Europa League

Europa League | Round of 16 | 2nd Leg

Mar 14, 2024 at 5.45pm UK

Ibrox Stadium

Rangers
0 - 1
Benfica

(Benfica win 3-2 on aggregate)

Goldson (55')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Silva (66')
Tengstedt (90+5')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Europa League clash between Rangers and Benfica, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Rangers

All competitions

Europa League

Last Game: Hibernian 0-2 Rangers
Sunday, March 10 at 5.30pm in Scottish Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Benfica

All competitions

Europa League

Last Game: Benfica 3-1 Estoril
Sunday, March 10 at 8.30pm in Primeira Liga

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Rangers win with a probability of 49.46%. A win for Benfica had a probability of 27.89% and a draw had a probability of 22.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.55%) and 2-0 (7.01%). The likeliest Benfica win was 1-2 (6.84%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.16%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood.

Result
Rangers	Draw	Benfica
49.46% ( -0.22)	22.64% ( -0)	27.89% ( 0.22)

Both teams to score 62.41% (

0.19)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

62.05% (

0.17)

37.94% (

-0.17)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

39.8% (

0.19)

60.2% (

-0.19)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.37% (

-0.01)

15.63% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

55.36% (

-0.02)

44.64% (

0.02)

Benfica Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.98% (

0.24)

26.02% (

-0.24)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.95% (

0.32)

61.05% (

-0.32)

Score Analysis

Rangers 49.46%

Benfica 27.9%

Draw 22.64%

Rangers	Draw	Benfica
2-1 @ 9.43% ( -0.02) 1-0 @ 7.55% ( -0.07) 2-0 @ 7.01% ( -0.07) 3-1 @ 5.83% ( -0.02) 3-0 @ 4.33% ( -0.04) 3-2 @ 3.93% ( 0.02) 4-1 @ 2.71% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 2.01% ( -0.02) 4-2 @ 1.82% ( 0.01) 5-1 @ 1.01% ( -0) Other @ 3.83% Total : 49.46%	1-1 @ 10.16% ( -0.02) 2-2 @ 6.35% ( 0.03) 0-0 @ 4.07% ( -0.03) 3-3 @ 1.76% ( 0.02) Other @ 0.31% Total : 22.64%	1-2 @ 6.84% ( 0.03) 0-1 @ 5.48% ( -0.01) 0-2 @ 3.69% ( 0.02) 1-3 @ 3.07% ( 0.04) 2-3 @ 2.85% ( 0.03) 0-3 @ 1.65% ( 0.02) 1-4 @ 1.03% ( 0.02) 2-4 @ 0.96% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.33% Total : 27.9%