Viktoria Plzen will be without key midfielder Adrian Zeljkovic for their trip to Ibrox to face Rangers in Champions League qualifying.
The Czech club won't be able to call on the 22-year-old Slovenian internationalist for the first leg of the crucial third qualifying round tie.
Zeljkovic has been ruled out of the match after being shown a straight red card in the victory over Servette in the previous round.
The midfielder was ordered off by referee Alejandro Muniz Ruiz in just the 66th minute of the 3-2 victory in Switzerland on Wednesday evening.
He will serve a one-match suspension in the first leg, on Tuesday, August 5, against Rangers, but should be back in contention for the second leg at home on Tuesday, August 12.
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Zeljkovic was immediately sent off by Spanish official Ruiz after a lunging tackle just inside the Servette half.
The defensive midfielder caught Servette's Bradley Mazikou with a late challenge, leaving his opponent sprawling on the ground.
A red card was issued promptly by the referee with no VAR intervention as the decision was supported by officials watching on the monitor.
Meanwhile, Viktoria Plzen's game against Mlada Boleslav this weekend has been postponed as they prepare to face Rangers.
The Czech side launched an appeal to the country's football chiefs, given that they'd be facing Boleslav this Saturday, and then travelling to face Russell Martin's men at [[Ibrox]] just 72 hours later.
They have since learned the outcome of said appeal. Club spokesman Vaclav Hanzlik said [fcviktoria.cz]: "Due to Tuesday's match in Glasgow and the associated travel, we asked the LFA and Mlada Boleslav to postpone Saturday's match.
"We greatly appreciate that both sides agreed, and we can now fully concentrate on the very important match of the third qualifying round of the Champions League, which is important due to the coefficient for all of Czech football."
