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Six Rangers goals and a Colombia debut this season for Alfredo Morelos, but he is not involved tonight. The striker is suspended after being sent off against FC Ufa.

Steven Gerrard said pre-match that he and Jon Flanagan, who is also banned, will be harbouring some regrets as they watch on from the sidelines.

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The home side want a penalty as a back-post header strikes the arm of Borna Barisic but the defender was so close to his opponent that he didn't know too much about it.

Rangers defender is very late with a challenge on Alfonso Pedraza as the Villarreal man speeds up the left flank. So late in fact, that he barely touches the wing-back, who sprawls to the turf near the halfway line.

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Former Scotland defender on BBC Sportsound

The visitors are toiling as Villarreal boss the ball. The few touches Steven Gerrard's side have had have been rather panicked.

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Former Scotland striker on BBC Sportsound

Andy Halliday is penalised for holding on to Karl Toko Ekambi as the hosts look to counter-attack and Villarreal have a free kick in a dangerous spot. The ball is whipped into a packed penalty box and Lassana Coulibaly does well to nod it away.

There's not much of a crowd inside El Madrigal but the home fans are enjoying themselves as their favourites knock the ball around confidently.

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Here we go...

The hosts have never lost to Scottish opposition at home, beating Celtic twice and drawing with Rangers once.

Back in 2006, the Ibrox side were seeking a place in the last eight of the Champions League only to suffer the agony of an away goals defeat.

Four goals were shared in Glasgow and Peter Lovenkrands fired the visitors into an early lead in Spain but Rodolfo Arruabarrena would level the game and send Villarreal through.

They repeated the away goals trick against Inter Milan but came unstuck against Arsenal in the semi-finals.

One look at the goalscorers at Ibrox, Juan Roman Riquelme and Diego Forlan, underlines just how strong El Submarino Amarillo were at the time.

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Local journalists view this Villarreal side as something of a second-string XI. Nonetheless, there is still some impressive talent in the team - Carlos Bacca is starting for the first time this season but the Colombian came off the bench to score the winner against Leganes on Sunday. Ramiro Funes Mori has come in from Everton for about £8m so pretty decent to be able to call on such players.

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard tells BT Sport: "It’s important we’re compact. I want our attacking players to use the space an show what they can do.

"Katic has had a really packed schedule since he walked in the door, he came back from international duty looking a little bit jaded and it’s down to me to protect him. Joe (Worrall) looks really fresh and eager to play.

"It’s difficult to read into the Villareal changes – we hope they’ve got their eye on the derby game they’ve got at the weekend and we can capitalise on that.

"The referee loves getting the yellow card out so we have to be very careful. I'm sure the two suspended players [Jon Flangan and Alfredo Morelos] watching in the stand will be thinking, why did I do that? Why did I get sent off?"

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Rangers' greatest European moment came at Barcelona's Nou Camp when they won the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup final against Moscow Dynamo.

But the Ibrox side have never won in 11 visits against Spanish clubs.

The Light Blues' first game in Europe against Spanish opposition in the 1962-63 season was when they came up against Sevilla in the Cup Winners Cup. Rangers won 4-0 at Ibrox but lost 2-0 in the away tie.

They drew with Valencia in 1979 and Villarreal in 2006.

Just to rub it in, the nine defeats were all incurred without scoring a goal, most recently 3-0 at Valencia in the Champions League group stage in 2010.

Villarreal: Fernandez, Miguelon, Bonera, Victor Ruiz, Pedraza, Sansone, Fornals, Funes Mori, Cazorla, Toko Ekambi, Bacca.

Substitutes: Sergio Asenjo, Mario, Gerard, Trigueros, Layun, Morlanes, Chukwueze.

Rangers: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Worrall, Barisic, Arfield, Coulibaly, Halliday, Candeias, Kent, Lafferty.

Substitutes: Foderingham, Dorrans, Umar, McCrorie, Katic, Grezda, Middleton.

Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)

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Rangers are the fourth seeds in Group G but manager Steven Gerrard reckons his side can spring a few surprises along the way and reach the last 32 in the competition.

"We are the underdogs in the group in terms of the opinions from outside, but in the dressing room we have a quiet confidence and belief we can cause a shock and get out of the group," he said at yesterday's media conference.

"We are not here to make up the numbers. We want to challenge in the group and see where we end up.

"This game doesn't highlight how far I've taken the group but how far the team have taken themselves and the hard work and effort they have put in to get to this stage.

"We all believe this is where this club should be after difficult times and not many people gave us a chance of making this stage.

"If people want to underestimate us or write us off that's fine. I can see a togetherness and a team growing. I'm happy where we are at this moment."

Group rivals Rapid Vienna and Spartak Moscow meet this evening in the Austrian capital.

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Nicklas Bendtner and Pal Andre Helland, who both played for Rosenborg in last month's 0-0 draw with Celtic in Norway, miss out through injury this time.

But fellow striker Issam Jebali is "feeling good" after scoring a stoppage-time winner in a 3-2 win away to Valerenga on Sunday that retained his side's two-point lead over Brann at the top of the Eliteserien.

The 26-year-old Tunisian was signed after their Champions League exit and has scored four goals in six appearances since joining from Swedish club Elfsborg.

"Celtic is a big club, but I have played African Champions League, which also has 60,000-70,000 and I play at a big club here, so playing in Glasgow will not be a problem," he told Rosenborg TV.

"We have won a lot of games recently, this is a 50-50 game and I think we can get a result."

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