Rangers FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Europe 2023-24 LAST 16
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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 6 games · 12 pts (2025/26)
Ivan Kruzliak
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 -
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Rangers FC and Sport Lisboa e Benfica is underway.
- 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' It looks surprising Sport Lisboa e Benfica does not make any changes. Nicolas Otamendi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 15' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' 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.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' David Neres has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 39 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 35' The travelling Sport Lisboa e Benfica supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Mohammed Diomande, as he is very good at scoring at Ibrox Stadium with 3 goals in the last 3 games.
- 45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 46' It is a substitution in Sport Lisboa e Benfica team. Marcos Leonardo Almeida is replaced by Casper Tengstedt on 46 minute.
- 51' 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.
- 55' Rangers FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 60' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 60 minutes.
- 64' Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Orkun Kokcu is hanging David Neres on the field on 64 minute.
- 66' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is taking the lead after the goal scored by Rafa Silva on 66.
- 71' It’s high time Philippe Clement made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 73' Rabbi Matondo is replacing Scott Wright for the Rangers FC side.
- 77' The supporters are chanting for Kemar Roofe. He replaces Cyriel Dessers on 77 minute.
- 82' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Joao Neves made 455 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 86' Nicolas Raskin is replacing Mohammed Diomande for the Rangers FC side.
- 89' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Angel di Maria by Joao Mario on 89 minute.
- 90' The referee shows Sport Lisboa e Benfica player a card on 90.
- 90' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Rafa Silva by Tiago Gouveia on 90 minute.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Rangers FC and Sport Lisboa e Benfica (для сухой ничьи).
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Rangers FC
Starting XI- 1
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Tom Lawrence ↓ Todd Cantwell 73'
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Cyriel Dessers ↓ Kemar Roofe 77'
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Scott Wright ↓ Rabbi Matondo 73'
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Bench-
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Todd Cantwell ↑ 73'
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Kemar Roofe ↑ 77'
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Nicolas Raskin ↑ 86'
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Rabbi Matondo ↑ 73'
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Coach Philippe ClementSport Lisboa e Benfica
Starting XI- 30
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David Neres ↓ Orkun Kokcu 64'
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Angel di Maria ↓ Joao Mario 89'
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Rafa Silva ↓ Tiago Gouveia 90'
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Bench- 9
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Orkun Kokcu ↑ 64'
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Joao Mario ↑ 89'
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Tiago Gouveia ↑ 90'
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Casper Tengstedt ↑ 46'
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Coach Roger Schmidt -
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