Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur will go toe-to-toe at Ibrox in the Europa League on Thursday night.
Both clubs have banked 10 points from their opening five league phase assignments, and are heavily fancied to progress to the knockout round.
Rangers took a huge step towards qualification with a resounding 4-1 win away at Nice on matchday five.
Philippe Clement’s side have since strung together a three-game winning run in the Scottish Premiership, most recently cruising to a 3-0 over Ross County, on an afternoon where our man Greg delivered a full house of winners in Dingwall.
As for Tottenham, they continue to endure an inconsistent, and at times, an erratic campaign under Ange Postecoglou.
The Spurs boss is coming under increasing pressure after his side suffered a second-half collapse when losing 4-3 to London rivals Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday.
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Tottenham are even-money (1/1) favourites on Kwiff to claim top honours at Ibrox on Thursday night. Given how convincingly Lyon won at this venue just a couple of months ago, Spurs merit support to follow suit at the above-mentioned odds.
Rangers are as big as 12/5 (Kwiff) to heap more misery on former Celtic boss Postecoglou, while an all square affair in Glasgow can be backed at 11/4 (Kwiff).
Head to head: History book thin
Thursday night’s showdown at Ibrox will represent a first competitive contest between the pair since a Cup Winners' Cup clash way back in season 1962-63.
The two clubs did cross paths in a friendly fixture back in 2022, with Spurs claiming a 2-1 victory on that occasion.
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Hamza Igamane has hit four goals across his last four starts for Rangers in all competitions. The Moroccan forward is 23/10 on Kwiff to make the net bulge again on Thursday night.
Brennan Johnson is Tottenham’s leading marksman in the Europa League this season, with three strikes to his name thus far. The Spurs ace is 12/5 on Kwiff to grab another goal in Govan.
Predicted line-ups
With Ianis Hagi ineligible to feature for Rangers in the Europa League, Mohammed Diomande is expected to come back into the side on Thursday night. Defender Robin Propper could also be restored to the starting XI.
Tottenham will be without key defensive duo Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, both of whom hobbled out of Sunday’s aforementioned 4-3 defeat to Chelsea.
Rangers: Butland; Tavernier, Souttar, Propper, Jefte; Barron, Raskin; Cerny, Diomande, Bajrami; Igamane
Tottenham: Forster; Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Udogie; Sarr, Bentancur, Maddison; Johnson, Solanke, Son
Anything else catch the eye?
Nicolas Raskin stands out to commit two or more fouls on Thursday night at even-money (1/1) on Bet 365.
The Belgian midfielder has given away multiple free-kicks in each of Rangers’ last three Europa League matches.
Raskin is likely to be up against Tottenham playmaker James Maddison, who has been fouled twice or more in three of his four continental outings this term to date.
This UEFA Europa League match between Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur will be played on Dec 12, 2024 and kick off at 20:00. Check below for our tipsters best Rangers vs Tottenham Hotspur prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
