Match Previews

Cimirot is out and Amallah is missing. Vanhuesden and Muleka out. Oulare banned.

Finally secured first points in the group stages after bagging a last-minute 2:1 home win over Lech Poznan last week. It seemed for a while like Standard were heading for a fourth group loss in a row but they battled back in the second half, getting a last-minute winner, and remain theoretically with a chance of progressing.

Played a compact and disciplined game away at Anderlecht to earn a share of the spoils in a 0:0 draw. It was not a game to be remembered fondly but the team worked well as a unit and kept a rare clean sheet of late.

Heading to Scotland for a tough game against a very strong Rangers side as Philip Montanier urges his men to give it a real go and try to upstage the Scottish league leaders. Standard will be up against it and will need to show more in the final third.

The squad is looking quite settled after all the drama with positive COVID-19 players a month ago. Mehdi Carcela was the last to contract the virus but is already back, having already played for the reserves on Monday while Selim Amallah is carrying an injury and is out again.

Obbi Oulare will miss out after being sent off in the game against Lech last week. Gojko Cimirot is a fresh absentee due to a foot injury. Zinho Vanhuesden is out for the long term and Jackson Muleka is also ruled out.

Montanier: "We came here to get a positive result so I don’t think who we’ll play defensively. We will do everything to deliver a good match, then we will see how it goes. We have a bit of revenge to take for the first game. Here, it will be necessary to produce more, to increase the efforts and to be fairer in almost all areas: technical, offensive and defensive."