Nice v Rangers: Pick of the stats

This will be Nice and Rangers' first meeting since the 1956-57 European Cup first round – Nice won a deciding match 3-1 after both sides had won their respective home leg 2-1.

Rangers are unbeaten in their last five away games against French opposition in all competitions (W2 D3), most recently a 1-1 draw at Lyon in December 2021.

Nice came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with FC Twente on MD4 of this season's UEFA Europa League – the French side have spent 70% of their games trailing, with only Dynamo Kyiv behind for longer (72%).

Rangers are unbeaten in their last five away UEFA Europa League matches (W2 D3), having lost their previous four in a row beforehand.

Although he only has one goal and no assists in the UEFA Europa League this season, Rangers' Nedim Bajrami is one of only four players to have 10+ shots (10) and create 10+ chances (11) in 2024-25, along with Dries Mertens, Omar Marmoush and Yunus Akgün.