This will be the first-ever meeting between Rangers and Genk. The Ibrox side have already faced Belgian opposition this season, losing 3-1 at home and 6-0 away to Club Brugge in Champions League qualifying. This will be Genk's first-ever game against a Scottish opponent in European competition.
- This will be the first-ever meeting between Rangers and Genk. The Ibrox side have already faced Belgian opposition this season, losing 3-1 at home and 6-0 away to Club Brugge in Champions League qualifying.
- This will be Genk's first-ever game against a Scottish opponent in European competition. The Belgian club are unbeaten in the past three games when meeting a team for the first time in major European competition (W2 D1) but lost 3-0 to West Ham in their most recent such match that came in the Europa League in October 2021.
- Rangers have won their opening game in four of the past five Europa League campaigns, with the exception a 2-0 home defeat to Lyon in September 2021.
- This will be Genk's first appearance in the Europa League since the 2021-22 campaign, the only season in which they failed to get out of the group stage in the competition. Genk have won their first game to nil in four of their five prior appearances in this competition (L1).
- James Tavernier could make his 58th appearance in the Europa League for Rangers, levelling Matheus (58 for Braga) for the second-most games played for a single club in the competition, behind only Salzburg's Andreas Ulmer (61).
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