Athletic vs Rangers Glasgow prediction and betting tips on April 17, 2025
Game Prediction
A return match between Athletic and Rangers from Glasgow will take place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League on April 17, 2025. The Basques will try to win and advance, but the guests have the same task.
Our prediction for the match Athletic vs Rangers Glasgow
The Basques made a historic breakthrough last season. They took the Copa del Rey for the first time since 1984. At the same time, they, in pursuit of the cup, missed the chance for 4th place in the Primera, although the team rose to the next place. This time, everything is the opposite: the club did not defend the title, but it is quite confident in the quartet of leaders of La Liga. Speaking about the representatives of Scotland, everything has been stable for a long time, and the local grandee, as previously, will be second after Celtic in the current cycle. Still, the gap in the Premiership is so significant (and combined with failures in the cup) that Clement had been replaced long before the summer break.
One of the first tasks of his successor, Barry Ferguson, was the 1/8 final round of the Europa League. The Scots got there directly, having taken 14 points in the main round of the tournament (and having flown out from the Champions League qualification immediately, losing to Dynamo Kyiv, before that, in the summer). A 3-1 result in Istanbul was followed by a home failure – the footballers almost disgraced themselves, but, having lost with a 0-2 score, managed to knock out the Turks in a penalty shoot-out. Williams and the company got to the current round less dramatically: they got 6 wins and 19 points in the main round and knocked out Roma at the 1/8 stage: there happened a 1-2 result in Italy and a 3-1 score on the native field.
Propper left the hosts in the minority already in the first quarter of an hour in Scotland. Still, the guests played a pragmatic draw – 0-0.
Athletic vs Rangers Glasgow: possible starting line-ups
- Athletic has lost both previous away games in the competition.
- Rangers Glasgow has won only twice in 5 previous matches.
- The Scots have scored in every meeting of the European competition this season, starting with the Champions League qualifiers
Athletic vs Rangers Glasgow: possible starting line-ups
Athletic (possible line-up): Unai Simon – Lekue, Yeray Alvarez, Nunez, Gorosabel – Vesga, Prados, Berenguer, Unai Gomes, I. Williams – Guruzeta.
Rangers Glasgow (possible line-up): Butland – Nsiala, Souttar, Tavernier – Vital, Diomande, Cerny, Ruskin, Barron, Yilmaz – Dessers.
Previous head-to-head matches: Athletic vs Rangers Glasgow
The old-timers of European football managed not to intersect until last Thursday.
Free prediction for the match Athletic vs Rangers Glasgow
The hosts are the clear favourites of the following battle, but their pragmatism may backfire. We bet on the guests to win with “a +1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.727).