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Our betting experts at Ace Football preview the Champions League round 6 game between Rangers and Ajax and offer team news, fixture history and the best betting suggestions for the match.

Ajax will visit Ibrox Stadium on Tuesday for a Champions League fixture with home side Rangers. While both teams are out of the competition already, they will be keen to sign out on a high in their final group stage match of the 2022/23 campaign.

Position in the Champions League standings: Rangers vs Ajax

The current standings in Group A show us how Rangers and Ajax have performed this season so far. Surely, an exciting battle for three points is on the cards in this round 6 clash this coming Tuesday.

Current form and fixture history of Rangers vs Ajax

Rangers hope to boost points tally

Rangers hope for some consistency, as their last three matches added four points to their account. A meeting with Livingston resulted in a 1-1 draw, followed by a 3-0 defeat against SSC Napoli, before beating Aberdeen by 4-1.

Ajax paddling along

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Ajax. They first took out Excelsior by 7-1 before downing RKC Waalwijk by 1-4. The winning streak came to an end against Liverpool, who ran out 0-3 winners.

Fixture history: Rangers vs Ajax

The last time the pair played each other, Ajax came away as 4-0 winners in the Champions League, back in September 2022. At the time of writing, the bookmakers are offering the following prices on this encounter: betting on Ajax will get you odds 1.90, meaning the bookies predict, they are in with a 53% chance of three points at Ibrox. You can get a price of 3.60, should you wish to add Rangers to your accumulator, if that is your preferred betting strategy.

Highlights from the last time Rangers and Ajax met:

Rangers vs Ajax Stats

Here are some interesting betting-relevant facts based on statistics from the last couple of matches that Rangers and Ajax played across all tournaments.

  • Rangers have scored in 46 of the last 48 home matches
  • Rangers have not lost 10 of the last 12 home matches
  • Rangers have scored in 7 of the last 9 matches
  • Rangers have conceded in 4 of the last 5 matches
  • Rangers have conceded in 5 of the last 7 home matches
  • Ajax have scored in 53 of the last 55 matches
  • Ajax have scored in the last 29 away matches in a row
  • In 8 of the last 9 matches Ajax played, both teams scored
  • In 9 of the last 11 away matches Ajax played, both teams scored
  • Ajax have conceded in the last 9 matches in a row

Primary goal-getter

The standings of the top-scoring players in the last 6 matches in the Champions League show that Rangers might be relying on an in-form John Lundstram when it comes to scoring in the upcoming match. On the other side, Mohammed Kudus has been one of the decisive players from Ajax recently. Both players are expected to be dangerous and difficult to stop this coming Tuesday.

Rangers vs Ajax Match predictions

To summarise, the upcoming match between Rangers and Ajax appears to be a good chance to place some bets. Therefore, we have come up with the recommended betting suggestion for this game. However, we also present some lower and higher-risk alternatives.

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