RB Leipzig lost 3-1 on the night and 3-2 on aggregate in their UEFA Europa League semi-final with Glasgow Rangers.

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Rangers: McGregor - Tavernier (c), Goldson, Bassey, Barisic - Jack, Lundstram - Kamara, Aribo, Kent - Wright
Leipzig: Gulacsi (c) - Klostermann, Orban, Gvardiol - Henrichs, Laimer, Kampl, Angelino - Olmo, Nkunku - Poul

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Leipzig are already into one final this season, facing Freiburg in Berlin for the DFB Cup on 21 May. They are now just 90 minutes away from a second possible showpiece and the chance to lift the Europa League trophy only three days prior in Seville. Die Roten Bullen will be off to Spain if they avoid defeat in Glasgow, after Angelino’s late strike gave them a 1-0 first-leg lead in this semi-final tie. It could have been even better for the Bundesliga side, had top scorer Nkunku not squandered another opportunity. The clean sheet was even more impressive given two of the first-choice back three – and Kevin Kampl – were suspended. He and Willi Orban start, but Lukas Klostermann retains his place ahead of the returning Mohamed Simakan. Danish battering ram Yussuf Poulsen leads the attack, meanwhile, with Portugal international Andre Silva and the Bundesliga's April Rookie of the Month Dominik Szoboszlai among the substitutes.

While this is Leipzig’s second European semi-final in their 12-year existence, Rangers last made it to a continental final a year and five days before their opponents were even formed. They too have had to climb the divisions in that time, but the reigning Scottish champions’ grip on their domestic title loosened further on Sunday with a 1-1 draw at arch-rivals and league leaders Celtic. Former Freiburg man Ryan Kent set up Fashion Sakala for the second-half equaliser. Kent started in attack with Scott Wright and Joe Aribo at the Red Bull Arena in the first leg, with top scorers Alfredo Morelos and Kemar Roofe both injured. Coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst is without the latter once more, but Ramsey makes the bench. The Juventus loanee hasn’t featured since the quarter-final second leg win over Braga.

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Match stats

• Nkunku has registered 31 goals and 20 assists in 48 competitive games so far in 2021/22.
• Sixteen different outfield players have scored for Leipzig in all competitions so far this season, with Silva (14 goals) second to Nkunku in the club charts.
• Leipzig have scored in all of their European games this season, hitting 24 goals in 11.
• Die Roten Bullen have won their last three away games in Europe, beating Atalanta (2-0), Real Sociedad (3-1) and Club Brugge (5-0).
• Rangers are winless in their last three European home ties against German opposition (D1, L2).
• Kent made six Bundesliga appearances for Freiburg in 2017/18. Leon Balogun racked up 75 top-flight games in the colours of Hannover, Werder Bremen, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Mainz.

CONFIRMED line-ups

Rangers: McGregor - Tavernier (c), Goldson, Bassey, Barisic - Jack, Lundstram - Kamara, Aribo, Kent - Wright
Subs: McCrorie, McLaughlin, Diallo, S. Davis, Ramsey, Sands, Balogun, Sakala, Arfield, King, Lowry
Out: Hagi (knee), Helander (foot), Morelos (thigh), Ofoborh (heart), Roofe (knee)
Coach: Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Leipzig: Gulacsi (c) - Klostermann, Orban, Gvardiol - Henrichs, Laimer, Kampl, Angelino - Olmo, Nkunku - Poulsen
Subs: Tschauner, Martinez, Simakan, Forsberg, Adams, Szoboszlai, Mukiele, Halstenberg, Silva, Raebiger, Novoa
Out: Haidara (knee)
Coach: Domenico Tedesco