Angel Rangel: 'Valencia are the favourites in the group'

Swansea City defender Angel Rangel has admitted that the Welsh outfit will find it difficult to cope with Valencia in the Europa League on Thursday. 

The Swans start off against Valencia in their opening group stage match, and Rangel is hopeful that Premier League outfit can have a good result to begin with.

Rangel told the club's official website : "We have been given what is seen as the toughest game to start with, but it's something we are looking forward to.

"Valencia are the favourites in the group, but if we stick to the way we play and do that well, then we always have a chance against teams.

"They had a bad result on the weekend, while we had a good point against Liverpool. Hopefully that will give us confidence going into this game."