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Gabriel McKay

The stunning Rangers attacking stat that has Steven Gerrard's side mixing it with Europe's best

It's fair to say Rangers manager Steven Gerrard is spoiled for choice when it comes to his attacking options this season.

In Alfredo Morelos and Jermain Defoe he has two prolific strikers to call upon, while the deadline day arrival of Ryan Kent should only add to the attacking threat.

You probably don't need numbers to establish that Morelos and Defoe know where the back of the net is but one stat certainly backs Rangers are mixing with the very best in Europe.

According to an analysis of 35 European leagues by the CIES Football Observatory , the Ibrox club average the third most shots on target per game.

(PA Wire)

On average the opposition goalkeeper is tested 9.8 times per match, more than Manchester City , Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Juventus manage.

Only RB Salzburg, with goal machine Erling Braut Håland up-front, and free-flowing Ajax manage more shots on target per game, with 10.3 and 9.8 respectively.

Following Rangers are Italian giants Lazio with 8.8, while Celtic manage 6.7 shots on target per game.

(Daily Record & Sunday Mail)

Neil Lennon would be quick to point out though that his side have scored 21 Premiership goals to Rangers' 16 in the six games so far this season.

The Hoops are also pretty solid defensively, with the 12th fewest shots on target conceded in the whole of Europe.

On average they allow just two per game while Rangers allow 3.2, putting them third in the division behind Aberdeen.

Europe's top ten sharpshooters

10 - Dinamo Brest (Belarus)

9 - Napoli (Italy)

8 - PSV (Netherlands)

7 - Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)

6 - Manchester City (England)

5 - Maccabi Haifa (Israel)

4 - Lazio (Italy)

3 - Rangers (Scotland)

2 - Ajax (Netherlands)

1 - RB Salzburg (Austria)

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