Europa League

How do the leading European servers predict the result of Rangers vs. Sparta?

Sparta and Rangers will play for the second place in the group. Their match is scheduled for Thursday and may well decide who will play in the Europa League in the spring. What outcome do European sites that focus on analysis and previews expect?

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3 years ago

25. 11. 2021

Jirka Malý

Sparta flew to Scotland after a recent setback at Slovácko, where they were awarded four goals and left in disgrace. Against Rangers, they must produce a very different performance.

“Slovácko deserved to win. Maybe we will have a similar match to Slovácko. That can be an advantage for us. I hope we will learn from this. After fifteen rounds we have lost two games. Of course, it’s not good that the last one turned out the way it did. But that’s the way it is sometimes,” said coach Pavel Vrba at Wednesday’s press conference.

Both teams have four points in the Europa League, Rangers thanks to a win and a draw with Brondby, Sparta for a win over Rangers and a draw with Brondby.

So this double-header could be the deciding game. The promotion is primarily decided by the return leg, Sparta won the first one and in case of a win they already know they will be promoted, unless there is a surprise in the Brondby-Lyon game.

In the event of a draw, Sparta only need to win at home to Brondby, even a 0:1 loss would not completely eliminate the Czech team from the promotion fight, but they would have to hope for a Rangers loss at Lyon, a win at home to Brondby and also have a better score than the Scots.