Rangers vs Genk: Europa League lineups, team news, confirmed starting teams

Rangers will attempt to secure consecutive wins for the first time this season when their 2025/26 Europa League campaign starts at home to Belgian club Genk on Thursday.

The Scottish Premiership strugglers were thrashed 9-1 by Belgian side Club Brugge in Champions League qualifying and will hope Genk prove easier opponents.

Having finished top at the end of the regular Belgian Pro League season in 2024/25, Thorsten Fink’s side have won two and lost four of their eight top-flight matches this time around.

101GreatGoals.com has the lineups and confirmed starting teams from Rangers vs Genk in the Europa League, as well as TV and streaming details.

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Rangers starting lineup vs Genk

Dujon Sterling is yet to return for Rangers from an Achilles injury sustained in April but new signing Bojan Miovski scored his first Rangers goal in the 2-0 Scottish Cup quarter-final win at home to Hibernian on Saturday.

Canada defender Derek Cornelius made his first start in that game as part of a season-long loan from Marseille and is involved from the start again.

Rangers starting XI: Jack Butland, James Tavernier, John Souttar, Derek Cornelius, Jayden Meghoma, Mohamed Diomande, Thelo Aasgaard, Nicolas Raskin, Mikey Moore, Youssef Chermiti, Djeidi Gassama

Rangers substitutes: Joe Rothwell, Connor Barron, Oliver Antman, Nasser Djiga, Bojan Miovski, Liam Kelly, Kieran Wright, Bailey Rice, Josh Gentles, Findlay Curtis, Aiden McCallion, Danilo

Genk starting lineup vs Rangers

Genk midfielder Daan Heymans is out with an ankle injury, while winger Yira Sor has been out for three games.

Smurfs 2024/25 top scorer Tolu Arokodare joined Premier League club Wolves for £24 million on September 1.

The club brought in Sweden youth international Jusef Erabi for £3.5m from Hammarby on transfer deadline day and the 22-year-old scored on his debut but is without a goal in two matches since.

Genk starting XI: Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Matte Smets, Mujaid Sadick, Joris Kayembe, Yaimar Medina, Patrik Hrosovsky, Ibrahima Bangoura, Bryan Heynen, Jarne Steuckers, Oh Hyeon-Gyu

Genk substitutes: Junya Ito, Konstantinos Karetsas, Aaron Bibout, Nikolas Sattlberger, Ken Nkuba, Lucca Brughmans, Lucca Mounganga, Robin Mirisola, Ayumu Yokoyama, Noah Adedeji-Sternberg, Adrian Palacios, Josue Kongolo, Jusef Erabi

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How to watch Rangers vs Genk: TV channel, live stream

Kick-off on Thursday is at 20:00 BST / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT, with live coverage in the UK on TNT Sports 2 and streaming on the accompanying discovery+ app.TNT Sports costs £29.99 a month through discovery+, which includes Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.