Rangers made the challenging trip to Jose Mourinhos Fenerbahce on Thursday to the first leg of her Europa League last 16.
After the Rangers released Philippe Clement last month and installed the club -like Barry Ferguson as interim manager, continue your European adventure in terms of trust and overwhelming form. The 47-year-old was triumphant in his first game, but the 2-1 home defeat against Motherwell will have followers at the weekend who fears the worst before the trip to Turkey.
The result left the GERS 16 points behind the bitter rival Celtic in the Scottish Premiership, but they were much more safe this season in the Europa League. Four victories and two draws helped them to achieve eighth place in the league and to avoid the play-off round.
Fenerbahce had the opposite problem this season and impressed in the Super Lig, but in Europe. They made the play-offs with the skin of their teeth after the 24th place before conquering Anderlecht over two legs. Mourinho, who admitted that he was open to the administration of Celtic or Rangers in the future, will want to continue his excellent European Ko -record on Thursday.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to a battle of giants.
Fenerbahce against Rangers head-to-head record (all times)
Current form (all competitions)
Fenerbahce | Rangers |
|---|---|
Fenerbahce 3-0 Antalyaspor – 02/03/25 | Rangers 1-2 Motherwell – 01/03/25 |
Gazianep 1-4 Fenerbahce – 27/02/25 | Kilmarnock 2-4 Rangers – 26/02/25 |
Galatasaray 0-0 Fenerbahce – 24/02/25 | Rangers 0-2 St. Mirren – 22/02/25 |
Anderlecht 2-2 fenerbahce – 20/02/25 | Heart 1-3 Rangers – 16/02/25 |
Fenerbahce 3-1 Kasimpasa – 16/02/25 | Rangers 0-1 Queen’s Park – 09/02/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | TNT Sports 2, Discovery+, Discovery+ App |
United States | Paramount+, FubotV, VIX, CBS Sports Network |
Canada | Dazn Canada |
Ex-black pool and Queens Park Rangers Helle Osayi-Samuel is injured and suspended for the encounter on Thursday. The former midfielder of Manchester United, Fred, also serves a ban due to yellow cards.
Defensive violations will cause some selection head pain before visiting Rangers. Rodrigo Becao and Jayden Oosterwolde are missing for the rest of the campaign and Diego Carlos due to knee injuries.
A little further forward, since the midfielder Ismail Yuksek is also in the treatment room.
Fenerbahce predicted the line-up against Rangers (3-4-1-2): EGribayat; Skriniar, Soyuncu, Akcicek; Muldur, Szymanski, Amrabat, Kostic; Tadish; En-nesyri, Dzeko.
Rangers are lucky enough to have only a few injuries in Istanbul, but they are Oscar Cortes and Neraysho Kasanwirjo without long -term absence.
After the succession of Clement, Ferguson did not make many changes to the staff and will name an established XI for a seismic encounter.
John Suttar was supposed to return to the team, with former Vertsiktas defender Ridvan Yilmaz. James Tavernier will return to right -back, while Robin Propter and Jefte will be the other starters in defense.
Mohamed Diomande and Nicolas Raskin will anchor the midfield, while Cyriel Dessers will lead the line after scoring three points in the first two games of Ferguson. Vaclav Cerny, Ianis Hagi and Hamza Igamane should make up the rest of the attacking quartet.
Rangers predicted the line-up against Fenerbahce (4-2-3-1): Butland; Tavernier, Suttar, Propter, Jefte; Diomande, Raskin; Cerny, Igamane, Hagi; Desser.
Rangers have a strong European record in earlier seasons – even the final of this competition in 2021/22 – but they will be outsiders in Fenerbahce. They are in incredibly stained form and boast an inferior squad of their Turkish hosts.
There are many well -known faces in Fenerbahce’s squad, with people like Edin Dzeko, Dusan Tadic and Milan Skriniar in their list “Expendables”. You should have enough in the tank to earn a commanding lead before Ibrox’s return leg and to use the misfiring fully.