St. Gilloise vs Rangers Match Preview

Rangers are hosted by Union St. Gilloise in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League.

The hosts are coming off a formidable year considering they were newbies to the division and finished top of the table in regular season, an achievement unique to Belgium so far. They may not have been able to win their twelfth league title but they are back in Belgium's top flight and will compete in a European group stage. Undoubtedly, the departures of the successful manager for Anderlecht and top scorer Undav for Brighton are hard to replace at least in these first games of the season.

On the contrary, the visitors, after losing last year's championship to Celtic, due to the blues' frantic march to the finals of the Europa League, were significantly strengthened in order to be able to enter the Champions League groups. Undoubtedly, the Scots are a more experienced and quality team, so they are rightly the favorites to qualify.

Taking into account the above, I expected the visitors to be a marginal favorite, close to 2.50, but the odds are a bit higher. I will bet 3 units at odds of 1.88 on the 2 draw no bet so that if the two teams settle for a draw I get my bet back.