For the first time in 12 years, Rangers will be competing in the Champions League after securing a 3-2 aggregate victory over PSV Eindhoven in the playoff round.
After playing out a 2-2 draw in the first leg at Ibrox, the Gers claimed a narrow 1-0 victory in the Netherlands on Wednesday night, with Antonio Colak scoring the only goal of the game on the hour mark.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men can now look forward to tantalising encounters in Group A against Ajax, Liverpool and Napoli, with their opening group-stage fixture to take place in the first week of September.
Before preparing for more memorable European nights, Rangers will turn their attention to Saturday’s clash with Ross County, whom they have an impressive record against.
The Gers have won 12 of their last 13 league meetings against Ross County, including each of their last six at Ibrox by an aggregate score of 19-4.
Rangers were unable to maintain their 100% start to the new Premiership campaign last weekend, as they were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw with nine men against Hibernian. John Lundstramand Alfredo Morelos were both sent off in the second half, before Josh Campbellscored a 93rd-minute equaliser.
After losing each of their opening three Premiership matches of the new season, Ross County eventually got off the mark when they secured a slender 1-0 home victory against newly-promoted Kilmarnock last weekend.
The hosts were reduced to 10 men when Ross Callachan was shown a second yellow card for a deliberate handball in the 81st minute, but they managed to score the winner just five minutes later with substitute Owura Edwards smashing the ball in from close range.
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Malky Mackay was pleased with the way his side responded to going a man down late on, and the Staggies boss is now hoping that they can put together a positive run of form in the coming weeks as they bid to climb into the top half of the table.
However, Ross County head into Saturday’s fixture having never won a top-flight match against Rangers in 16 attempts, losing 13 and drawing the other three.
The Dingwall-based outfit have also struggled in recent visits to Ibrox, losing each of their last three and conceding a total of 13 goals. They did, however, claim a point in an entertaining 3-3 draw against the Gers on home soil in January
