AC Sparta Praha vs Rangers FC, Europe 2023-24 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
AC Sparta Praha vs Rangers FC — Europe at Generali Arena.
- AC Sparta Praha 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Rangers FC 8 games · 4 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Sascha Stegemann
21 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 5.3 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Oct Rangers FC H 0–0 D 05 Oct Real Betis Balompie A 1–2 L 21 Sep Aris Limassol H 3–2 W 31 Aug GNK Dinamo Zagreb H 4–1 W 24 Aug GNK Dinamo Zagreb A 1–3 L 15 Aug FC Kobenhavn H 2–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Oct AC Sparta Praha A 0–0 D 21 Oct Hibernian FC H 4–0 W 08 Oct St. Mirren FC A 3–0 W 05 Oct Aris Limassol A 1–2 L 30 Sep Aberdeen FC H 1–3 L 24 Sep Motherwell FC H 1–0 W Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history13% Clean Sheets
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Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Generali Arena. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Rangers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 15' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 17' A meaty challenge results in booking for Todd Cantwell on 17.
- 22' It looks surprising Rangers FC does not make any changes. Cyriel Dessers has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 26' A meaty challenge results in booking for John Souttar on 26.
- 26' AC Sparta Praha manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tomas Wiesner is hanging Angelo Preciado on the field on 26 minute.
- 31' Jakub Pesek needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 36' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 41' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 41 minutes.
- 46' AC Sparta Praha is showing some good football. However, AC Sparta Praha are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 51' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Qazim Laci suffering a number of foals already.
- 56' AC Sparta Praha seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 61' The travelling Rangers FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 63' Rangers FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 64' The supporters are chanting for Scott Wright. He replaces Todd Cantwell on 64 minute.
- 65' It is a substitution in AC Sparta Praha team. Adam Karabec is replaced by Victor Olatunji on 65 minute.
- 66' Time for substitution for AC Sparta Praha. Qazim Laci is replaced by Lukas Sadilek.
- 70' It’s a booking for AC Sparta Praha player. Filip Panak gets a card.
- 74' The supporters are chanting for Danilo. He replaces Cyriel Dessers on 74 minute.
- 75' The supporters are chanting for Jakub Pesek. He replaces Veljko Birmancevic on 75 minute.
- 80' Supporters expect more eagerness from Todd Cantwell, as he is very good at scoring at Generali Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 82' Abdallah Sima is having his name booked by the referee on 82.
- 87' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Rangers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
AC Sparta Praha Lineups
Starting XI
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Qazim Laci ↓ Lukas Sadilek 66'
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Angelo Preciado ↓ Tomas Wiesner 26'
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- 14
- 27
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Adam Karabec ↓ Victor Olatunji 65'
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- 41
- 32
Bench
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28
Tomas Wiesner ↑ 26'
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21
Jakub Pesek ↑ 75'
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Victor Olatunji ↑ 65'
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- 19
- 39
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Lukas Sadilek ↑ 66'
- 24
- 5
- 26
- 44
Rangers FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Todd Cantwell ↓ Scott Wright 64'
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Cyriel Dessers ↓ Danilo 74'
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- 43
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Bench
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Scott Wright ↑ 64'
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- 28
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99
Danilo ↑ 74'
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- 93
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Coach Philippe Clement -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Alfredo Morelos 2 David Hancko 1 Todd Cantwell 1 Danilo 1 Lukas Haraslin 1 Head to Head
AC Sparta Praha Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.12 AC Sparta Praha xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.08 Rangers FC xGI would bet for: AC Sparta Praha or Rangers FC 69% + Under 2.5 goals 62%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.2Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 65% 35% ± 2.5 38% 62% ± 3.5 19% 81% ± 4.5 8% 92% Double Chance
AC Sparta Praha or Draw 68%Draw or Rangers FC 63%AC Sparta Praha or Rangers FC 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.4%0 – 0 Actual1 – 0 11.2%0 – 1 10.7%2 – 1 7.3%1 – 2 7%2 – 0 6.7%0 – 2 6.2%2 – 2 4%3 – 1 2.8%1 – 3 2.6%3 – 0 2.5%Asian Handicap — AC Sparta Praha
Handicap AC Sparta Praha covers Push Rangers FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 20% 65% -0.5 35% — 65% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 19% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
AC Sparta Praha keeps clean sheet 35% ✗Rangers FC keeps clean sheet 33% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.