Rangers vs Jagiellonia Bialystok reaches its decisive night at Ibrox on Thursday, with Derek McInnes’ side needing to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit to stay in the Europa League.
Win, and the Gers move into the play-off round. Lose, and they drop into the Conference League play-offs, with the pressure building on a team still waiting for a first competitive win of the new season.
It’s not just about winning but making sure the job is done.
What’s at stake in Rangers vs Jagiellonia
The task has been complicated by a mounting injury list.
Glasgow World reports seven players out and one doubt, with McInnes set to be without at least three of the side that started in Poland, with Youssef Chermiti and Tuur Rommens among them after the double injury blow confirmed this week.
The visitors, meanwhile, arrive emboldened. Jagiellonia boss Adrian Siemieniec insists his side have come to Ibrox to win and progress, rather than simply survive the night, according to Inside Ibrox.
Within the home dressing room, the message is just as blunt.
Defender Olwethu Makhanya summed it up in three words. The South African says the squad is fully aware of what Thursday means. “We need to win.”
Georgia calling
The prize for progress is a Europa League play-off against Iberia 1999, with a trip to Tbilisi awaiting the winners.
Fall short, and it is Conference League football on the line instead, and all the negative baclash that would come with it.
Derek McInnes’ European rescue mission comes down to another night under the Ibrox lights.
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