Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Rangers FC, Europe 2023-24 LAST 16
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Overview
Match Preview
Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Rangers FC — Europe at Estadio da Luz.
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Rangers FC 8 games · 4 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Tobias Stieler
24 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.0 goals/game 🟥 1 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 18 Feb FC Vizela H 6–1 W 15 Feb Toulouse FC H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 14 Feb Ross County FC H 3–1 W 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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is hosting Rangers FC for another epic battle.
- 5' The travelling Rangers FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 7' Rangers FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Tom Lawrence on 7.
- 12' 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.
- 17' Rangers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 17.
- 22' John Souttar needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 27' That looks like a foul for a card for Dujon Sterling.
- 32' It looks like no one’s ball. Rangers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 35' A meaty challenge results in booking for Angel di Maria on 35.
- 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 45' Jack Butland was booked on 45.
- 47' What an equalizer from Angel di Maria!
- 50' Goal! Dujon Sterling scores his 4 goal in 374 matches.
- 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kemar Roofe made 358 appearances and scored 61 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 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.
- 65' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Arthur Cabral by Marcos Leonardo Almeida on 65 minute.
- 67' GOAL! Connor Goldson scores on 67.
- 67' It’s a booking for Rangers FC player. Ridvan Yilmaz gets a card.
- 72' Alexander Bah was booked on 72.
- 77' The Rangers FC manager makes a substitution. Cyriel Dessers departs to be replaced by Kemar Roofe.
- 82' It’s high time Philippe Clement made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 84' The Rangers FC manager makes a substitution. Mohammed Diomande departs to be replaced by Nicolas Raskin.
- 89' Mohammed Diomande has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 90' Time for substitution for Rangers FC. Fabio Silva is replaced by Ross McCausland.
- The final score is 2-2.
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Lineups
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups
Starting XI
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- 30
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David Neres ↓ Tiago Gouveia 84'
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- 27
- 8
- 61
- 1
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6
Alexander Bah ↓ Alvaro Carreras 84'
- 4
- 87
Bench
- 10
- 20
- 5
- 32
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36
Marcos Leonardo Almeida ↑ 65'
- 24
- 44
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Alvaro Carreras ↑ 84'
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47
Tiago Gouveia ↑ 84'
- 19
- 75
Coach Roger SchmidtRangers FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 1
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11
Tom Lawrence ↓ Ryan Jack 77'
- 4
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21
Dujon Sterling ↓ Cole McKinnon 77'
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9
Cyriel Dessers ↓ Kemar Roofe 77'
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- 6
- 2
- 3
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7
Fabio Silva ↓ Ross McCausland 90'
- 42
Bench
- 26
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25
Kemar Roofe ↑ 77'
- 31
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8
Ryan Jack ↑ 77'
- 28
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43
Nicolas Raskin ↑ 84'
- 32
- 38
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93
Cole McKinnon ↑ 77'
- 49
- 46
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Ross McCausland ↑ 90'
Coach Philippe Clement -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Rafa Silva 2 Connor Goldson 2 Scott Arfield 1 James Tavernier 1 Diogo Goncalves 1 Angel di Maria 1 Tom Lawrence 1 Darwin Nunez 1 Head to Head
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form
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 2024-02-18 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 6–1 FC Vizela W 2024-02-15 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 Toulouse FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.84 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.53 Rangers FC xGI would bet for: Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Rangers FC 75% + Both teams to score 66%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.37Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 85% 15% ± 2.5 64% 36% ± 3.5 43% 57% ± 4.5 25% 75% Double Chance
Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw 69%Draw or Rangers FC 56%Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Rangers FC 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Rangers FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.6%2 – 1 8.6%1 – 2 7.2%2 – 2 Actual2 – 0 5.8%1 – 0 5.7%3 – 1 5.2%0 – 0 4.9%0 – 1 4.6%0 – 2 4.1%3 – 2 4%1 – 3 3.6%Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Handicap Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers Push Rangers FC covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 13% 75% -1.5 25% — 75% -1 25% 20% 56% -0.5 44% — 56% +0.5 69% — 31% +1 69% 16% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 9% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Rangers FC keeps clean sheet 17% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

