Rangers will be looking to claim an advantage when they head to Belgium on Tuesday evening for the first leg of their third qualifying round Champions League contest with Union SG.

The Gers just missed out on automatic qualification for this season's European Cup by losing the 2021-22 Europa League final to Eintracht Frankfurt, while Union SG secured their spot in the third qualifying round of this season's tournament by finishing second in the champions playoff in Belgian First Division A in 2021-22.

Union SG were only promoted back to the top flight of Belgian football in March 2021, with the Brussels outfit returning to the top tier for the first time in 48 years.

Not too many expected Karel Geraerts's side to make a strong impression in Belgian First Division A last term, but they finished top of the table at the end of the regular season, becoming the first side in Belgian history to manage that feat after earning promotion the previous campaign.

Union SG ultimately finished second behind Club Brugge in the champions playoff, which saw them book their spot in the Champions League third qualifying round.

There is no question that Les Unionistes will be the underdogs in this two-legged affair, but they are the third-most successful team in terms of top-tier Belgian championships, claiming 11, putting them behind Anderlecht (34) and Club Brugge (18).

Geraerts's side have already started their 2022-23 domestic campaign, picking up four points from their opening two matches, which has left them top of the table on four points.

Rangers, meanwhile, opened their 2022-23 Scottish Premiership campaign with a 2-1 victory over Livingston on Saturday afternoon.

The Gers fell behind in the fifth minute of the contest, with Joel Nouble on the scoresheet, but Scott Arfield levelled in the 72nd minute before James Tavernier struck what proved to be the winner two minutes later.

Rangers, as mentioned, took part in last season's Europa League final, drawing 1-1 with Frankfurt after extra-time, with the German outfit ultimately winning 5-4 on penalties.

There are no records of clashes between the clubs.

Despite Union playing at home, Rangers emerge as the favorites, as they managed to keep most of their squad and seem to have more solutions and experience to stay in the competition.

Probable scores here are 0-1 0-2

Marco Antonio,

GL

本译文使用有道机器翻译，仅供参考：

流浪者队将在周二晚上前往比利时，与联盟SG进行欧冠资格赛第三轮的首回合比赛。

在2021-22赛季的欧联杯决赛中，德国热队输给法兰克福队，与本赛季的欧联杯自动晋级擦肩而过。而在2021-22赛季的比利时甲级联赛冠军决赛中，比利时热队获得第二名，在本赛季的欧联杯资格赛第三轮晋级。

联盟SG在2021年3月才重返比利时足球顶级联赛，这是这家位于布鲁塞尔的球队48年来首次重返顶级联赛。

没有太多的人期望卡雷尔·杰拉尔茨的球队能在上赛季的比利时甲级联赛中给人留下深刻的印象，但他们在常规赛结束后以积分榜榜首的位置结束了比赛，成为比利时历史上第一支在上个赛季升级后取得这一成绩的球队。

在冠军杯决赛中，联圣SG最终以仅次于布鲁日俱乐部的第二名的成绩结束，他们获得了欧冠第三轮资格赛的名额。

毫无疑问，在这两回合的比赛中，联盟队将处于劣势，但他们在比利时顶级联赛中排名第三，共获得11次冠军，仅次于安德莱赫特(34次)和布鲁日俱乐部(18次)。

杰拉尔茨的球队已经开始了他们的2022-23赛季的国内比赛，在开场两场比赛中拿到了4分，这使得他们以4分的成绩位居积分榜榜首。

与此同时，流浪者在周六下午以2-1战胜利文斯顿开启了他们2022-23赛季的苏格兰超级联赛。

比赛进行到第5分钟，由于诺布尔(Joel Nouble)的进球，热尔队落后，但斯科特·阿菲尔德(Scott Arfield)在第72分钟扳平比分，两分钟后，詹姆斯·塔弗尼尔(James Tavernier)的进球成为制胜球。

流浪者，如上所述，参加了上赛季的欧联杯决赛，在加时赛后1-1战平法兰克福，最终德国球队在点球大战中5-4获胜。

没有俱乐部之间冲突的记录。

尽管联合队主场作战，但流浪者队仍是夺冠热门，因为他们保住了大部分阵容，似乎有更多的解决方案和经验来留在竞争中。