Rangers v Lyon

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Rangers hold home advantage again at Ibrox on Thursday night when the ‘Gers play host to French Ligue 1 side Lyon on matchday 2 of the Europa League and Glasgow will be bathed in floodlights as the hosts look to make it five wins on the trot in all competitions, while Lyon will also be hopeful of extending their momentum following a 2-1 victory away from home at Toulouse in the French top flight on the weekend.

Rangers started this season's Europa League campaign in positive fashion as the Glasgow outfit registered a solid 2-0 win away from home at Swedish champions Malmo and this impressive performance will serve as a real morale-booster ahead of this matchday 2 encounter at Ibrox.

The Scottish hosts have also recorded wins against Dundee United 1-0 and Hibernian 1-0 in the domestic Premiership along with a 3-0 home win against Dundee in the Scottish League Cup as well, so Philippe Clement's side will be in confident mood.

Although Rangers made an early exit from the qualifying rounds of the Champions League following a 3-1 defeat on aggregate to Dinamo Kyiv, the hosts have slipped to just two defeats in their previous 12 matches in all competitions, while six of Rangers' last 10 ties in the Europa League have also resulted in both teams scoring.

Lyon will be hoping to pick up a third win on the trot overall along with making it back-to-back wins in the league phase of the Europa League on Thursday night after producing a solid 2-0 home win against Greek club Olympiakos on matchday 1 of this season's competition.

The French side then followed that encouraging result on the European stage with a 2-1 win away from home at Toulouse on the domestic front which will give Pierre Sage's side a timely boost ahead of this upcoming trip to Glasgow on Thursday night.

However, results overall have been fairly disappointing from Lyon's perspective as the visitors have managed to collect just five wins from their last 13 games in all competitions but having also slipped to six defeats as well within this period, the goals market may be the safest option for this upcoming fixture.

Interestingly, Lyon have performed pretty well on the road in the Europa League as the French Ligue 1 side are unbeaten in their last seven ties on their travels, picking up six wins, while five of their last 10 away ties overall at this level have also produced goals for both sides as well.

Rangers v Lyon Verdict

Both Rangers and Lyon look in good shape to score here but with home advantage under their belts, Rangers might just nick it here by perhaps a 2-1 scoreline.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS Yes @ 1.61

Other side bets worth considering:

Rangers win @ 2.45

Correct Score: Rangers 2-1 @ 9.50