Rangers vs Union SG Preview: Team News & Prediction

by Alex Lawes · January 27 2025, 23:19

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Philippe Clement has had his job saved by Rangers’ efforts in the UEFA Europa League as the Bears now prepare to take on Royale Union Saint-Gilloise at Ibrox in Glasgow this week.

Kick-off date/time: Thursday 30th January, 2025: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Key Stats

The only previous UEFA competition encounters between these two teams were in the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round when Rangers overturned a 2-0 first leg deficit with a 3-0 win in Scotland to progress 3-2 on aggregate.
Rangers have won six of their last seven UEFA competition matches against Belgian teams (L1).
Rangers have lost only two of their previous 12 UEFA competition matches against Belgian teams (W9 D1).
Rangers have won all their previous six UEFA competition matches at home against Belgian teams.
Rangers have lost only two of their previous 18 UEFA Europa League group/league matches at home (W10 D6).
Rangers have won ten and drawn two of their last 12 home matches in all competitions.
Rangers have kept 12 clean sheets in their last 17 home matches in all competitions.
Cyriel Dessers has scored six goals in his last four competitive appearances for Rangers.
Union SG have won their last three UEFA Europa League matches. They have never won four successive UEFA competition matches.
Union SG have won their last four competitive matches.
Union SG have lost only one of their last 18 matches in all competitions (W12 D5).
Franjo Ivanović has scored 11 goals in Union SG’s last nine competitive matches.
Franjo Ivanović has scored twice in each of Union SG’s last two UEFA Europa League matches.

Rangers vs Union SG Prediction

Rangers have been really poor in the Scottish Premiership with Celtic running away with the title yet again as the Bears must now focus on the league phase of the UEFA Europa League.

Former Monaco boss Philippe Clement has reportedly been on the verge of the sack for quite some time but they have improved in the last month or so. They begin the final round of the league phase sitting three points behind FCSB after suffering a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford last week due to Bruno Fernandes’ second-half stoppage-time winner.

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are three points clear of 25th but three points adrift of eighth ahead of the final match day so the pressure is very much off for the Belgians, who are actually level on points with Rangers. They come into this one on the back of a 4-0 hammering of Beerschot at the weekend to mean they have now suffered just one defeat in their last 16 matches.

Union SG have had success in the UEFA Champions League at Ibrox in recent seasons and there is motivation to finish as high as possible, even if they cannot make the top eight, and given their good form, a double chance bet in favour of the away team is the way to go here.

Rangers vs Union SG Tip: Double chance – Union SG to win or draw