Jimenez is expecting Walter Smith's men to pile on the pressure from the first whistle against the Group G favourites, who arrived in Glasgow on the back of a five-match winning run in all competitions.

The Spaniards are also scoring goals for fun, having netted 14 during that sequence.

Rangers, on the other hand, have failed to net in their last three Clydesdale Bank Premier League outings.

But Jimenez was not about to fall into the trap of belittling Sevilla's opponents, saying of Rangers: "As far as I'm concerned, they're the biggest Scottish team in Europe.

"They've got a very significant history.

"Above all, we know it's not going to be an easy task.

"There's a great connection between their fans and the team.

"They'll try as hard as they can to make it difficult for us.

"English teams, Scottish teams, Irish teams - in fact British teams as a whole - always play with that kind of desire and effort, really wanting to make things hard for us.

"But, in the face of all that, we've got to try to play our own game and play our own football and try to withstand the kind of onslaught that we're probably going to be expecting tomorrow."

And although he acknowledged his side were in excellent form, Jimenez warned of the consequences of complacency tomorrow.

"Although we're on a good run - certainly in the league at home - and we've started quite well in the Champions League, we know we can't relax for one minute," Jimenez said.

"The moment you do relax in football, it all comes down on top of you.

"Things can go easily wrong, so we can't go into any match overconfident.

"We are confident in ourselves but that counts for nothing unless you can go out and show it on the field."

Jimenez spoke of his admiration for opposite number Smith but refused to single out the Rangers player he feels could be the biggest danger to his team.

"Scottish football as a whole and the Premier League in Scotland, I'm very impressed by," he said.

"Rangers were the winners of that competition last time around, so that's evidence in itself that they've got great players.

"I've got huge respect for the manager Walter Smith.

"That's why we're taking this as a very serious challenge tomorrow night."

Striker Fredi Kanoute insisted he was well aware of the threat Scottish teams pose.

He said: "We are quite confident about the game - about any game actually. But that doesn't mean we are overconfident.

"We are careful also about this team because I know them a little bit.

"All the teams in Scotland have got this fighting spirit and motivation that can harm us."

He added: "I think if we win tomorrow, we are almost sure to pass through to the next round."

Two seasons ago, Sevilla topped a group which included Arsenal before crashing out to Fenerbahce in the last 16.

Kanoute added: "We had a squad last time full of good players but I think this time we've got a squad packed with quality and I think the squad is even bigger.

"So I think we are better equipped to go further this time around."