Rangers vs Athletic Bilbao Predictions

• Rangers have lost each of their last five matches at home
• Athletic Bilbao have lost only four of their last 20 away games
• The La Liga visitors have kept three straight clean sheets

Gers may endure more home misery

Rangers edged past Fenerbahce on penalties in the last 16 of the Europa League, but the Scottish side may face a tougher test against Athletic Bilbao, who will be eyeing a place in the final with their ground, the San Mames Stadium, hosting it.

The Gers are 13 points behind Celtic in the Scottish Premiership following Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at home to Hibernian and that means that they have lost each of their last five matches at Ibrox.

Fenebahce triumphed 2-0 in Glasgow to take the tie to extra-time and Athletic Bilbao, who have lost only two of their last 13 matches, should be confident of repeating the feat.

The Basque boys are defensively resolute, having kept three straight clean sheets, and two of those shutouts came on away trips to Sevilla and Villarreal.

Basque boys set for successful raid on Ibrox

The La Liga outfit may be stronger on home soil but they have lost only four of their last 20 road trips in all competitions and, sitting fourth in Spain’s top-flight, they evidently boast more quality than Rangers.

Despite being in the quarter-final, Rangers have won only five of their ten Europa League assignments this season and they may be fortunate to have got as far as they have.

Correct-score punters should expect a cagey contest – five of Bilbao’s last seven matches have gone under 2.5 goals – and side with a hard-fought 1-0 win for the visitors, especially given Rangers have failed to score in four of their last five at home.