Rangers take on the visitors PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of UEFA Champions League qualification finals. The match will be played on Tuesday, August 22nd at Ibrox Stadium (Glasgow).
If in their domestic league, Rangers finishes as the runner-up for the past two seasons, which is considered a disappointment for them, on the European front, the light blues are achieving significant successes. Last season, they reached the final of the Conference League. In the current season, by eliminating Servette in the Champions League qualifiers, they are close to making it to the group stage of the tournament.
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PSV have not won the Dutch championship for five seasons. Moreover, they haven't achieved significant success in European competitions for a quarter of a century. In the previous round of the Champions League qualifiers, the peasants convincingly defeated Austrian Sturm Graz, winning both matches 4-1 and 3-1. They also secured three points in the last round of their league, scoring three goals against Vitesse and conceding only once.
The matchup is worthy of not just the qualification tournament final but also the playoffs of the main stage of the league. Nevertheless, after this confrontation, as it was said in a well-known movie about immortals, only one must remain. Predicting that, at least until the return leg, is impossible. However, it's quite realistic to expect a result-oriented football from both teams. PSV boasts an excellent attacking line. In 11 out of their last 15 matches, they consistently score goals. In 3 out of their last 4 matches, they scored 3-4 goals themselves. Rangers also don't tend to sit back in their penalty area for the entire 90 minutes. Moreover, being the home team inherently obligates them, the teddy bears, to display active attacking actions. These actions might very well lead to a scored goal or even goals. The peasants are strong in attack these days, and they will undoubtedly terrorize the hosts' defense as well. The result of this terror will likely be a scored goal. However, the Dutch are not particularly reliable in defense. In 10 out of their last 13 matches, they haven't managed to keep a clean sheet. Between two evenly matched options in terms of winning prospects, both teams to score and over 2.5 goals seem more plausible. Who knows, maybe one of the opponents' balls will stubbornly refuse to enter the net, while the other's three shots on target will all be successful... Based on the available data, I dare to suggest that in the upcoming confrontation, the opponents will treat the viewers to at least three scored goals.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
