Thursday night, at 19:45, Glasgow Rangers retires with NK Osijek in the Preliminary Round 2 of the UEFA Europa League, second hand. In the first hand it was 1-0 for Scots, away, after a match in which Rangers’ victory was not put in great danger. White and Blue have a good share in success and return, but we will bet on the goal market.
In the Rangers tour he opened the score quickly through Morelos (19th minute) and then pleased to delay the game and defend the fragile advantage. Osijek dominated the territory, but he did not create big opportunities, only 4 times on the goal of 14 attempts. Steven Gerrard has a difficult mission in Glasgow where he wants to bring back the glory of the Ibrox club, and the failure to qualify is unthinkable after the unpleasant surprise suffered in 2017 against a rival from Luxembourg.
It is worth trying a bet on the correct score of 0-0 at the break!
Rangers showed well in the friendly matches of the summer (6-0 with Bury, 3-0 with Wigan as an example), but also in the double hand with Shkupi in the first preliminary round of the Europa League. It was 2-0 and 0-0, Rangers pointing out that it could be accurate and that the organization of the game was an important point in the preparation so far. On their own ground, the Scots are hardly getting goals, and Osijek has not shown enough skill to jeopardize the qualification of his favorites. However, any Croatian success can “dynamize” the calculations, which obliges hosts to caution and attention.
Osijek comes after an encouraging 4-1 in the championship, with Hajduk Split, but probably the Croatian team will not go blind in the first half. That’s why we are expecting a slow pace in the first 45 minutes, and the decisive battle is going to end in the match, if Rangers fails to score in the meantime. We’ll see a small score here.
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.56
