Rangers vs Bayer Leverkusen - Betting Tips and UEFA Europa League Preview

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Ahead of this Europa League Round of 16 tie, Rangers will be hoping for a repeat of their heroics from the previous round when they were 2-0 adrift against Sporting Braga at Ibrox before winning 3-2 and then claiming a 1-0 victory in Portugal. A boisterous home crowd helped the Glasgow team earn that first-leg victory, but their form has not been great since those results, and securing a positive result against a useful Bayer Leverkusen team will not be easy. Having been eliminated from the Champions League earlier this season, the German team won both legs of their previous tie against Porto and will arrive in Scotland as an in-form outfit.

For Rangers, a 1-0 weekend away win at Ross County in Scottish Premiership action ended a two-game losing sequence for the Glasgow club. Two successive 1-0 losses virtually ended their hopes of claiming the league title and a home defeat by struggling Hamilton was particularly damaging. Yet manager Steven Gerrard will be aware that his team