Rangers vs Union St. Gilloise

Rangers have progressed from the group stage of a major European competition for the fifth time in the last six attempts, reaching the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2021-22 but failing at the group stage in the UEFA Champions League in 2022-23.

Union Saint-Gilloise have made it to the knockout stages in two of their three UEFA Europa League campaigns, also doing so in 2022-23 when they eventually were knocked out by Bayer Leverkusen at the quarter final stage.

Rangers have lost just two of their last 14 UEFA Europa League games on home soil, winning nine and drawing three.

Rangers have won all six of their home games against Belgian sides in all competitions by an aggregate score of 20-7. Their most recent such match was a 3-0 win over Union Saint-Gilloise in qualifying for the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League.

Union Saint-Gilloise have lost three of their four meetings with Scottish opponents in all competitions, with the exception being a 2-0 home win against Rangers in August 2022.

Rangers have only lost two of their 18 home group/league phase games in the UEFA Europa League (W10 D6), with both coming to Lyon in September 2021 (0-2) and October 2024 (1-4).

Union Saint-Gilloise have won three of their last five away major European matches (L2), as many as they’d managed in their first 16 such games (W3 D4 L9).

Franjo Ivanovic has scored a brace in both of Union Saint-Gilloise’s last two UEFA Europa League games, giving him four goals overall. Only Victor Boniface (6) and Roger Van Cauwelaert (5) have more in major European competition for the club.