UEFA Champions League Qualifying

FT Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Club Brugge LWWWW 3
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Rangers DWDLW 1
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1st Leg · Ibrox Stadium · 43,731 att.

Match Report

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Club Brugge batter Rangers in UCL playoff first leg

Rangers' horrendous start to their Champions League playoff against Club Brugge left them with a bruising 3-1 defeat at Ibrox and staring at the exit door.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
9
0
Saves
4
47.4
Possession
52.6
10
SHOTS
15
7
ON GOAL
1
0.7
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
356
Accurate Passes
396
417
Passes
450
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
33
35
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
7
8
Effective Tackles
6
17
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
8
34
Effective Clearances
19
34
Clearances
19

Lineups

RAN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 5John SouttarCD-L
  3. 24Nasser DjigaCD-R
  4. 30Jayden MeghomaLB
  5. 3Max AaronsRB
  6. 43Nicolas RaskinCM
  7. 6Joe RothwellLM
  8. 10Mohammed DiomandeRM
  9. 99DaniloF
  10. 23Djeidi GassamaLF
  11. 18Oliver AntmanRF

BRU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 44Brandon MecheleCD-L
  3. 58Jorne SpileersCD-R
  4. 65Joaquin SeysLB
  5. 64Kyriani SabbeRB
  6. 20Hans VanakenAM
  7. 15Raphael OnyedikaLM
  8. 25Aleksandar StankovicRM
  9. 17Romeo VermantF
  10. 8Christos TzolisAM-L
  11. 9Carlos ForbsAM-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Rangers 0, Club Brugge 1. Romeo Vermant (Club Brugge) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christos Tzolis following a fast break.
  2. 7' Goal! Rangers 0, Club Brugge 2. Jorne Spileers (Club Brugge) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christos Tzolis with a cross following a corner.
  3. 20' Goal! Rangers 0, Club Brugge 3. Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Club Brugge. Nicolò Tresoldi replaces Romeo Vermant.
  5. 50' Goal! Rangers 1, Club Brugge 3. Danilo (Rangers) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jayden Meghoma with a cross.
  6. 52' Kyriani Sabbe (Club Brugge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, Rangers. Thelo Aasgaard replaces Mohamed Diomande.
  8. 61' Substitution, Rangers. Hamza Igamane replaces Danilo.
  9. 70' Substitution, Rangers. Mikey Moore replaces Oliver Antman.
  10. 70' Substitution, Rangers. James Tavernier replaces Jayden Meghoma.
  11. 73' Substitution, Club Brugge. Bjorn Meijer replaces Kyriani Sabbe.
  12. 73' Substitution, Club Brugge. Hugo Vetlesen replaces Carlos Forbs.
  13. 74' John Souttar (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 75' Max Aarons (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 85' Substitution, Club Brugge. Ludovit Reis replaces Aleksandar Stankovic.
  16. 86' Substitution, Rangers. Lyall Cameron replaces Joe Rothwell.
  17. 89' Substitution, Club Brugge. Mamadou Diakhon replaces Raphael Onyedika because of an injury.
  18. 90'+2' Thelo Aasgaard (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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