Antwerp 3-4 Rangers: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 18 February 2021
Result
Antwerp 3-4 Rangers
Europa League · Thursday 18 February 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Antwerp 3-4 Rangers: match report
Antwerp were beaten by Rangers 3-4 in the Europa League on Thursday 18 February 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Joe Aribo opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Antwerp's goals came from Felipe Avenatti (45'), Lior Refaelov (45+8', penalty) and M. Hongla (66'). Rangers scored through Joe Aribo (38'), Borna Barisic (59', penalty), Ryan Kent (83') and Borna Barisic (90', penalty).
Discipline: Antwerp received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rangers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Antwerp were 23rd on 12 points from 6 and Rangers 2nd on 23 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Antwerp lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Rangers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lior Refaelov of Antwerp (8.8), level with Giancarlo Riolfo (8.8).
Going into the match Antwerp's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Rangers's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 38'Goal · Joe Aribo
- 44'Yellow card · Borna Barisic
- 45'Goal · Felipe Avenatti
- 45+8'Penalty goal · Lior Refaelov
- 53'Yellow card · Ryan Kent
- 58'Yellow card · Ritchie De Laet
- 59'Penalty goal · Borna Barisic
- 63'Yellow card · A. Seck
- 64'Yellow card · Scott Arfield
- 66'Goal · M. Hongla
- 83'Goal · Ryan Kent
- 88'Second yellow · A. Seck
- 88'Yellow card · M. Hongla
- 90'Penalty goal · Borna Barisic
Team news
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Antwerp line-up (3-5-1-1)
Alireza Beiranvand, Abdoulaye Seck, Maxime Le Marchand, Ritchie De Laet, Aurélio Buta, Pieter Gerkens, Martin Hongla, Frank Boya, Jordan Lukaku, Lior Refaelov, Felipe Avenatti
Rangers line-up (4-3-3)
Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Filip Helander, Giancarlo Riolfo, Scott Arfield, Steven Davis, Glen Kamara, Joe Aribo, Alfredo Morelos, Kemar Roofe