thanks dr.
rangers have good chances for an upset, and i ll most probably bet on their upsetting panathinaikos. Panathinaikos brought in a lot of new players plus a new coach this summer and team has not yet functioned as an organised whole. Some of they new transfers are moreover of a doubtfull quality, as is inexperienced israeli coach mr. sum. For this game they will be playing with a lot of absences, namely, danish national team central defender henriksen (who used to be one of the main reasons for panathinaiko's solid defence the previous seasons), starting striker, polish international olizatembe will also be out, as well as, most probably, greek international basinas, the main defensive half player and the second most important reason for panathinaiko's solid defensive ways. On top of that, hugely talented young romanian half lucian san martean, a player panathinaikos count a lot on will not play also. Is this a football team or an infirmary?
My only qualm about betting rangers + goals is that i have yet to see them in a full game, and i don't have a good impression of the team. The scotish championship is actually a two horse race between celtic and rangers, and that's worrying, teams that don't face any decent competition at home, can't be gauged easily in their international games.
I ll try doing some research on ranger's players, and their historical results abroad first, but i ll most probably will be on the draw and the rangers handicap, for all panathinaikos absences and general quality of the team this year.