Sporting Clube de Braga vs Rangers FC, Europe 2021-22 QUARTER FINALS
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Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Clube de Braga vs Rangers FC — Europe at Estadio Municipal de Braga.
- Sporting Clube de Braga 8 games · 17 pts (2025/26)
- Rangers FC 8 games · 4 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Paolo Valeri
- Referee Massimiliano Irrati
- Referee Filippo Meli
- Referee Davide Massa
- Referee Stefano Alassio
- Referee Luca Pairetto
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 07 Apr Rangers FC H 1–0 W 01 Apr Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 3–2 W 20 Mar Portimonense SC A 2–1 W 17 Mar AS Monaco FC A 1–1 D 13 Mar Gil Vicente FC H 0–1 L 10 Mar AS Monaco FC H 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 Apr Sporting Clube de Braga A 0–1 L 03 Apr Celtic FC H 1–2 L 20 Mar Dundee FC A 2–1 W 17 Mar FK Crvena Zvezda A 1–2 L 10 Mar FK Crvena Zvezda H 3–0 W 05 Mar Aberdeen FC H 1–0 W Season Stats
Sporting Clube de Braga Rangers FC #6 Position #32 17 Points 4 8 Played 8 5 / 2 / 1 W / D / L 1 / 1 / 6 11 Scored 5 5 Conceded 14 +6 GD -9 2.13 PPG 0.50 63% Win % 13% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season13% Clean Sheets
Rangers FC this seasonSporting Clube de Braga are 6th (17 pts). Rangers FC are 32nd (4 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Clube de Braga0-152/116-30–/331-451/146-602/–61-751/276+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Sporting Clube de Braga gets underway.
- 5' 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.
- 10' It’s high time Carlos Carvalhal made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Iuri Medeiros made 418 appearances and scored 29 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 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.
- 22' David Carmo is having his name booked by the referee on 22.
- 26' Andre Horta puts Sporting Clube de Braga on the lead.
- 31' Supporters expect more eagerness from Matheus, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Municipal de Braga with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 36' Ryan Jack is having his name booked by the referee on 36.
- 40' Goal! Abel Ruiz scores his 32 goal in 513 matches.
- 45' Rangers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 50' Joe Aribo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 55' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Rangers FC winning 0% of all matches.
- 60' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Clube de Braga that had 428 games and scored 575 goals.
- 63' Borna Barisic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Leon Balogun on 63 minute.
- 68' 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.
- 73' 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.
- 75' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Braga team. Abel Ruiz is replaced by Vitor Oliveira on 75 minute.
- 76' The Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes a substitution. Iuri Medeiros departs to be replaced by Miguel Fale.
- 81' The travelling Rangers FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 83' The supporters are chanting for Lucas Mineiro. He replaces Andre Horta on 83 minute.
- 88' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Clube de Braga is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 89' Time for substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga. Yan Couto is replaced by Paulo Oliveira.
- Another three points for Sporting Clube de Braga.
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Lineups
Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups
Starting XI
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Iuri Medeiros ↓ Miguel Fale 76'
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Abel Ruiz ↓ Vitor Oliveira 75'
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Andre Horta ↓ Lucas Mineiro 83'
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- 21
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Yan Couto ↓ Paulo Oliveira 89'
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Bench
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25
Lucas Mineiro ↑ 83'
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Paulo Oliveira ↑ 89'
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- 91
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Andre Castro ↑ 83'
- 74
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99
Vitor Oliveira ↑ 75'
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- 86
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Miguel Fale ↑ 76'
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Coach Carlos CarvalhalRangers FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Leon Balogun ↓ Borna Barisic 63'
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- 37
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Fashion Sakala ↓ Kemar Roofe 63'
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Bench
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Kemar Roofe ↑ 63'
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Joe Aribo ↑ 63'
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Borna Barisic ↑ 63'
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Coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kemar Roofe 2 James Tavernier 2 Abel Ruiz 1 Andre Horta 1 David Carmo 1 Ryan Kent 1 Head to Head
Sporting Clube de Braga Form
2022-04-07 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 Rangers FC W 2022-04-01 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2022-03-20 Portimonense SC 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2022-03-17 AS Monaco FC 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2022-03-13 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–1 Gil Vicente FC L 2022-03-10 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 AS Monaco FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.59 Sporting Clube de Braga xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.51 Rangers FC xGI would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 67% + Under 2.5 goals 65%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sporting Clube de Braga winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.1Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 62% 38% ± 2.5 35% 65% ± 3.5 17% 83% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw 86%Draw or Rangers FC 40%Sporting Clube de Braga or Rangers FC 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 Actual2 – 0 15%0 – 0 14.4%1 – 1 10.5%3 – 0 7.8%2 – 1 7.7%0 – 1 5.2%3 – 1 4.2%4 – 0 3.1%1 – 2 2.4%2 – 2 2%4 – 1 1.8%Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga
Handicap Sporting Clube de Braga covers Push Rangers FC covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 20% 65% -1.5 35% — 65% -1 35% 28% 37% -0.5 63% — 37% +0.5 90% — 10% +1 90% 8% 2% +1.5 98% — 2% +2 98% 2% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet 60% ✓Rangers FC keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

