Rangers FC vs Royal Standard de Liege, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Rangers FC vs Royal Standard de Liege — Europe at Ibrox Stadium.
- Rangers FC 8 games · 4 pts (2025/26)
- Royal Standard de Liege 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Bojan Pandzic
- Referee Mehmet-Mohammed Culum
- Referee Adam Ladeback
- Referee Robin Wilde
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 Dec Royal Standard de Liege H 3–2 W 26 Nov Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 2–2 D 22 Nov Aberdeen FC H 4–0 W 08 Nov Hamilton Academical FC H 8–0 W 05 Nov Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 3–3 D 01 Nov Kilmarnock FC A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 Dec Rangers FC A 2–3 L 29 Nov RSC Anderlecht A 0–0 D 26 Nov KKS Lech Poznan H 2–1 W 21 Nov KAS Eupen H 2–2 D 08 Nov Royal Antwerp FC A 1–1 D 05 Nov KKS Lech Poznan A 1–3 L 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' KICK OFF: Rangers FC gets underway.
- 5' 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.
- 6' Goal! Maxime Lestienne scores his 22 goal in 372 matches.
- 11' 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.
- 16' The travelling Royal Standard de Liege supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 21' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 21 minutes.
- 26' Collins Fai has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 30 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 31' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 36' Rangers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 39' GOAL! Connor Goldson scores on 39. Assisted by Borna Barisic
- 40' GOAL! Duje Cop scores on 40. Assisted by Collins Fai
- 45' Royal Standard de Liege 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.
- 46' What a strike from James Tavernier! The score is 2-2.
- 46' Another substitution for Royal Standard de Liege to replace Duje Cop by Michel-Ange Balikwisha on 46 minute.
- 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 56' 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.
- 61' 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 Nicolas Raskin suffering a number of foals already.
- 63' Rangers FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Scott Arfield on 63.
- 68' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 71' It’s a booking for Royal Standard de Liege player. Noe Dussenne gets a Yellow card.
- 71' The whistle greets Eden Shamir as he departs to be replaced by Felipe Avenatti.
- 72' James Tavernier was booked on 72.
- 77' Royal Standard de Liege started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 77.
- 79' Rangers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Joe Aribo is hanging Alfredo Morelos on the field on 79 minute.
- 84' 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.
- 85' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kemar Roofe.
- 86' Another substitution for Rangers FC to replace Scott Arfield by Bongani Zungu on 86 minute.
- 89' The Rangers FC manager makes a substitution. Kemar Roofe departs to be replaced by Cedric Itten.
- 90' The referee shows Royal Standard de Liege player a Yellow card on 90.
- With this win, Rangers FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Rangers FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Kemar Roofe ↓ Cedric Itten 89'
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31
Borna Barisic ↓ Calvin Bassey 89'
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Alfredo Morelos ↓ Joe Aribo 79'
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Scott Arfield ↓ Bongani Zungu 86'
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Bench
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- 36
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Joe Aribo ↑ 79'
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Bongani Zungu ↑ 86'
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- 24
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Cedric Itten ↑ 89'
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Calvin Bassey ↑ 89'
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Coach Steven GerrardRoyal Standard de Liege Lineups
Starting XI
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Laurent Jans ↓ Nicolas Gavory 86'
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- 28
- 16
- 21
- 34
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- 22
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Eden Shamir ↓ Felipe Avenatti 71'
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Bench
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Nicolas Gavory ↑ 86'
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- 40
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Nicolas Raskin ↑ 71'
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Felipe Avenatti ↑ 71'
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Michel-Ange Balikwisha ↑ 46'
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Coach Philippe Montanier -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals James Tavernier 2 Duje Cop 1 Maxime Lestienne 1 Scott Arfield 1 Connor Goldson 1 Kemar Roofe 1 Head to Head
Rangers FC Form
Royal Standard de Liege Form
2020-12-03 Rangers FC 3–2 Royal Standard de Liege L 2020-11-29 RSC Anderlecht 0–0 Royal Standard de Liege D 2020-11-26 Royal Standard de Liege 2–1 KKS Lech Poznan W 2020-11-21 Royal Standard de Liege 2–2 KAS Eupen D 2020-11-08 Royal Antwerp FC 1–1 Royal Standard de Liege D 2020-11-05 KKS Lech Poznan 3–1 Royal Standard de Liege L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.06 Rangers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.08 Royal Standard de Liege xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + Rangers FC to win 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Rangers FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.14Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 60% 40% ± 3.5 38% 62% ± 4.5 21% 79% Double Chance
Rangers FC or Draw 82%Draw or Royal Standard de Liege 41%Rangers FC or Royal Standard de Liege 78%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.5%2 – 1 9.6%2 – 0 9.1%1 – 0 8.3%3 – 1 6.5%3 – 0 6.1%0 – 0 5.9%2 – 2 5.1%1 – 2 5%0 – 1 4%3 – 2 Actual4 – 1 3.4%Asian Handicap — Rangers FC
Handicap Rangers FC covers Push Royal Standard de Liege covers -2.5 18% — 82% -2 18% 18% 64% -1.5 36% — 64% -1 36% 22% 42% -0.5 58% — 42% +0.5 82% — 18% +1 82% 11% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Rangers FC keeps clean sheet 35% ✓Royal Standard de Liege keeps clean sheet 14% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.