Lee Wallace crosses to the back post from the left for Niko Kranjcar but the Croatian hits the crossbar with his header from four yards.

Ryan Jack rises to meet Niko Kranjcar's corner kick from the right but heads the ball directly at the substitute goalie. The Gers midfielder ought to have done better, considering he had a free header from eight yards.

Pedro Caixinha makes another switch, with Josh Windass on for Daniel Candeias.

Progres's Sebastian Thill tries his luck from 30 yards as he picks up on a poor headed clearance. It's desperately wild but indicates the threat Rangers are facing. Rangers are having to defend.

Jordan Rossiter is penalised for a studs-up challenge on Armenia striker Alexander Karapetyan. My, this is heavy-going. You wouldn't rule out a goal for the home team, while Rangers do not appear to be enjoying this match.

Hmm. Rangers are slack. To state the obvious, considering the amount of new faces in their ranks, they are not playing as a team. Simple passes are going awry. The Bears in the crowd of 5,500 must be restless.

Progres break at pace down the right and the Gers are exposed as Emmanuel Francoise cracks a shot towards the far corner. Wes Foderingham gets down quickly to finger-tip it away. The hosts have had the best two chances of the match.

Rangers have made one change, Dalcio on for Alfredo Morelos.

Rangers get the second half going.

This is the Luxembourg club's seventh European campaign. They have yet to win a game...

Chick Young
BBC Scotland

"Rangers' finishing has been dreadful. There is nothing about them; luckily there is nothing about Progres Niederkorn either. Niko Kranjcar looks the guy most likely to change the game. He sees things, he makes a pass but he has no pace to get away."

BBC Scotland football pundit Alex Rae: "It's been tough to watch. There hasn't been any fluency by either side, no tempo. You're looking for the new guys and you're just not seeing anything from anyone to get excited about."

That's it for the first 45 minutes. Rangers have had 59% of the possession and two shots on target to the hosts' one. A goal for the Glasgow side would leave Progres Niederkorn needing to score three times, but if they concede the next goal they could be in trouble.

There are four minutes of added time, one of which has been played.

Daniel Candeias is fouled in the middle of the Progres half. Niko Kranjcar curls in a free-kick that is cleared for a corner by the rapidly retreating Adrian Ferino. However, the Light Blues cannot make anything from the set piece.

Earlier I mentioned that it is only nine years since Rangers played in the Uefa Cup final. One of their number from the 2008 campaign was Kirk Broadfoot - Kilmarnock have just announced that he has signed a three-year deal with them.

Jordan Rossiter tugs a shot a couple of feet past the Progres post. Rangers need to reassert themselves on the opposition, who will be boosted by that shot a moment ago from Olivier Thill.

Progres number 10 Olivier Thill spins away from his marker and produces the best effort of the game so far. His meaty right-foot drive has Wes Foderingham scampering across his goal-line...only to see the ball flash past his right-hand post.

Our commentator Liam McLeod tells us it's 24 degrees in Luxembourg City, as Progres goalie Sebastian Flauss has to go off injured. Short-sleeved Charly Schinker enters the fray.