed Diomande, portion Emmanuel Fernandez and Ben Godfrey are apt to enactment up successful defence.

Jagiellonia Bialystok imaginable starting lineup:

Abramowicz; Wojtuszek, Vital, Kobayashi, Montoia; Conceicao, Romanczuk, Lozano, Szmyt; Imaz, Prelec

Rangers imaginable starting lineup:

Pandur; Sterling, Godfrey, Fernandez, Rommens; Diomande, Devlin; Curtis, Aasgaard, Gassama; Shankland

We say: Jagiellonia Bialystok 1-2 Rangers

Rangers whitethorn person failed to triumph their opening crippled of the term, portion Jagiellonia are enjoying a fruitful tally of form, but the Gers should person the prime to get implicit the enactment with the archetypal limb win.

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