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Shkupi vs Rangers Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

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Shkupi vs Rangers Predictions

Rangers started off their new campaign with a 2-0 victory over Shkupi last week, as Steven Gerrard made his competitive bow with his new club. His first task is to kick off a strong Europa League run, especially after the club came up short in the Europa League 12 months ago. After their 2-0 home win, the Gers can expect to take a step in to the second qualifying round, but they need to come through this trip first. Can they end a five game run without a win on the road when they visit Macedonia?

The Gers are still haunted by their visit to Luxembourg in the first round of this competition last season. They lost 2-0 at Progres Niederkorn, crashing out to the side who hadn’t won a European game before that. That set the tone for a difficult season at Ibrox, and Gerrard has been left to clear up the mess. He’s got to manage a side who have struggled at their own ground, as they won more games on the road than they did at Ibrox in the Premiership last season.

It wasn’t just results that were better on the road last season, they scored more goals and played better football on their travels. They struck 58% of their total goals in the league away from home, while they racked up 2.68 goals per away trip. That should give them confidence ahead of this visit to Shkupi, although the visitors do have some decent form backing them up going in to this clash.

The hosts have scored in eight of their last nine matches, while they’re unbeaten in five home matches. In those last five they’ve managed to rack up 16 goals, however, they’ve also kept just one clean sheet in that time. That suggests that this will be an entertaining clash, with both sides looking like they’re in high scoring form. After all, Rangers’ last away competitive game saw them draw 5-5 with Hibs, so we’re bound to get some entertainment out of the first Europa League clash of the week.

The Gers kept a clean sheet in just 16% of their away Premiership matches, so we can see Shkupi hitting the back of the net in this one. Rangers have seen over 2.5 goals in 84% of their away trips last season, so we’re going with a high scoring clash here. We’re backing over 2.5 goals as our main tip here, while we’re going with a 2-1 victory for the Gers, who can progress here, and forget their Niederkorn nightmare.

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