SlipsTips examines the Bet Builder market ahead of Rangers' clash with Union St Gilloise in the Europa League on Thursday night.
Rangers vs Union St Gilloise (Thursday, 20:00)
Rangers will bring the curtain down on their league phase commitments in the Europa League with a home game to spare against Union St Gilloise on Thursday night.
Philippe Clement’s side have already qualified for the play-off round with a game to spare but they will still harbour hopes of securing a top-eight finish with a view to securing automatic entry to the last 16.
Opponents Union St Gilloise are very much in the same boat ahead of Thursday’s night’s showdown at Ibrox.
Hamza Igamane 1+ Shot on Target
For the first component of what will be a two-legged Bet Builder, I’ll back Hamza Igamane to hit the target at least once during this tussle. The Moroccan forward is fast becoming something of a talismanic figure for Rangers. Igamane has struck 13 times across his 27 appearances for Rangers in all competitions this season. Four of those goals have arrived in the Europa League, the most recent of which came against Tottenham at Ibrox.
That goal output has coincided with the Light Blues attacker averaging 1.2 shots on target per-game in this season’s Europa League. Drill deeper and it can be seen that Igamane has registered at least one on-target effort in each of his four appearances in Europe’s secondary club competition this season. On top of that, Igamane is also averaging north of one shot on target per 90 in the Scottish Premiership this term.
Thus, the 22-year-old looks well placed to continue in that vein against a Union St Gilloise side that have given up an average of 3.22 shots on target per-game in this season’s Europa League.
Over 4 Rangers Corners
I’m more than happy to round off the Bet Builder double with a minimum of five Rangers corners. The Scottish heavyweights have proven particularly prolific on the flag-kick front across all competitions this season. They have averaged a sizable 6.79 corners per-game across their opening 24 Scottish Premiership matches of the season. While Rangers have not been able to replicate that lofty average on the continent, they have covered the 5+ corner mark in each of their last two Europa League assignments against English Premier League pair Tottenham and Manchester United. With that in mind, Clement’s side look well placed to deliver another five corners against Union St Gilloise on Thursday night.
The Belgian outfit had to defend six and seven corners respectively during their league phase away days at both FC Midtjylland and Fenerbahce earlier in the campaign.
Recommended Bet
- Hamza Igamane Over 0.5 Shots on Target
- Over 4 Rangers Corners
- Bet Builder – 11/10 (Bet 365)
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