Malmo vs Rangers LIVE team news and build-up ahead of the Premiership clash

The heavens have opened in Malmo as southern Sweden is lashed by rain but Rangers will be hoping to make a bright start in the Europa League.

Philippe Clement and his troops are in Scandinavia and the travelling light blue legions have been singing in the rain in the build up to their league phase opener in Uefa's new-look second tier tournament.

Rangers don't have happy memories of facing Malmo having twice lost there in Champions League qualifiers. Can it be third time lucky?

Malmo have a great record against Scottish opposition having also defeated Celtic and Hibs and will be hoping to pile more misery on.

Clement's side have steadied themselves with two wins since their defeat at Parkhead and are looking to make it three in a row.

Find out if they can pull it off against the odds as we bring you all the build up, match action and reaction right here in our LIVE blog.

Malmo skipper Anders Christiansen is confident his side can tune back into the demands of VAR despite Swedish league chiefs pulling the plug on plans to introduce the telly technology, reports Andy Newport from Sweden.

The Allsvenskan remains the only major European top flight competition without pitchside replay screens after a supporter backlash. But the monitors will be on stand-by as Henrik Rydstrom’s Sky Blues welcome Rangers to the Eleda Stadion for the Europa League curtain raiser.

Rangers have failed to win in any of their four encounters with Malmo, and were on the end of a 2-1 defeat by the Swedish side in the most recent encounter in a third round Champions League qualifier in 2021.

After losing by the same scoreline away from home in the first leg, Steven Gerrard's men had taken a first half lead through Alfredo Morelos to get back into