UEFA Europa League

Rangers vs Benfica, 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Round of 16

· 2nd Leg - Benfica advance 3-2 on aggregate
Rangers
    FT
    0 - 1
    2nd Leg - Benfica advance 3-2 on aggregate
    Benfica
    • 66': Rafa Silva

    About

    Rangers are hosting Benfica at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Marcos Leonardo (Benfica).
    • 1': Mohamed Diomande (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Cyriel Dessers (Rangers).
    • 7': Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Mohamed Diomande (Rangers).
    • 7': João Neves (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Attempt blocked. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
    • 11': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Scott Wright.
    • 12': Attempt saved. Tom Lawrence (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fábio Silva.
    • 12': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Anatolii Trubin.
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Tom Lawrence (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Tavernier with a cross.
    • 13': Attempt saved. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 16': Foul by Mohamed Diomande (Rangers).
    • 16': João Neves (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Fredrik Aursnes.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Ridvan Yilmaz (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Tavernier with a cross.
    • 18': Foul by Fábio Silva (Rangers).
    • 18': João Neves (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Delay in match because of an injury Scott Wright (Rangers).
    • 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Cyriel Dessers (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by John Souttar with a cross.
    • 27': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Alexander Bah.
    • 30': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Marcos Leonardo (Benfica) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Scott Wright (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Cyriel Dessers.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Florentino.
    • 35': Attempt blocked. David Neres (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Leonardo.
    • 37': Attempt missed. Rafa (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right.
    • 37': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by James Tavernier.
    • 38': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Mohamed Diomande.
    • 38': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Cyriel Dessers.
    • 39': Offside, Rangers. Cyriel Dessers is caught offside.
    • 43': Foul by David Neres (Benfica).
    • 43': James Tavernier (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Rangers 0, Benfica 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Rangers 0, Benfica 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Benfica. Casper Tengstedt replaces Marcos Leonardo.
    • 48': Attempt blocked. Cyriel Dessers (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott Wright.
    • 48': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Fredrik Aursnes.
    • 48': Attempt missed. John Lundstram (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner following a corner.
    • 51': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by António Silva.
    • 52': Attempt missed. John Souttar (Rangers) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by James Tavernier with a cross following a corner.
    • 53': Foul by David Neres (Benfica).
    • 53': Tom Lawrence (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Attempt saved. Mohamed Diomande (Rangers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Cyriel Dessers.
    • 55': Foul by Connor Goldson (Rangers).
    • 55': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 55': Connor Goldson (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 56': Attempt missed. João Neves (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 56': Offside, Benfica. Nicolás Otamendi is caught offside.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by David Neres.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 63': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Alexander Bah.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Casper Tengstedt (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
    • 65': Substitution, Benfica. Orkun Kökçü replaces David Neres.
    • 66': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Fredrik Aursnes.
    • 66': Goal! Rangers 0, Benfica 1. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a headed pass following a fast break.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
    • 67': Delay in match because of an injury Ángel Di María (Benfica).
    • 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 69': VAR Decision: Goal Rangers 0-1 Benfica (Rafa).
    • 72': Attempt blocked. Tom Lawrence (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cyriel Dessers.
    • 73': Substitution, Rangers. Rabbi Matondo replaces Scott Wright.
    • 73': Substitution, Rangers. Todd Cantwell replaces Tom Lawrence.
    • 76': Foul by John Lundstram (Rangers).
    • 76': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Ridvan Yilmaz.
    • 77': Substitution, Rangers. Kemar Roofe replaces Cyriel Dessers.
    • 80': Offside, Benfica. Fredrik Aursnes is caught offside.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Alexander Bah (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
    • 82': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Jack Butland.
    • 83': Attempt missed. João Neves (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü with a cross following a corner.
    • 83': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Alexander Bah.
    • 85': Substitution, Rangers. Nicolas Raskin replaces Mohamed Diomande.
    • 86': Offside, Benfica. Ángel Di María is caught offside.
    • 87': Attempt saved. John Lundstram (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Tavernier.
    • 88': Foul by Kemar Roofe (Rangers).
    • 88': João Neves (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Substitution, Benfica. João Mário replaces Ángel Di María.
    • 90'+2': António Silva (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Kemar Roofe (Rangers).
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Benfica. Tiago Gouveia replaces Rafa.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Todd Cantwell (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Casper Tengstedt (Benfica).
    • 90'+5': Fábio Silva (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+5': Casper Tengstedt (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Rangers 0, Benfica 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Rangers 0, Benfica 1.

    Statistics

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    4 Fouls 8
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 1
    6 Corner Kicks 8
    3 Saves 3
    41.4 Possession 58.6
    14 SHOTS 12
    4 ON GOAL 3
    0.3 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    338 Accurate Passes 493
    418 Passes 585
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 6
    15 Crosses 28
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    58 Long Balls 62
    25 Accurate Long Balls 29
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    5 Blocked Shots 6
    17 Effective Tackles 14
    22 Tackles 18
    0.8 Tackle % 0.8
    12 Interceptions 13
    34 Effective Clearances 21
    34 Clearances 21

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: Ibrox Stadium
    Location: Glasgow, Scotland
    Attendance: 49,943

    Line-Ups

    RAN Rangers (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Jack Butland (GK)
    5 John Souttar
    6 Connor Goldson Yellow Card
    3 Ridvan Yilmaz
    2 James Tavernier
    11 Tom Lawrence
    4 John Lundstram
    42 Mohammed Diomande
    9 Cyriel Dessers
    7 Fábio Silva
    23 Scott Wright
    Rangers Substitutes:
    Ross McCausland, Johnly Levi Yfeko, Nicolas Raskin, Leon Thomson King, Rabbi Matondo, Ben Davies, Robbie Fraser, Todd Cantwell, Cole McKinnon, Borna Barisic, Kemar Roofe, Robbie McCrorie.

    BEN Benfica (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
    30 Nicolás Otamendi
    4 António Silva
    8 Fredrik Aursnes
    6 Alexander Bah
    27 Rafa Silva
    61 Florentino Luís
    87 João Neves
    36 Marcos Leonardo
    7 David Neres
    11 Ángel Di María
    Benfica Substitutes:
    Tomás Araújo, Tiago Gouveia, Orkun Kökcü, Benjamín Rollheiser, Arthur Cabral, Samuel Soares, Leo Brian Kokubo, Álvaro Fernández, Casper Tengstedt, Morato, João Mário.

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