What did Premiership start tell us about Scottish sides' Euro hopes?
With Rangers, Hearts, Hibernian and Motherwell in action on Thursday, BBC Scotland has been attempting to analyse the chances of the nation's European hopefuls.
The new Scottish Premiership season has provided fans of Scotland's European representatives with food for thought as they saw their teams in domestic action for the first time this term. The first round of fixtures revealed that while some teams may be undercooked, others appear oven-ready. Celtic must wait until next week for their Champions League play-off, while Rangers, Hearts, Hibernian, and Motherwell are facing European qualifying action on Thursday.
Celtic faces LASK in Europe, while Rangers, Hearts, Hibernian, and Motherwell each have different opponents in European qualifying. Rangers, who have the second-highest coefficient ranking in Europa League qualifying behind Benfica, will face Jagiellonia Bialystok in their third-round qualifier. Jagiellonia, who have won their opening two domestic league games, could be a tough challenge for Rangers, who have issues to address after failing to win their opening Premiership match for the fourth straight campaign.
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