Rangers are preparing to host Tottenham Hotspur in a Europa League Battle of Britain special this week.
The Gers and the Spurs are tied on ten points after the first five matches of the European tournament’s revamped league phase, with Philippe Clement’s side narrowly above the Premier League outfit on goal difference.
Philippe Clement reckons Tottenham are in ‘another league financially’ than Rangers but has challenged his young team to stand up and be counted.
The match also has an extra dynamic given it will be the first time under pressure ex-Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou returns to Scotland.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League.
Rangers v Spurs kick-off time
Rangers are set to host Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday 12th December with kick-off scheduled for 20:00 or 8pm at Ibrox Stadium.
This is Rangers’ third home match of the Europa League league phase, having been beaten 4-1 by Lyon and having defeated FCSB 4-0 earlier in the competition.
Rangers v Spurs TV channel & how to watch
Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur will be live on TNT Sports 1 on Thursday evening, with the Battle of Britain clash being given top billing by the broadcaster.
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Coverage begins live from Ibrox at 7pm.
Rangers v Spurs referee & VAR
The bulk of the refereeing team who will take charge of Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur are from Switzerland
Swiss whistler Sandro Schärer will take charge of proceedings, with countrymen Stéphane De Almeida and Jonas Erni his assistants.
Fourth official Lionel Tschudi is also from Switzerland, as if Video Assistant Referee Fedayi San.
Portuguese official Tiago Martins will be the VAR assistant in Glasgow.
This will be Sandro Schärer’s first Europa League match of the season but his 18th in the competition in total.
Schärer refereed West Ham’s 3-0 Quarter Final win over Lyon in 21/22 and has only ever shown one red card in the competition.
This was in his first ever Europa League match in 2016, when he sent off Krasnodar defender Andreas Granqvist in a 2-1 defeat to OGC Nice.
Rangers v Spurs team & injury news
Rangers go into the game with two players currently sidelined with injury.
Whilst Philippe Clement is yet to confirm the complete state of the Rangers squad, Neraysho Kasanwirjo is definitely out whilst Tom Lawrence is also recovering from injury.
Oscar Cortes is a doubt despite returning to first-team training whilst Rabbi Matondo joins Danilo and Ianis Hagi in not being registered for the competition.
Tottenham Hotspur also have a number of major injury problems heading into the game.
Influential centre-back Cristian Romero is out for six weeks, with Dutch centre-back Micky van de Ven also a doubt after the 4-3 defeat to Chelsea.
Welsh left-back Ben Davies also missed the clash with the Blues and is a doubt for the game, with Brennan Johnson falling ill at half-time in London.
Italian goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario is out until February so will miss the clash at Ibrox.
French winger Wilson Odobert will miss the clash with Rangers due to a hamstring injury, as will influential Brazilian winger Richarlison.
Teenager winger Mikey Moore is also recovering from a mystery illness.
Rangers v Spurs past meetings
Rangers have only played Spurs once in competitive competition, the two sides meeting in the 1962/63 European Cup Winners’ Cup second round.
Spurs won both legs of the clash, defeated Rangers 5-2 in London before the Gers lost 3-2 at Ibrox.
Tottenham would go on to lift the trophy that season, defeating Atlético Madrid 5-1 in the final, Jimmy Greaves famously netting two of the goals.
The two sides also contested a friendly tournament in July 2022, Spurs beating Rangers 2-1 to lift the inaugural Walter Tull Memorial Trophy.
Back in 1917, Tull was the first player of African descent to ever sign for Rangers, although he never played for Rangers before his death in WW1.
The former half-back also spent two years at Tottenham Hotspur between 1909 and 1911.