• Rangers manager Danny Rohl has won his first four league matches in charge

• Sporting Braga return to Glasgow this week, having won 2-0 at Celtic on matchday two

• Recommended bet: Rodrigo Zalazar to score at any time

Rangers manager Danny Rohl has made an excellent start to his Scottish Premiership career but it has been a different story for the Gers in Europe.

They have yet to pick up a point in the Europa League, losing against Genk and Sturm Graz before Rohl replaced Russell Martin and going down 3-0 to Brann and 2-0 to Roma after his appointment. 

Thursday's visitors Sporting Braga suffered a dramatic 4-3 home defeat to Genk in their last European assignment but they had won their first three league-phase fixtures to nil, including a 2-0 away victory over Scottish champions Celtic in October.

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Team news

Rangers have a host of injury problems with John Souttar, Dujon Sterling, Mikey Moore, Rabbi Matondo, Liam Kelly, Bailey Rice, Youssef Chermiti, Derek Cornelius and Kieron Dowell likely to miss out.

Nasser Djiga and Emmanuel Fernandez should start in central defence.

Braga's squad is in far better shape and young defender Jonatas Noro may be their only injury absentee.

Former Monaco and Wolves man Joao Moutinho, now aged 39, is hoping for an opportunity in midfield.

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The stats

Rangers have lost their last seven European ties.

The Gers have lost three of their first four Europa League matches to nil.

Nine of Rangers' last 11 matches in all competitions have featured over 2.5 goals

Five of Sporting Braga's last eight games produced over 3.5 goals.

Braga have won seven of their last eight Europa League qualifying and league-phase games.

Braga won their first three league-phase fixtures to nil.

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Prediction

Sporting Braga are aiming to complete an Old Firm double when they return to Glasgow for Thursday's Europa League clash with Rangers.

Braga rode their luck in last month's 2-0 win at Celtic, scoring a couple of scrappy goals as Hoops striker Kelechi Iheanacho had an effort controversially chalked off for handball by VAR.

But they should be confident of causing problems for injury-hit Rangers, who have lost four out of four in the league phase of this competition, scoring only one goal.

It has been a tumultuous season for the Gers, who were hammered 9-1 on aggregate by Club Brugge in August's Champions League playoff and sacked manager Russell Martin at the start of October.

New boss Danny Rohl has guided Rangers to league wins over Kilmarnock, Hibernian, Dundee and Livingston but his side were outclassed by Roma in their last Europa League fixture.

Scotland centre-back John Souttar is a significant injury absentee and Braga have the attacking quality to hurt a depleted home defence.

Uruguayan winger Rodrigo Zalazar is an appealing option to score at any time at Ibrox.

He claimed two of Braga's three goals in their matchday-four defeat to Genk and also scored four times in five starts during their Europa League qualifying campaign.

Zalazar is a threat from open play, averaging 3.2 shots per 90 minutes in Portugal's Primeira Liga and 2.8 efforts per game in the Europa League. He is also an excellent penalty-taker and has converted all five of his spot-kicks for Braga this season.

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