Rangers & Dundee United Euro ties live on BBC Scotland
Russell Martin's Rangers host Viktoria Plzen at Ibrox in Champions League qualifying on Tuesday after seeing off Panathinaikos last week in Greece.
Meanwhile, United are away in Austria to face Rapid Vienna on Thursday following their 2-0 aggregate win over UNA Strassen of Luxembourg.
If Rangers progress, they will face RB Salzburg or Club Brugge. Defeat would lead to dropping down into the Europa League.
Should United come through the tie against Rapid, they would be up against the winners of AIK Stockholm v FC Gyor in the play-off round.
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