Rangers 5-2 Antwerp: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 25 February 2021
Result
Rangers 5-2 Antwerp
Europa League · Thursday 25 February 2021, 17:55 UTC · half-time 1-1
Rangers 5-2 Antwerp: match report
Rangers beat Antwerp 5-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 February 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.
Alfredo Morelos opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Rangers's goals came from Alfredo Morelos (9'), Nathan Patterson (46'), Ryan Kent (55'), Borna Barisic (79', penalty) and Cedric Itten (90+2', penalty). Antwerp scored through Lior Refaelov (31') and Didier Lamkel Zé (57').
Discipline: Rangers received 2 yellow cards; Antwerp received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 26 points from 10 and Antwerp 23rd on 12 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Rangers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Antwerp in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfredo Morelos of Rangers (9.4), ahead of Ryan Kent (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rangers win, 0 draws and 0 for Antwerp.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Alfredo Morelos
- 31'Goal · Lior Refaelov
- 36'Yellow card · Leon Balogun
- 46'Goal · Nathan Patterson
- 55'Goal · Ryan Kent
- 57'Goal · Didier Lamkel Zé
- 60'Yellow card · Daniel Karlsson
- 70'Yellow card · Glen Kamara
- 71'Yellow card · M. Hongla
- 79'Penalty goal · Borna Barisic
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Cedric Itten
Head-to-head
Team news
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Rangers line-up (4-3-3)
Allan McGregor, Leon Balogun, Connor Goldson, Filip Helander, Giancarlo Riolfo, Glen Kamara, Steven Davis, Joe Aribo, Ianis Hagi, Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Kent
Antwerp line-up (3-5-2)
Ortwin De Wolf, Ritchie De Laet, Jérémy Gélin, Maxime Le Marchand, Aurélio Buta, Pieter Gerkens, Birger Verstraete, Martin Hongla, Jordan Lukaku, Lior Refaelov, Didier Lamkel Zé