UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, November 27, 2025
Braga WLLWW 1
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Rangers WLLWW 1
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RAN101
Ibrox Stadium · 38,014 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Two red cards as Rangers held by Braga

James Tavernier scored a penalty as Rangers earned their first Europa League point of the season with a 1-1 draw at home to 10-man Braga.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
20
4
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
4
51.7
Possession
48.3
9
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
315
Accurate Passes
287
401
Passes
363
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
9
11
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.3
40
Long Balls
34
8
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.2
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
12
20
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
6
27
Effective Clearances
16
27
Clearances
16

Head to Head

RAN leads series 3-1

Lineups

RAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 37Emmanuel FernandezCD-L
  3. 24Nasser DjigaCD-R
  4. 3Max AaronsLB
  5. 2James TavernierRB
  6. 10Mohammed DiomandeAM
  7. 8Connor BarronLM
  8. 43Nicolas RaskinRM
  9. 9Youssef ChermitiF
  10. 99DaniloAM-L
  11. 23Djeidi GassamaAM-R

SCB · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukás HornícekG
  2. 14Gustaf LagerbielkeCD
  3. 4Sikou NiakateCD-L
  4. 26Bright Arrey-MbiCD-R
  5. 8João MoutinhoCM-L
  6. 29GorbyCM-R
  7. 77Gabri MartínezLM
  8. 2Víctor GómezRM
  9. 39Fran NavarroF
  10. 21Ricardo HortaCF-L
  11. 10Rodrigo ZalazarCF-R

Timeline

  1. 41' Fran Navarro (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+3' Goal! Rangers 1, Sporting Braga 0. James Tavernier (Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 45'+4' Mohamed Diomande (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Amine El Ouazzani replaces Fran Navarro.
  5. 57' Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 58' Connor Barron (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  8. 66' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Florian Grillitsch replaces João Moutinho.
  9. 69' Goal! Rangers 1, Sporting Braga 1. Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  10. 72' Substitution, Rangers. Thelo Aasgaard replaces Danilo.
  11. 77' Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 77' Substitution, Rangers. Bojan Miovski replaces Connor Barron.
  13. 82' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Vítor Carvalho replaces Gabri Martínez.
  14. 89' Substitution, Rangers. Oliver Antman replaces Youssef Chermiti.
  15. 89' Substitution, Rangers. Jayden Meghoma replaces Max Aarons because of an injury.
  16. 90'+4' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Gabriel Moscardo replaces Jean-Baptiste Gorby.
  17. 90'+5' Second yellow card to Mohamed Diomande (Rangers) for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+6' Víctor Gómez (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.