Returns Europa League! Thursday evening, at 20:00, Glasgow Rangers receives Villarreal’s visit to Ibrox, in the 5th round of the group G. Villarreal ranks 1st in the group with 6 points, while Rangers ranks third with 5 points. All the teams involved have a chance to qualify.
In the first round of G, Villarreal and Rangers drew El Madrigal, score 2-2. Bacca has opened the “Yellow Submarine” score since the first minute, but Rangers returned to Arfield in the second half (67). Gerard Moreno returned to the Iberians (69), only to bring Lafferty a point for the Scot (76). It played at a very good pace, but we were expecting a more cautious duel Thursday night.
Rangers could have led the group, but white-and-blue lost their first European match after eleven unsuccessful games, although they have run Spartak Moscow three times! The Russians finished 4-3 and a failure in front of Villarreal could mean eliminating Steven Gerrard’s team.
Villarreal would get the seventh consecutive qualifier in the “16”.
“The Yellow Submarine” came out of the relegation area in Spain. Midfielder Santi Cazorla said after winning Real Betis (2-1): “We are in the best possible form and we want to continue the good game in Glasgow. We have high standards that we respect in Europe. If we play as we did with Betis, we can win in Scotland! ”
All three direct matches between Rangers and Villarreal ended with draws
Rangers is unbeaten in the last 8 European matches played on Ibrox, but has a modest balance against Spanish teams. Otherwise, Villarreal has lost no time in the UEL for 10 matches, with a balance of 3 wins and 7 draws.
Although he played peer to peer in Villarreal, the Rangers has only three wins in the last 23 games against the Iberians (all on their own)! Steven Gerrard’s band comes after a comfortable victory in the championship, 3-0 on their own with Livingston, and Villarreal has received a goal in 5 of the last 6 games played.
PREDICTION: Villarreal to win @ 2.10
