Malmo vs Rangers LIVE: Europa League latest score and goal updates as Vaclav Cerny wastes chance to double lead

49 mins: Rangers have to be careful. Tavernier concedes a cheap free kick and offers Malmo the chance to throw Jansson into the box. Pena picks out Kiese Thelin but the header is well wide.

Malmo have to be better, surely? The hosts offered very little in the first half but Rangers were very good.

They should be two or three goals clear. Now, they need to make sure they don’t regret those missed chances.

Nedim Bajrami scored after 56 seconds for Rangers in Malmo.

The forward has previous – earlier this summer, he scored the fastest goal in Euros history when he scored for Albania against Italy at Euro 2024.

That was after just 23 seconds.

Rangers have had 10 shots to Malmo’s one so far, but they could have been much more clinical. Bajrami and Cerny had to do better with those late chances in the half.

Impressive from Rangers. They lead at the break, but it should really be by two or three!

44 mins: CHANCE! How many chances do Rangers want?!

It’s another break, as Dessers does ever so well to turn and drive at goal. He slips in Bajrami, who has a clear sight of goal, but the Albanian attempts to pull it back to Dessers.

Malmo are able to recover and clear. Rangers just tried to be too clever there.

43 mins: Rangers are finishing the half well. Bajrami has a sight of goal and strikes on target, but Dahlin collects and holds with Cerny sniffing for the rebound.

39 mins: WHAT A CHANCE! Oh it should be two for Rangers! They break so well, as Dessers holds the ball up and knocks it to Bajrami, who plays it on to Václav Cerny.

Cerny has the whole half to run into. He takes it time, puts the ball onto his left, but then shoots wide of the post!

Philippe Clement can’t believe it. That was a golden opportunity.

35 mins: Malmo’s Rosler is booked for a late sliding challenge on the goalscorer Bajrami.

Moments later, Rangers build an attacking move and it leads to Cerny having a sight of goal.

His shot is deflected and breaks to Diomonde, but his touch lets him down. Could have been offside, though.

32 mins: With games against Lyon, Nice, Olympiacos, Manchester United and Tottenham to come in this Europa League, this has become a great opportunity for Rangers to get an opening win.

And they’re looking pretty solid as we tick closer to half time. Rangers have kept four clean sheets in their last five games – the exception was the 3-0 defeat to Celtic.