Rangers are currently placed third in the Scottish Premiership standings, trailing behind Celtic and Aberdeen by nine points. Despite this, they have had a strong start in the Europa League competition.
The team from Glasgow secured a 2-0 victory against Malmo in their first match and triumphed over FCSB with a 4-0 win in the following game. These victories were accompanied by a 4-1 loss to Lyon in a home match.
The upcoming challenge for Rangers on Thursday is a tough one as they face Olympiacos, who were the winners of the Conference League last season. Olympiacos have notably defeated teams like West Ham and Aston Villa in recent European matches at their home ground.
Team news
Olympiacos are hoping to have Lorenzo Pirola ready to play as their left-back. However, the Greek team will be without Willian, Theofanis Bakoulas, Yusuf Yazici, Andreas Ntoi, Francisco Ortega, and Marko Stamenic due to injuries.
Rangers will be missing Oscar Cortes due to injury, but Rabbi Matondo and Ridvan Yilmaz have resumed training. There is uncertainty around Ross McCausland's availability, while Vaclav Cerny and Danilo are vying for starting positions.
The stats
In their last six Europa League home games, Olympiacos have emerged victorious in five of them, with both teams scoring in only two of their last eight matches.
Over their last three wins, Olympiacos has had two 1-0 scoreline victories.
Rangers have not seen over 3.5 goals in any of their eight away matches this season, and have conceded the first goal in their last three away games. Despite this, they have only lost two out of their last nine Europa League matches.
Prediction
With recent away defeats in the league against Kilmarnock and Aberdeen, Rangers' trip to Greece is more hopeful than expectant.
Rangers' manager Philippe Clement is facing pressure, yet the team's chances of causing an upset against Olympiacos are boosted by the host team's extensive injury list.
Olympiacos will be missing midfielder Yusuf Yazici for the season, along with experienced winger Willian. Despite this, Olympiacos possesses a strong goal threat in striker Ayoub El Kaabi, who excelled with 11 goals in the previous season's successful Conference League run.
El Kaabi has already shown his goal-scoring prowess this season, netting six goals in seven appearances in the Greek Super League and scoring a brace in the 3-0 victory over Braga in the Europa League. He also scored the winning goal in the match against Malmo and is likely to be a key figure in the upcoming game against Rangers.