'Doozy of match, I hope I'm wrong: 'Journalists' predictions ahead of Rangers v Eintracht Frankfurt Europa League final

Ahead of the Europa League final between Rangers and Eintracht Frankfurt, we asked our team of journalists what they think will happen at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan tonight ...

David Oliver: The omens are all there. Spanish host city, German semi-finalists, the 50th and 150th anniversaries. The stars suggest Rangers are following the correct script in Seville, and even on form and raw statistics, it’s hard to see past the Scottish side. Four games and four wins, they have momentum that Frankfurt don’t. Oliver Glasner’s side needs to look back more than two months to reach that tally. Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s tactical tweaks can affect the fine margins at this level and with Rangers conceding in 10 of their last 12 there’s every chance Frankfurt will score, but will have to counter the manager’s nous that has already undone their Bundesliga colleagues Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig. Add to that the Europa League’s top scorer. Without a natural striker Rangers are still not struggling for goals, but Ryan Kent is. The winger is a crucial component to Rangers’ play and now is the time to end his drought and join James Tavernier on the scoresheet in Spain. I reckon Rangers will win 3-1.

Aidan Smith: Rangers have a European anthem, “Make Us Dream” by Saint Phnx. It didn’t pop up in the Eurovision Song Contest – there were no Ibrox bears mixing it with Norway’s banana-munching wolfmen – but has just shot to No 2 in the iTunes chart. Can the team reach No 1, win the Europa League, add it to the Cup Winners’ Cup lifted 50 years ago next Tuesday? Yes they can. But they will need Allan McGregor to produce two, maybe three more age-defying saves for the career storybook. John Lundstram and Calvin Bassey, who ran RB Leipzig off