Real Betis are looking for this Thursday in Glasgow the first victory in its history on British soil – where it has two defeats in London, against Chelsea, another in Glasgow against Celtic and a draw in Liverpool -, which will allow it to get qualification back on track in Group C of the Europa League, which on this first day measures him Rangers within Ibrox Stadium of the Scottish capital.
Rangers, who started in pot 1 in the draw, are a priori the green and white’s most direct rivals to take first place in the group – completed by Sparta Prague and Aris Limassol -, which will save Pellegrini’s men from playing of the round of access to the round of 16 in the month of February 2024.
Real Betis just suffered a heavy blow at Montjuïc against FC Barcelona (5-0) and need to recover good feelings and get back on the winning track, now that LaLIga has a calendar that is in principle affordable -Cádiz, Granada, Valencia and Alavés- until the next break.
The loss of Rui Silva, injured on Saturday in Barcelona, coincides with the release of Claudio Bravo, who has not played since July 28, giving a break to the Chile coach, a great supporter of the continuation of his countryman, 40 years old , and that he has suffered several injuries since his arrival at Betis.
Pellegrini will introduce all the changes he can to the starting eleven and in fact on Saturday he lined up Chadi Riad and Altimira at the start knowing that they will not be able to play in Europe, where players like Pezzella, Guido, Abner, Borja Iglesias, Rodri, Ruibal and will definitely debut Ez Abde start, because at the beginning eleven no more than three players will repeat, one will be bartra and others maybe Marc Roca and Luiz Henrique.
Among Rangers, who have copied Betis’ numbers in their last five games, With two victories (against mediocre Rosas County and St Johnstone), one draw (in Glasgow with PSV) and two defeats (one against Celtic at Ibrox and another in Eindhoven, 5-1), coach Michael can no longer count Beale along with starting center back Todd Cantwell, starting midfielders Kieran Dowell and Raskin, and scorer Danilo, who underwent surgery for a fractured cheekbone suffered on Saturday.
Possible lineups:
Rangers: Butland; Tavernier, Goldson, Davies, Yilmaz; Jack, Lundstram, Matondo, Roofe, Lawrence; and Sima.
Real Betis: Claudio Bravo; Aitor Ruibal, Pezzella, Bartra, Abner; Guido, Marc Roca; Luiz Henrique, Rodri, Abde; and Borja Iglesias.
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Time: 21.00 (Movistar Champions League)
Source: La Verdad
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