- 13Fran Mateo
- 5Guerrero, Daniel
- 6Iván Lobato
- 3Mauri
- 20Villar, Federico Martin
- 10Boro
- 8Cornejo, Ernesto
- 19Juanfri
- 2R. Casciaro
- 12Hernandez, Andrew
- 17S. Garro
- 11Pedrito Fernández
- 15Pecci Macias, Cristian
- 24Domingo Ferrer
- 1J. Robba
- 18J. Serra
- 14Green, Evan
- 7Reyes, Jose
- 1A. McGregor
- 31B. Barišić
- 6C. Goldson
- 19N. Katić
- 2J. Tavernier
- 10S. Davis
- 18Kamara, Glen
- 11S. Ojo
- 17J. Aribo
- 24G. Stewart
- 20A. Morelos
- 8R. Jack
- 9J. Defoe
- 22Jones, Jordan
- 13W. Foderingham
- 4Edmundson, George
- 23G. Docherty
- 16A. Halliday
Rangers begin their Europa League qualifying campaign in Gibraltar against St. Joseph’s where the Scottish Premiership side are huge favourites with the bookmakers to win. The visitors head into the game in great form, with five wins from their last six matches, but St. Joseph’s haven’t lost any of their last six matches and will be hoping to continue that fine run of form on Tuesday.
St. Joseph’s beat Prishtina in the 2nd leg last round 2-0 thanks to goals late in the second half from Villar and Juanfri, but the game was marred by the sending-off of Rojas for the hosts and Prishtina duo Dallku and Bekteshi. Rangers have only played one pre-season game so far but they produced a 5-0 win against English side Oxford United in that match and were able to give game time to all of their six new signings.
The stature of both clubs and the form of Steven Gerrard’s men heading into Tuesday’s match suggests that Rangers will win and keep a clean sheet. Rangers have won five of their last six matches in all competitions, have kept four clean sheets in their last five matches, and scored five goals in their last match against Oxford United, while St. Joseph’s have only scored more than one goal in two of their last six matches. We’re backing a big 4-0 1st leg victory for Rangers this weekend as their hosts have never played against a team of this quality competitively before and are bound to struggle, even at home.
John-Paul Duarte has scored 24 goals in 54 appearances for St. Joseph’s and teammate Juanfri has an impressive 20 goals in just 27 matches since moving to the club from Antequera in 2018. Rangers have, so far, managed to keep hold of star striker Alfredo Morelos and will be hoping to unleash the striker on St. Joseph’s tomorrow night, but the 23-year-old Colombian has been linked with moves away from the club this summer.
I confident that Rangers will win to nil on Tuesday night and suggest betting Away handicap (-3). Do you think, they'll be able to do it?