Rangers secured qualification to the Europa League quarter-finals for the first time since 2008 after a 4-2 aggregate victory over Red Star Belgrade.
The draw saw the Gers secure a tie against Braga in the last eight, before either facing Atalanta or RB Leipzig, barring they make it through against the Portuguese side.
There is no doubt the Ibrox side is punching above their weight in Europe, not only this season, but the previous four campaigns have seen us reach heights that were unthinkable during the 2012-2016 period.
The American stat outlet FiveThirtyEight have confirmed this by giving Rangers only a 3% chance of making the final, which puts us at the lowest point out of all eight teams still left in the competition.
Stat outlet FiveThirtyEight gives Rangers basically no chance of reaching the Europa League final
FiveThirtyEight also predicted that Celtic would win the Scottish Premiership title following a recent analysis and they seem to be continuing to give Rangers a hard time.
When you look at budgets, Rangers and Braga are both comfortably within the bottom two and this is understandable about why they are basing their findings on the chances of either of the teams going all the way.
Sometimes it isn’t always about money though, we defeated Borussia Dortmund 6-4 on aggregate, and they have the second-highest budget in Germany.
There is an excellent chance for Gio and his men to reach a European final and analysis can’t prove hunger or determination. Hopefully, the stars align, and we could be seeing a similar scenario unfold just like in 2008.
Let’s just hope the final outcome is different.
In other news, Rangers predicted starting XI against Dundee sees Alfredo Morelos miss out with a suspected injury.
