Thursday , 2 July 2026

Athletic Club vs Rangers FC, Europe 2024-25 QUARTER FINALS

UEFA Europa League · 2024-25
Athletic Club
2 – 0
Full Time
Rangers FC
Thu 17 Apr 2025 · 19:00 UTC San Mames HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 19' Cyriel Dessers
Y 32' Leon Balogun
Oihan Sancet 51' Y
Y 77' James Tavernier

Overview

Match Preview

Athletic Club vs Rangers FC — Europe at San Mames.

Match Details

  • Referee Irfan Peljto
6 games this season 🟨 0.2/game ⚽ 2.7 goals/game

Standings

# 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

1
1
Athletic Club 2 games · Avg 1.0 goals Rangers FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-04-17 Athletic Club 2–0 Rangers FC 2025-04-10 Rangers FC 0–0 Athletic Club

Recent Form

Athletic Club
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Apr Rangers FC H 2–0 W
13 Apr Rayo Vallecano de Madrid H 3–1 W
10 Apr Rangers FC A 0–0 D
06 Apr Villarreal CF A 0–0 D
30 Mar CA Osasuna H 0–0 D
16 Mar Sevilla FC A 1–0 W
Rangers FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Apr Athletic Club A 0–2 L
13 Apr Aberdeen FC A 2–2 D
10 Apr Athletic Club H 0–0 D
05 Apr Hibernian FC H 0–2 L
29 Mar Dundee FC A 4–3 W
16 Mar Celtic FC A 3–2 W

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
13% Clean Sheets
Rangers FC this season

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Athletic Club gets underway.
  • 5' Athletic Club is showing some good football. However, Athletic Club are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' The travelling Rangers FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 15' John Souttar needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 19' That looks like a foul for a card for Cyriel Dessers.
  • 23' Another substitution for Rangers FC to replace Ridvan Yilmaz by Connor Barron on 23 minute.
  • 28' Rangers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 32' A meaty challenge results in booking for Leon Balogun on 32.
  • 37' It looks surprising Athletic Club does not make any changes. Clinton Nsiala-Makengo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 42' 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 Nico Williams suffering a number of foals already.
  • 46' Clinton Nsiala-Makengo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ianis Hagi on 46 minute.
  • 49' Athletic Club is taking the lead after the goal scored by Oihan Sancet on 45.
  • 50' Time for substitution for Rangers FC. Leon Balogun is replaced by Hamza Igamane.
  • 51' Oihan Sancet was booked on 51.
  • 56' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 56 minutes.
  • 61' It looks like no one’s ball. Rangers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 66' Rangers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 66.
  • 71' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Athletic Club needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 73' The whistle greets Sannadi as he departs to be replaced by Benat Prados.
  • 74' Athletic Club manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gorka Guruzeta is hanging Oihan Sancet on the field on 74 minute.
  • 77' Rangers FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 77.
  • 80' GOAL! Nico Williams scores on 80. Assisted by De Marcos
  • 82' Unai Gomez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Vaclav Cerny on 82 minute.
  • 84' Time for substitution for Rangers FC. Nedim Bajrami is replaced by Danilo.
  • 87' The Athletic Club manager makes a substitution. Alex Berenguer departs to be replaced by Alvaro Djalo.
  • The final score is 2-0.

Lineups

Athletic Club Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ernesto Valverde

Rangers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Barry Ferguson

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.5 Athletic Club xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.88 Rangers FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Athletic Club53% Draw27% Rangers FC20%
Actual: Athletic Club win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 2.38
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 89%
11%
± 1.5 69%
31%
± 2.5 42%
58%
± 3.5 22%
78%
± 4.5 10%
90%

Double Chance

Athletic Club or Draw
80%
Draw or Rangers FC
47%
Athletic Club or Rangers FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Athletic Club35% Draw49% Rangers FC16%
Actual: Athletic Club win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.1%
1 – 0
12.8%
0 – 0
11.3%
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.9%
0 – 1
7%
1 – 2
5.2%
3 – 0
5%
3 – 1
4.5%
2 – 2
4%
0 – 2
3.4%
3 – 2
2.1%

Asian Handicap — Athletic Club

Handicap Athletic Club covers Push Rangers FC covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 16% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 24% 50%
-0.5 50% — 50%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 14% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Athletic Club keeps clean sheet
42% ✗
Rangers FC keeps clean sheet
23% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.