Rangers FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Europe 2023-24 LAST 16
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Overview
Match Preview
Rangers FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Europe at Ibrox Stadium.
- Rangers FC 8 games · 4 pts (2025/26)
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ivan Kruzliak
10 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 5.9 goals/gameStandings
# 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 14 Mar Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 0–1 L 07 Mar Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 2–2 D 02 Mar Motherwell FC H 1–2 L 28 Feb Kilmarnock FC A 2–1 W 24 Feb Heart of Midlothian FC H 5–0 W 18 Feb St. Johnstone FC A 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Mar Rangers FC A 1–0 W 10 Mar GD Estoril Praia H 3–1 W 07 Mar Rangers FC H 2–2 D 03 Mar FC Porto A 0–5 L 25 Feb Portimonense SC H 4–0 W 22 Feb Toulouse FC A 0–0 D Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)75% 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 Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
- 5' John Souttar needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 17 Yellow cards this season.
- 10' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' 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.
- 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 30' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is showing some good football. However, Sport Lisboa e Benfica are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
- 45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Rangers FC that had 402 games and scored 785 goals.
- 46' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Marcos Leonardo Almeida by Casper Tengstedt on 46 minute.
- 51' The travelling Sport Lisboa e Benfica supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 55' That looks like a foul for a card for Connor Goldson.
- 60' 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.
- 64' The supporters are chanting for Orkun Kokcu. He replaces David Neres on 64 minute.
- 66' GOAL! Rafa Silva scores on 66. Assisted by Angel di Maria
- 71' Tiago Gouveia has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 73' Time for substitution for Rangers FC. Scott Wright is replaced by Rabbi Matondo.
- 77' Time for substitution for Rangers FC. Cyriel Dessers is replaced by Kemar Roofe.
- 82' 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.
- 86' Another change for Rangers FC made on 86 minute. Mohammed Diomande leaves to be changed by Nicolas Raskin.
- 89' Another change for Sport Lisboa e Benfica made on 89 minute. Angel di Maria leaves to be changed by Joao Mario.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Casper Tengstedt on 90.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Tiago Gouveia. He replaces Rafa Silva on 90 minute.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Rangers FC and Sport Lisboa e Benfica (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
Rangers FC Lineups
Starting XI
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11
Tom Lawrence ↓ Todd Cantwell 73'
- 4
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9
Cyriel Dessers ↓ Kemar Roofe 77'
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23
Scott Wright ↓ Rabbi Matondo 73'
- 5
- 6
- 2
- 3
- 7
- 42
Bench
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13
Todd Cantwell ↑ 73'
- 26
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25
Kemar Roofe ↑ 77'
- 31
- 28
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43
Nicolas Raskin ↑ 86'
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17
Rabbi Matondo ↑ 73'
- 38
- 93
- 49
- 46
- 54
Coach Philippe ClementSport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
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7
David Neres ↓ Orkun Kokcu 64'
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11
Angel di Maria ↓ Joao Mario 89'
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27
Rafa Silva ↓ Tiago Gouveia 90'
- 8
- 61
- 1
- 36
- 6
- 4
- 87
Bench
- 9
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10
Orkun Kokcu ↑ 64'
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20
Joao Mario ↑ 89'
- 5
- 32
- 24
- 44
- 3
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47
Tiago Gouveia ↑ 90'
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19
Casper Tengstedt ↑ 46'
- 45
Coach Roger Schmidt -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Connor Goldson 2 Rafa Silva 2 Pizzi 1 Goncalo Ramos 1 Kemar Roofe 1 Scott Arfield 1 James Tavernier 1 Diogo Goncalves 1 Head to Head
Rangers FC Form
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form
2024-03-14 Rangers FC 0–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2024-03-10 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–1 GD Estoril Praia W 2024-03-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 Rangers FC D 2024-03-03 FC Porto 5–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2024-02-25 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–0 Portimonense SC W 2024-02-22 Toulouse FC 0–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.48 Rangers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.18 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xGI would bet for: Rangers FC or Sport Lisboa e Benfica 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.66Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 74% 26% ± 2.5 49% 51% ± 3.5 28% 72% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
Rangers FC or Draw 70%Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica 59%Rangers FC or Sport Lisboa e Benfica 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.1%1 – 0 9.4%0 – 0 9%2 – 1 8.7%2 – 0 7.5%0 – 1 Actual1 – 2 6.9%2 – 2 5.2%0 – 2 4.7%3 – 1 4.3%3 – 0 3.7%1 – 3 2.7%Asian Handicap — Rangers FC
Handicap Rangers FC covers Push Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 13% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 21% 57% -0.5 43% — 57% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 17% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Rangers FC keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet 23% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.