Prediction for Rangers vs Borussia Dortmund: Back Rangers to finish Dortmund off in front of packed Ibrox

Check out our 23/20 prediction for Rangers vs Borussia Dortmund on Thursday

Rangers created history last week by becoming the first Scottish side to win in Dortmund but it will count for very little if they can't finish the job off by securing their place in the last 16 of the Europa League for a third successive season.

A quite stunning 4-2 victory at Signal Iduna Park means that the Scottish champions are a short as 33/100 with Grosvenor Sport to qualify for the next round, while Dortmund are are 11/5 to turn this tie around having been red-hot favourites to progress just seven days ago.

A two-goal cushion puts the Gers in a very strong position but it is worth noting that Dortmund look set to be strengthened by the return of Erling Haaland, who missed the first leg. The Norwegian superstar is unlikely to be anywhere near peak fitness having only returned to full training on Monday but that doesn't mean he isn't capable of hurting Rangers.

The sheer power directness of Haaland has devastated some of the best defences in Europe but Rangers are no mugs at Ibrox - indeed quite the opposite. The Gers have won their last NINE home matches (all comps) without conceding a single goal and they restricted Dortmund to just four efforts on target in the whole 90 minutes last week.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side haven't lost a game at Ibrox since August and although the opposition has been of a lesser quality than the German Cup holders, it's fair to say that Rangers don't have a great deal to fear from Dortmund given what we saw last week.

Dortmund bounced back with a 6-0 home win against Borussia Mönchengladbach at the weekend but the visitors have been shipping goals for fun on the road this season so it probably isn't