Rangers vs SC Braga Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips

Rangers vs SC Braga Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips

Rangers host SC Braga in the UEFA Europa League match week five on Thursday night.

Rangers sit rock bottom of the league table, having lost all four games and only netted once in the process, leaving them with -7 goal difference. They are fourth in the Scottish Premiership.

Portuguese side SC Braga are at the other end of the table in fifth place, having won their first three matches of the European campaign. However, they lost their most recent league phase game against Genk in a 3-4 thriller. They are also 7th in their domestic league.

We're predicting over 2.5 goals & BTTS.

Predicted Lineups

Rangers: Butland, Fernandez, Djiga, Meghoma, Tavernier, Diomande, Raskin, Aasgaard, Antman, Gassama, Danilo

SC Braga: Hornicek, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Lagerbielke, Moutinho, Gorby, Dorgeles, Lelo, Horta, Zalazar, Navarro

Recent Matches Analysis

Rangers Last Five:

Rangers 2-1 Livingstone

Dundee 0-3 Rangers

Rangers 0-2 Roma (Europa League)

Celtic 3-1 Rangers (Scottish League Cup)

Hibernian 0-1 Rangers

Rangers have had a bit of a revival under Danny Rohl, but they still lost to Celtic and Roma, two teams they were underdogs against, proving they are still unable to compete with better teams.

SC Braga Last Five:

Braga 2-1 Moreirense

Braga 3-4 Genk (Europa League)

Porto 2-1 Braga

Braga 5-0 Santa Clara

Braga 4-0 Casa Pia

Braga are in mixed form with three wins and two losses in five games, and they have been involved in very high scoring affairs, with 22 goals across the five matches.

Head-to-Head Records

20 Feb 2020 // Rangers 3-2 SC Braga

The Scottish side have one previous victory at home to Braga, which was in this competition back in 2019/20.

Rangers vs SC Braga Predictions

Our advanced algorithm has analysed over 200 pieces of data and predicted with 60% confidence in over 2.5 goals & BTTS. This is based off the players who are available, previous matches, head-to-head games and tactical matchups.

Best Betting Tips

Football Park's Best Bet: Over 2.5 goals & BTTS @ 2.20 - Due to Braga's crazy goal fests as of late, goals could be on the cards here.

Alternate Bet: Draw @ 3.40

Key Players to Watch

Ricardo Horta (Braga) has four goal contributions in four Europa League games already this campaign. He also has another four goals in the Liga Portugal.

James Tavernier (Rangers) has four goals and three assists in the Scottish Premiership this season, impressive for a right back. Also averages 3.8 ball recoveries per game and is the Gers' captain.

Match Information

23 November 2025 // KO 20:00 UK Time

The game will be shown live on Discovery plus and CBS.

It takes place at Ibrox, which has a capacity of 50,817.