Rangers FC vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Europe 2019-20 ROUND OF 16
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Overview
Match Preview
Rangers FC vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen — Europe at Ibrox Stadium.
- Rangers FC 8 games · 4 pts (2025/26)
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Tomasz Musial
- Referee Szymon Marciniak
- Referee Pawel Sokolnicki
- Referee Tomasz Listkiewicz
- Referee Pawel Raczkowski
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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Mar Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 1–3 L 08 Mar Ross County FC A 1–0 W 04 Mar Hamilton Academical FC H 0–1 L 26 Feb Sporting Clube de Braga A 1–0 W 23 Feb St. Johnstone FC A 2–2 D 16 Feb Livingston FC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Mar Rangers FC A 3–1 W 07 Mar Eintracht Frankfurt H 4–0 W 04 Mar 1. FC Union Berlin H 3–1 W 01 Mar RB Leipzig A 1–1 D 27 Feb FC Porto A 3–1 W 23 Feb FC Augsburg H 2–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history13% Clean Sheets
Rangers FC this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Ibrox Stadium that hosts another battle between Rangers FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
- 5' 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.
- 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' Paulinho needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 19' The referee shows Rangers FC player a Yellow card on 19.
- 24' It looks like no one’s ball. Rangers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 29' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kerem Demirbay.
- 34' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 37' Goal! Kai Havertz scores his 114 goal in 541 matches.
- 42' 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.
- 47' Bayer 04 Leverkusen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 52' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Bayer 04 Leverkusen that had 541 games and scored 751 goals.
- 53' The whistle greets Joe Aribo as he departs to be replaced by Florian Kamberi.
- 58' 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 Leon Bailey suffering a number of foals already.
- 62' Another change for Bayer 04 Leverkusen made on 62 minute. Karim Bellarabi leaves to be changed by Leon Bailey.
- 67' GOAL! Charles Aranguiz scores on 67.
- 68' Paulinho is replacing Edmond Tapsoba for the Bayer 04 Leverkusen side.
- 72' Scott Arfield is having his name booked by the referee on 72.
- 75' GOAL! George Edmundson scores on 75. Assisted by James Tavernier
- 77' Wendell is having his name booked by the referee on 77.
- 79' The referee shows Rangers FC player a Yellow card on 79.
- 81' The referee shows Bayer 04 Leverkusen player a Yellow card on 81.
- 81' Bayer 04 Leverkusen manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Julian Baumgartlinger is hanging Kerem Demirbay on the field on 81 minute.
- 85' The Rangers FC manager makes a substitution. James Tavernier departs to be replaced by Matt Polster.
- 85' The referee calls foul for Moussa Diaby. He receives a Yellow card.
- 88' GOAL! Leon Bailey scores on 88.
- The final score is 1-3.
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Lineups
Rangers FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
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17
Joe Aribo ↓ Florian Kamberi 53'
- 4
- 31
- 20
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18
Glen Kamara ↓ Ianis Hagi 68'
- 14
- 37
- 6
- 1
- 2
Bench
- 11
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7
Ianis Hagi ↑ 68'
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28
Florian Kamberi ↑ 53'
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25
Matt Polster ↑ 85'
- 19
- 13
- 16
Coach Steven GerrardBayer 04 Leverkusen Lineups
Starting XI
- 19
- 4
- 20
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38
Karim Bellarabi ↓ Leon Bailey 62'
- 29
- 18
- 23
- 1
- 6
- 10
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12
Edmond Tapsoba ↓ Paulinho 68'
Bench
- 28
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9
Leon Bailey ↑ 62'
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15
Julian Baumgartlinger ↑ 81'
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Paulinho ↑ 68'
- 25
- 30
- 32
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kai Havertz 1 George Edmundson 1 Moussa Diaby 1 Charles Aranguiz 1 Leon Bailey 1 Head to Head
Rangers FC Form
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Form
2020-03-12 Rangers FC 1–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2020-03-07 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4–0 Eintracht Frankfurt W 2020-03-04 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–1 1. FC Union Berlin W 2020-03-01 RB Leipzig 1–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen D 2020-02-27 FC Porto 1–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2020-02-23 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–0 FC Augsburg W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.11 Rangers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.79 Bayer 04 Leverkusen xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.9Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 33% 67% ± 4.5 17% 83% Double Chance
Rangers FC or Draw 52%Draw or Bayer 04 Leverkusen 74%Rangers FC or Bayer 04 Leverkusen 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.8%1 – 2 9.4%0 – 1 9%0 – 2 8.6%0 – 0 7.3%2 – 1 5.9%1 – 3 Actual1 – 0 5.3%2 – 2 5.3%0 – 3 5%2 – 0 3.4%2 – 3 3.2%Asian Handicap — Rangers FC
Handicap Rangers FC covers Push Bayer 04 Leverkusen covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 6% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 14% 77% -0.5 23% — 77% +0.5 48% — 52% +1 48% 22% 29% +1.5 71% — 29% +2 71% 16% 13% +2.5 87% — 13% Clean Sheet
Rangers FC keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Bayer 04 Leverkusen keeps clean sheet 33% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.