Match Overview
Rangers take on PSV Eindhoven in the final of the UEFA Champions League qualification competition on 22 August, Tuesday. The game will be played at Rangers' home ground Ibrox Stadium. PSV Eindhoven will feel that they can do well and make a name for themselves in this game, but the home team will not let them breathe easy at all.
Key Highlights
Rangers, whose defenders are known to be extremely good technically, will want to keep the attackers of PSV Eindhoven in their tracks. PSV Eindhoven, having won the last seven matches that they have played away from home, will want to continue in the same vein of form. Rangers, on the other hand, beat Servette 3-2 in the semifinal to qualify for this game.
Injury Report
Rangers will have to make do without the services of Tom Lawrence, Steven Davies and Ben Davies among others for this all-important final owing to injuries. PSV Eindhoven, on the other hand, do not have any major absentees in their squad at all.
Prediction
There have been a total of 4 games recorded between these two teams in the past, out of which two have been drawn. Both these teams have won one game apiece. When these two teams last met, in August last year, Rangers ran away winners by a narrow 1-0 scoreline away from home. We expect BTTS (both teams to score) in this game.
UEFA Champions League | W1 X W2 |
22/Aug 20:00 Rangers VS PSV Eindhoven | 2:2 (1:0,1:2) |