Rangers may have endured a rough domestic campaign but they are the last Scottish team standing in Europe this season.
The Ibrox side have saved their best form for Thursday evenings in the Europa League with a series of impressive performances taking them into the quarter-finals where they now meet Athletic Bilbao.
League phase victories over Malmo, Nice, FCSB and Union Saint-Gilloise, plus draws against Tottenham and Olympiacos, earned Rangers an eighth placed finish in the 36-team table and secured direct entry to the last 16 of the competition, where they met Fenerbahce.
A superb 3-1 away victory over Jose Mourinho's side in Istanbul was followed by a 2-0 defeat at Ibrox, with Rangers prevailing in the penalty shoot-out to book their place in the last eight, where they will host Bilbao on Thursday, April 10 before travelling to Spain for the return leg one week later.
A semi-final against either Manchester United or Lyon awaits the winners, while the list of potential opponents in the final include Bodo/Glimt, Lazio, Tottenham and Eintracht Frankfurt.
Can Rangers, under interim manager Barry Ferguson, repeat their run of three years ago when they made it all the way to the Europa League final in Seville before losing to Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties? Can they go one better and win the tournament?
An Opta supercomputer has simulated the remainder of the knockout stages 10,000 times to analyse each side’s probability of reaching each stage in the competition, as well as projecting a potential winner.
Here are its Europa League predictions:
5. Lyon
The French side have never played in a European final. Could this be their year? An impressive league phase which included a 4-1 win over Rangers at Ibrox was followed by a 7-1 aggregate demolition of FCSB in the last 16. Opta's supercomputer gives Lyon a 44.8% chance of reaching the semis, a 20.9% chance of making the final and a 9.5% chance of lifting the trophy. | AFP via Getty Images
6. Eintracht Frankfurt
The Germans know what it takes to win this tournament having done so three years ago when defeating Rangers on penalties in the final in Seville. Finished fifth in the league phase and beat Ajax 6-2 on aggregate in the last 16. Opta's supercomputer gives Frankfurt 40.6% chance of reaching the semis, a 19% chance of making the final and a 8.6% chance of lifting the trophy. | Getty Images
7. Bodo/Glimt
The Norwegians had to get past FC Twente in the knockout play-off round and Olympiacos in the last 16 to reach the quarter-finals, where they will meet Lazio. The Opta supercomputer ranks Bodo/Glimt as tournament outsiders, giving them a 30% chance of reaching the semis, a 9.7% chance of making the final and a 3.8% chance of lifting the trophy. | AFP via Getty Images
8. Rangers
Up against the tournament favourites in the quarter-finals, Barry Ferguson's side are given little hope of reaching the final, let alone winning the tournament. Opta's supercomputer gives the Ibrox outfit a 21.2% chance of reaching the semis, a 5.8% chance of making the final and just a 1.8% of lifting the trophy. | Getty Images