Rangers FC vs Athletic Club, Europe 2024-25 QUARTER FINALS
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Overview
Match Preview
Rangers FC vs Athletic Club — Europe at Ibrox Stadium.
- Rangers FC 8 games · 4 pts (2025/26)
- Athletic Club 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Istvan Kovacs
14 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 11.7 goals/game 🟥 4 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 13 Mar Fenerbahce SK H 3–4 L 06 Mar Fenerbahce SK A 3–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 13 Mar AS Roma H 3–1 W 09 Mar RCD Mallorca H 1–1 D Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history13% Clean Sheets
Rangers FC this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Ibrox Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Rangers FC and Athletic Club.
- 5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Leon Balogun, as he is very good at scoring at Ibrox Stadium with 3 goals in the last 3 games.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 13' Rangers FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 18' It’s high time Barry Ferguson made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 23' The travelling Athletic Club supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 28' Rangers FC is showing some good football. However, Rangers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 29' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ruiz de Galarreta on 29.
- 30' Barry Ferguson was booked on 30.
- 35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ruiz de Galarreta made 213 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 40' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 45' Rangers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 50' Athletic Club started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 50.
- 54' That looks like a foul for a card for Sannadi.
- 59' Dujon Sterling has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 46 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 62' The Athletic Club manager makes a substitution. Sannadi departs to be replaced by Gorka Guruzeta.
- 67' Time for substitution for Rangers FC. Bailey Rice is replaced by Connor Barron.
- 72' Rangers FC 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.
- 74' Alex Berenguer is replacing Oihan Sancet for the Athletic Club side.
- 79' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 84' It looks like no one’s ball. Rangers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 85' Time for substitution for Rangers FC. Cyriel Dessers is replaced by Hamza Igamane.
- 90' Athletic Club player sees a card in front of him.
- 90' Time for substitution for Athletic Club. De Marcos is replaced by Andoni Gorosabel.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Rangers FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 21
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9
Cyriel Dessers ↓ Hamza Igamane 85'
- 4
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18
Vaclav Cerny ↓ Ross McCausland 90'
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30
Ianis Hagi ↓ Nedim Bajrami 90'
- 31
- 2
- 43
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3
Ridvan Yilmaz ↓ Jefte 67'
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49
Bailey Rice ↓ Connor Barron 67'
Bench
- 1
- 99
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14
Nedim Bajrami ↑ 90'
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8
Connor Barron ↑ 67'
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45
Ross McCausland ↑ 90'
- 19
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29
Hamza Igamane ↑ 85'
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22
Jefte ↑ 67'
- 52
- 84
- 87
Coach Barry FergusonAthletic Club Lineups
Starting XI
- 16
- 5
- 15
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18
De Marcos ↓ Andoni Gorosabel 90'
- 3
- 9
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8
Oihan Sancet ↓ Alex Berenguer 74'
- 10
- 13
- 23
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21
Sannadi ↓ Gorka Guruzeta 62'
Bench
- 6
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2
Andoni Gorosabel ↑ 90'
- 1
- 14
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12
Gorka Guruzeta ↑ 62'
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7
Alex Berenguer ↑ 74'
- 4
- 11
- 20
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24
Benat Prados ↑ 62'
- 32
- 28
Coach Ernesto Valverde -
H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.76 Rangers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.83 Athletic Club xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 78% + Rangers FC or Draw 68%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.59Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 77% 23% ± 1.5 48% 52% ± 2.5 22% 78% ± 3.5 8% 92% ± 4.5 3% 97% Double Chance
Rangers FC or Draw 68%Draw or Athletic Club 67%Rangers FC or Athletic Club 64%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual0 – 1 15.4%1 – 0 13.9%1 – 1 13.9%0 – 2 6.6%2 – 0 5.4%1 – 2 5.3%2 – 1 4.8%2 – 2 2.2%0 – 3 1.8%1 – 3 1.5%3 – 0 1.4%Asian Handicap — Rangers FC
Handicap Rangers FC covers Push Athletic Club covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 7% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 19% 72% -0.5 28% — 72% +0.5 68% — 32% +1 68% 21% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Rangers FC keeps clean sheet 44% ✗Athletic Club keeps clean sheet 47% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.