Danny Rohl will look to secure Rangers’ first Europa League win of the season this week as he welcomes Roma to Ibrox for a crucial clash on Thursday evening (kick-off: 8pm).
Having lost all their opening three games in the competition, Rangers are in desperate need of a win to lift themselves off the bottom of the Europa League table and keep alive their chances of qualification to the knockout rounds. The German boss will need to lift his players, though, after the energy-sapping 3-1 extra-time defeat to Celtic in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final on Sunday.
Their visitors come into the game on the back of a defeat themselves, with their 1-0 defeat to AC Milan proving costly, with their opponents leapfrogging them in the Serie A table, pushing Roma into to fourth. Heading into the game in Glasgow, the Giallorossi head coach, Gian Piero Gasperini has been left threadbare in the striker department, with Paulo Dybala forced off with injury during the defeat at the San Siro. They enter the game in 23rd place, having won just one of their opening three games.
Ahead of the game at Ibrox, The Scotsman has all the latest team news:
5. Paulo Dybala - AS Roma - OUT
Head coach Gian Piero Gasperini has confirmed that star man Dybala won’t return to action before the international break in a huge blow to the Italians. Dybala won't feature at Ibrox. | AFP via Getty Images Photo: Getty Images
6. Djeidi Gassama - Rangers - RETURN TO STARTING XI?
The pacey winger was left out of the starting XI against Celtic at the weekend, but is in line for a recall when Roma visit Ibrox on Thursday. | APA/AFP via Getty Images Photo: Getty Images
7. Angelino - AS Roma - OUT
The ex-Manchester City defender is out with asthmatic bronchitis, his club have confirmed. | Getty Images Photo: Getty Images
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8. Rabbi Matondo - Rangers - INELIGIBLE
Out injured, and not included in the Europa League squad anyway, so misses the visit of Roma. Yet to see a single minute of action this season, so far. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group