Ajax vs Rangers live stream, Wednesday 7 September, 5.45pm
Rangers will mark their return to the Champions League group stage with a game against Ajax on Wednesday.
The Gers are back at Europe's top table for the first time since 2010/11, when they faced Manchester United, Bursaspor and Valencia in the first stage of the competition. After finishing second in the Scottish Premiership last term, they entered the Champions League in the qualifying rounds and had to overcome Union Saint-Gilloise and PSV to make it this far.
Their victories in both matches continued Rangers' superb record in continental competition under Giovanni van Bronckhorst, who replaced Steven Gerrard as the club's manager last year. The Dutchman led Rangers all the way to the Europa League final, where they were only beaten by Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties.
Rangers' home form was key to their run to the showpiece event in Seville. It also helped them turn a 2-0 aggregate deficit into a 3-2 win against Union Saint-Gilloise in the third qualifying round, but Rangers showed they can emerge victorious on the road when they beat PSV 1-0 in the Netherlands in the play-offs. That will give them belief ahead of this trip to the Johan Cruyff Arena.
It has been a summer of significant change for Ajax. Erik ten Hag left for Manchester United and brought Lisandro Martinez and Antony with him. Andre Onana, Nicolas Tagliafico, Sebastien Haller and Ryan Gravenberch also departed, leaving new manager Alfred Schreuder with plenty of rebuilding work to do.
Liverpool are the heavy favourites to finish top of Group A, but each of Napoli, Ajax and Rangers will believe they have a chance of joining the Reds in the knockout phase. That means we could be in store for an entertaining encounter in Amsterdam on Wednesday, as both teams look to lay down a marker on matchday one.
Rangers will have to make do without Tom Lawrence, Ben Davies, John Souttar and Filip Helander, Kemar Roofe and Ianis Hagi.
Kick-off is at 5.45pm BST on Wednesday 7 September and is being shown on BT Sport 4. See below for international broadcast options.
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