Plzen (Cze) vs Rangers (Sco) prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-08-11 17:00.
[p]Barring a miraculous comeback, Viktoria PlzeÅ are in line to crash out of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) in the third qualifying round as they seek to overturn a 3-0 deficit against Rangers in this second leg.Ā [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Despite their weekend game before the first leg being postponed to allow extra preparation time, the extra rest did little to help PlzeÅ. They havenāt had that extra preparation time ahead of this game as they drew 1-1 with SlovĆ”cko in Czech First League action at the weekend, a result which stretched PlzeÅās indifferent run to one win from their last five games (D2, L2). That doesnāt make great reading ahead of this must-win clash and seemingly leaves PlzeÅās hopes of a first UCL group/league phase appearance since 2022/23 in tatters.[/p]
[p]Rangers also played out a 1-1 draw in their domestic league at the weekend, with their lacklustre performance against Dundee prompting boos around Ibrox at full-time. The Gers are still in the infancy of new boss Russell Martinās tenure, but having not yet tasted defeat at the helm (W2, D3), belief should be high that Rangers will advance to the play-off round. It would be a huge feather in the cap of Martin to help the Scottish giants reach the UCL group stages for only the second time in 15 seasons, but with Rangers having drawn five of their last six competitive away games (L1), they may not advance in entertaining fashion here.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]The first-leg meeting is the only prior H2H between these two sides, with that victory for Rangers extending their unbeaten run against Czech opponents to four matches (W3, D1).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]PlzeÅ havenāt kept a clean sheet in any of their last five competitive home games.Ā [/p]
[p]PlzeÅ have conceded exactly once in seven of their last eight competitive matches.[/p]
[p]Sixteen of Rangersā last 17 away games saw both teams score.Ā [/p]
[p]Rangers have scored after half-time in all three UCL qualifiers this season.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]PlzeÅās Rafiu Durosinmi has won on his last five scoring appearances for the club, and considering his side netted 3+ goals in each of those outings, another strike could boost their slim progression hopes. James Tavernier has scored both of Rangersā league goals this season and tends to strike late, with four of his last five club goals arriving on or beyond the 75th minute.Ā [/p]
[p]PlzeÅ appear to have a full contingent to choose from, while Rangers will seemingly again have to do without Thelo Aasgaard and Hamza Igamane.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With PlzeÅās tendency to concede goals, and Rangersā away games typically seeing both sides find the net, backing both teams to scoreĀ seems a logical bet here. Ā [/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]