Borussia Dortmund vs. Rangers: preview and betting tips

The first knockout round of the Europa League, which still has 32 teams left, pitted Germany’s Borussia Dortmund and Scotland’s Rangers against each other. The favourite for the duel will be home side Dortmund, who were relegated to the Europa League from the Champions League.

Borussia Dortmund unfortunately traded their Champions League trip for the Europa League, which was certainly not pleasant. Out of their six games in the LM, they managed to win three times, but also lost three times. However, that wasn’t enough to progress further and the move to the Europa League came.

Here they will challenge Scottish Rangers, who managed to advance at the expense of Sparta. The Germans have good memories of their Scottish opponents, as they have not lost to them in UEFA competitions in any of their previous seven home games. They recorded 4 wins and 3 draws, and managed to keep a clean sheet six times.

Dortmund have not had a solid defence of late and have conceded 13 goals at home in their last seven competitive games. However, they have managed to win four times and draw three times in those matches.

Nevertheless, it can now enter Signal Iduna Park, its home stadium, with the necessary confidence, as it won 3-0 against Union Berlin at the weekend. It was the 53rd game in a row that they have managed to score.

The Rangers team is not in good away form in 2022. Of their four away games, they managed to win once, draw twice and lose once. Rangers coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst does not have a good experience with the opponent from Dortmund. In his four games against the German team, he has drawn three times and lost once.

However, if he continues the tradition of being able to keep an amicable result with Borussia Dortmund, Rangers players could go into the rematch with a great chance. However, the first game is played in Germany and that will be a tough one for Rangers.

Dortmund’s Marco Reus has been in great form of late. He managed to score two goals in the last league match and he also performed the same feat in the previous cup match. He would like to continue scoring goals in this competition.

Rangers will have to do without the injured Ianis Hagi. The most interesting player to watch may be striker Alfredo Morelos, who can threaten the goal from any position. Borussia Dortmund will have to do without Haaland or Can, for example.

Borussia Dortmund is the clear favourite and will go for the win. In recent matches, it has been able to score a lot of goals, but it also scores a lot of goals itself. The same will be the case in the first match between Dortmund and Rangers.