Rangers vs Viktoria Plzen to be shown FREE to air as broadcaster makes late decision to put game on live TV
And the match will be FREE to watch.
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Findlay Curtis scored to help Rangers beat Panathinaikos
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The Light Blues play host to the Czech side at Ibrox tomorrow evening.
Viktoria Plzen will be without their star man for the Euro clash after selling Pavel Sulc to Lyon for £7.5million.
A bit closer to home, the right for the third round qualifying fixture have finally been picked up - just 24 hours before the game is due to kick off.
The BBC has stepped in to show the match, with the broadcaster choosing to screen it via the BBC Scotland channel.
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Coverage will start at 7.30pm, 15 minutes before the first whistle.
The first leg of the tie originally looked like it was going to suffer from a TV blackout.
None of Premier Sports, TNT Sports or even Sky Sports had bid for the rights to show the Ibrox encounter.
Premier showed the first leg of the previous round against Panathinaikos, while the second leg was on both BBC Scotland and Premier Sports.
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The BBC have also picked up the rights to Dundee United's Europa Conference League match against Rapid Vienna, which will take place on Thursday.
A BBC Scotland statement read: "The first leg of Rangers' and Dundee United's respective European third qualifying round ties will be broadcast live on BBC Scotland."
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Should Rangers make it into the play-off round, they will face either RB Salzburg of Austria or Club Brugge of Belgium.
A defeat would see them drop down into the Europa League.
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Dundee United would take on the winners of the winners of AIK Stockholm and FC Gyor in the play-off round should they beat Rapid on Thursday.
Hibs meanwhile face a daunting tie against Serbian giants Partizan Belgrade and if they make it through that then they will play AEK Larnaca of Cyprus or Legia Warsaw of Poland.
Celtic enter the Champions League at the play-off round as the Premiership title holders and they have been drawn to face Kairat Almaty from Kazakhstan or Slovan Bratislava from Slovenia.
Aberdeen enter the Europa League at the play-off stage and are due to face either of FCSB of Romania or Drita of Kosovo.
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