Rangers begin their Europa League campaign with a trip to Sweden this week as they take on Allsvenskan league leaders Malmo at the Eleda Stadion (kick-off: 5.45pm).
Philippe Clement’s side head into the game on the back of two morale boosting victories against Dundee and Dundee United and will hope to avenge the Champions League qualifying defeat they suffered against their Swedish counterparts in 2022.
The Gers third game in eight days, the Belgian boss could make changes to his starting XI for the game, as he looks to manage the fitness of his squad, though he is still without Ridvan Yilmaz, Rabbi Matondo and Danilo, with the latter two players not even included in the Europa League squad due to injury. Winger Oscar Cortes will also miss out after suffering a “bad knock” in training, while Jefte is suspended after his red card against Dynamo Kyiv in last month’s Champions League defeat.
So what will the Gers starting XI look like against Malmo on Thursday night? The Scotsman predict the Rangers starting XI for their Europa League opener, using live photos from today’s training session in Glasgow ahead of the trip to Scandanivia.

9. RW: Vaclav Cerny
The Czechia winger is getting close to full match fitness after playing regularly in the opening month of the campaign. His quality has been shown in glimpses and Cerny will hope his talent can help Rangers have a perfect start to their Europa League campaign. | SNS Group

10. LW: Nedim Bajrami
The deadline day signing was impressive on his first Rangers start at the weekend, grabbing an assist for the clinching third goal against Dundee. With Oscar Cortes injured, he is more or less guaranteed his place. | SNS Group

11. CF: Cyriel Dessers
He still has his critics, but the Nigerian just keeps on scoring goals. Danilo is injured and not part of the Europa League squad anyway, so Dessers will start the game in Sweden, with Hamza Igamane offering back-up on the bench. | SNS Group