Rangers vs Jablonec

Rangers ground out a battling 1-0 win over Jablonec in the first leg of their Europa Conference League play-off, though it wasn't pretty. A flat opening 45 minutes drew boos from the home fans at Ibrox, before Rangers emerged from the break transformed. Ryan Naderi broke the deadlock in the 50th minute, guiding home a cross that Daisuke Yokota had nodded back into his path. Gassama somehow blazed over an open goal soon after, a miss that could yet prove costly. The game turned dramatic in the 78th minute when substitute Cammy Devlin was shown a red card for a high tackle on Jiri Slama, leaving Rangers to close out the win with ten men. It's a slender lead to carry into next week's second leg, and Jablonec will fancy overturning it at home given how little they threatened before halftime. For Rangers, questions over their sluggish start still need answering before the trip to the Czech Republic.