Overview
- Kick-off is 8pm on Thursday, September 25 at Ibrox, with live coverage on TNT Sports 2 and streaming on Discovery+.
- Rangers seek a reset after a 9-1 Champions League play-off collapse and the club’s worst league start since 1978, with a 2-0 League Cup win over Hibs offering only brief respite from fan protests.
- Genk arrive third from bottom in Belgium after a stoppage-time 2-1 defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise, with coach Thorsten Fink insisting his side have “nothing to lose” in Glasgow.
- Voices around Genk urge calm as former striker Wesley Sonck defends Fink’s position, while Junya Ito calls for a fear-free approach and Jarne Steuckers suggests the pressure sits with Rangers.
- Squad notes include Rangers’ Dujon Sterling sidelined long term with an Achilles injury and Max Aarons suspended, while Genk attackers Yira Sor, Konstantinos Karetsas and Daan Heymans have recently missed games.