Thursday nights under the lights at Ibrox used to be a time of celebration for Rangers supporters.
Not any more. Because while some of the Europa League’s biggest hitters once winced at the prospect of coming to Ibrox Stadium, that same sense of trepidation appears to have evaporated. In fact, so high in confidence are tonight’s Europa League opponents FCSB (or Steaua Bucharest in old money), they’ve even revealed they’ll play their second string.
Little wonder. Philippe Clement is having a hellish time of it right now, with his team out of sorts and also perhaps even out of the title race. Certainly, they have a large hill to climb.
Anyone watching that performance against Kilmarnock on Sunday will attest to that. But tonight’s another night and it comes with the chance to kick up a notch or two and – who knows – maybe even have some of the supporters really believe Rangers are "200 per cent" on the right track. We’ll soon see.
You can follow all the live build-up and team news ahead of the 8pm kick-off right here.
FCSB started their Europa League campaign with two wins from two, and are currently on a run of five wins in a row across all competitions. With seven wins from their last nine in all competitions, and two draws.
They were 4-1 victors against Riga in the opening Europa League game with a double from captain Darius Olaru adding to earlier efforts from Daniel Birligea and Marius Stefanescu.
On matchday two they recorded a 1-0 win over PAOK in Greece with another Birligea strike.
The Romanian side now go into the game tonight on the back of a 2-0 away win over Dinamo Bucuresti in the league, with Birligea again on the scoresheet and Alexandru Musi adding the other.
They sit fifth in the table, seven points
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