Rangers vs Jagiellonia Bialystok - prediction, team news, lineups

Rangers volition invited Jagiellonia Bialystok to Ibrox Stadium connected Thursday evening for the 2nd limb of their Europa League 3rd qualifying circular contest. 

The hosts volition person to overturn a one-goal shortage if they are to support their Europa League run alive, having mislaid 2-1 successful the reverse fixture past week.

Match preview

Rangers, aft losing Danny Rohl astatine the extremity of past season, headed into the 2026-27 play with precocious hopes nether recently appointed Derek McInnes, who finished 2nd with Hearts past word aft devastatingly losing the Scottish Premiership rubric connected the last day.

Alongside the summation of respective signings, including Lawrence Shankland and Cameron Devlin, Rangers would person been eyeing a importantly improved run compared to their third-placed decorativeness past term.

However, contempt a promising pre-season, with 1 triumph and 1 draw, the Gers person endured a lacklustre commencement to the term, drafting 1 and losing 2 of their opening 3 competitory fixtures. 

Rangers person drawn 1-1 with Dundee United and mislaid 2-1 to Hibernian successful their archetypal 2 league games, arsenic good arsenic suffering a daze 2-1 decision to Jagiellonia Bialystok successful the archetypal limb of their Europa League 3rd qualifying circular tie, leaving their hopes of reaching the league signifier connected the enactment going into this 2nd leg.

The Gers will, therefore, person to overturn the one-goal shortage if they are to advancement into the playoff round, and they volition beryllium assured arsenic they instrumentality to Ibrox, though they person mislaid 3 of their past 5 location matches successful European competition.

Meanwhile, Jagiellonia Bialystok are looking to suffice for the Europa League for the archetypal clip successful their history, having lone antecedently managed to scope the league signifier of the Conference League - successful each of the past 2 seasons.

Jagiellonia person demonstrated their pedigree during those European campaigns, including beating Fiorentina 4-2 successful the 2nd limb of their knockout playoff circular clash past word - albeit they were eliminated 5-4 connected aggregate aft a 4-0 first-leg loss.

Jaga are present looking to advancement 1 measurement person to securing their first-ever Europa League qualification, and the visitors clasp the vantage aft a constrictive 2-1 triumph past week.

After falling down aboriginal connected to a Guilherme Montoia own-goal, a quickfire treble from Kajetan Szmyt helped unafraid a 2-1 triumph for Jagiellonia. 

However, Adrian Siemieniec's broadside bash caput into Thursday's gathering disconnected the backmost of their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the caller campaign, losing 2-0 to Widzew Lodz successful the Ekstraklasa.

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Team News

Rangers volition beryllium without Youssef Chermiti, Connor Barron, Ben Godfrey and Jose Cifuentes owed to ongoing wounded issues. 

Ryan Don Naderi could regenerate Chermiti alongside Shankland successful attack, portion the likes of Mohammed Diomande, Thelo Aasgaard and Djeidi Gassama could besides gain starting places with McInnes expected to marque changes pursuing the weekend's nonaccomplishment to Hibernian.

As for Jagiellonia Bialystok, Mario Garcia and Przemyslaw Wisniewski whitethorn beryllium doubts aft coming disconnected successful the decision to Widzew Lodz with wounded worries. 

Szmyt, who scored a brace successful the first-leg, should support his spot successful attack, with Youssuf Sylla and Nik Prelec apt to diagnostic successful the beforehand three.

Rangers imaginable starting lineup:

Pandur; Sterling, Makhanya, Fernandez, Rommens; Aasgaard, Diomande, Devlin, Gassama; Shankland, Naderi

Jagiellonia Bialystok imaginable starting lineup:

Abramowicz; Wojtuszek, Konstantopoulos, Kobayashi, Montoia; Conceicao, Romanczuk, Lozano; Szmyt, Sylla, Prelec

We say: Rangers 3-1 Jagiellonia Bialystok

Although Jagiellonia person demonstrated their European pedigree successful caller seasons, including successful the archetypal leg, Rangers volition beryllium expected to predominate the 2nd limb arsenic they instrumentality to their location ground, and the Gers should yet triumph this one.

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