Borussia Dortmund are the bookies’ current favourite to win the Europa League. The Yellow and Black are at the odds of 11/2 to lift the tournament’s trophy.
Rangers are aiming to upset the Germans’ hope of winning the tournament with a victory at Signal Iduna Park on Thursday.
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Rangers are unbeaten in 24 of the last 25 matches in all competitions. The Blues’ only loss across the last 25 matches was a 3-0 defeat to Glasgow rival Celtic.
Borussia Dortmund are blowing hot and cold, but are still within six points of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich. Coach Marco Rose goes into the game with Rangers without his top striker, Erling Haaland. Haaland has a groin injury and has missed Borussia Dortmund’s last two games.
Rose should have Gio Reyna fit to play in attack after the player recovered from an illness. Marius Wolf, Thomas Meunier, Mateu Morey, and Marcel Schmelzer are all injured and unlikely to play a part in the fixture.
Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst is likely to be without Ryan Jack due to an ankle injury. Midfielder Ianis Hagi is ruled out for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury.
Since losing to Celtic 3-0 in the Old Firm Derby, Rangers are on a three-match winning streak. Rangers won all three of those games to nil.
Borussia Dortmund won two of their last four games in all competitions. They have posted a home record of 12W-0D-3L with 42 goals scored and 12 goals against. Rangers have struggled on the road with a record of 9W-5D-4L. The Blues have scored 31 goals scored and 19 goals against.
The Yellow and Black will be without Haaland for the match, which is a huge absence for the club. Haaland has 23 goals in all competitions this season.
Marco Reus has 11 goals and is the team’s second-leading scorer. Outside of Haaland and Reus, no Borussia Dortmund player has scored double digit goals.
Alfredo Morales leads Rangers in goals in the Scottish Premiership and Europa League with 13 this season. Kemar Roofe has added seven goals. Rangers need to find goals against Borussia Dortmund, but could struggle to do so.
Borussia Dortmund’s defence has been suspect this season. Six of their last seven matches in all competitions finished with both teams scoring.
The Germans should claim a win at full-time but both teams should score goals. Over 2.5 goals should be scored with Borussia Dortmund getting a goal to win the match at full-time.