Rangers welcome Turkish cracks Galatassary to Ibrox in Glasgow on Thursday for a crucial one-off Europa League play-off winner takes all showdown.

Let´s have a closer look at the best betting tips and correct score prediction selections for Rangers vs Galatasaray in our full match preview below. 

Rangers vs Galatasaray Betting Tips

Steven Gerrard´s Rangers are looking to qualify for the Europa League group stage for the 3rd season in succession with Fatih Terim´s Galatasary standing in their path.  

While qualification alone is a significant carrot for both sides, this fixture takes on added importance with serious implications for both nations with Scotland just one place behind Turkey in the European coefficients.

While that could mean an extra Champions League place for the winning nation in seasons to come, both sides will be focussed on the immediate task in hand in what should prove to be a nail-biting night at Ibrox. 

Given Rangers recent pedigree in the competition, the hosts are favourites to qualify for the lucrative group stage once again, but with Gala boasting top talent like Radamel Falcao and Arda Turan, the visitors will represent a stern test for the Glasgow outfit. 

Still, with Rangers having reached the round of 16 in last season´s event, and having lost only 5 of their last 34 Europa League fixtures since 2018 (and just 1 of their last 18) at home, I fancy the on the form Scots to get the job done, albeit in a tight, nervy night at Ibrox. 

Galatasary are certainly not the strongest on the road in European competition, losing 6 of their last 9 on the road since 2017, and failing to score in 8 of those 9 contests and with Rangers so strong defensively this season (9 clean sheets in 12), Rangers should be quietly confident of achieving a significant victory. 

It might not be pretty, but I expect Rangers to make it through in what could be a low-scoring and tense contest at Ibrox. 

Rangers vs Galatasaray Correct Score Prediction

Rangers edged to a 1:0 success at the same stage of the competition in 2019 and with Galatasary perennial strugglers on their European travels, I am backing a similar outcome with Rangers edging a low-scoring contest.