It's been a Champions League campaign to forget for Rangers and it's hard to see the situation improving when Gio van Bronckhurst's side travel to group leaders Napoli on Wednesday night.
A trip to one of the most in-form sides in the competition is not what Rangers need after being humiliated by Liverpool at Ibrox in the last round of matches but that's what they to deal with. The layers give Rangers very little chance of getting a result - they are 11/1 with Betfred to pick up their first three points of the competition while Napoli are 1/5 to secure top spot in the section with a win.
Rangers have mustered just a single goal from four Group A matches and their goal difference of -15 is the worst of any side in this season's competition. It was always going to be a tough section but it's become a bit of a nightmare for a Rangers side that is already struggling to keep tabs on Celtic at the top of the SPL.
Napoli have had no such issues, indeed their group-stage performances have been so impressive that they have halved in price to win the competition (16/1 from 33/1 with Betfred ). Luciano Spalletti's side have won all four Group A games - including a 4-1 drubbing of Liverpool - scoring 17 goals, which is an everage of over four per game.
Napoli racked up 23 efforts on goal in their 3-0 win at Ibrox, generating an xGF of 3.2 (Rangers 1.1), so were full value for their 3-0 victory and there is very little evidence to suggest Rangers can improve on that in the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.
Napoli, who haven't been beaten in any competition this season, have won 11 matches on the bounce and sit top of Serie A with a three point advantage after their huge 1-0 win in Rome on Sunday night. They could hardly be in better shape going into this.
Prediction for Napoli vs Rangers
All the evidence points to another horrible European night for Rangers and the best way into this is by getting Napoli and goals onside.
Napoli have scored a whopping 43 goals in all competitions already this term and they will be licking their lips at the prospect of facing a Rangers defence that couldn't keep out Livingston at the weekend.
Back Napoli to hit their group average and score at least four goals again, which is a 9/4 chance with Betfred.
Prediction for Napoli vs Rangers: Over 3.5 Napoli Goals - 9/4
Napoli vs Rangers odds with Betfred
- Napoli - 1/5
- Draw - 5/1
- Rangers - 11/1
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