The Braga blueprint as Rangers learn how to stop Ricardo Horta and their Ryan Kent shaped hole in defence

The Europa League waits for no man as we enter quarter-final week.

And that means there is no time for Gio van Bronckhorst's wounded Rangers to lament their derby defeat with a trip to face Braga next on the agenda before hosting the following Thursday.

The Light Blues have frequently managed to put domestic issues behind them and return to midweek Euro action in fine fettle.

They must repeat that feat this week in the first leg in northwestern Portugal against a side out for revenge having bee being dumped out in the 2019-20 edition of the competition at the hands of Steven Gerrard.

A place in the semi-finals is at stake and Gers could be onto something really special if they can get there with RB Leipzig or Atalanta lying in wait.

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But for now it's Carlos Carvalhal's men in the way.

Here, Record Sport checks out Rangers ' opponents on leading analytics platform InStat to come up with the game plan that should send the Ibrox men sailing into the semis.

The jewel in Braga's crown this season is talisman Ricardo Horta.

With 19 goals in all competitions Horta trails only Benfica's Darwin Nunez in the Primeira Liga top scorer stakes.

Yet calling him an out-and-out striker wouldn't quite be