Rangers 2-2 Benfica: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 26 November 2020

Result

Rangers 2-2 Benfica

Europa League · Thursday 26 November 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Rangers · Benfica · Europa League predictions

Rangers 2-2 Benfica: match report

Rangers drew with Benfica 2-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 26 November 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

Scott Arfield opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Rangers's goals came from Scott Arfield (7') and Kemar Roofe (69'). Benfica scored through an own goal by James Tavernier (78') and Pizzi (81').

Discipline: Rangers received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rangers were 1st on 16 points from 6 and Benfica 26th on 7 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Rangers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kemar Roofe of Rangers (7.7), ahead of Steven Davis (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rangers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Benfica.

Going into the match Rangers's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Benfica's D-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Scott ArfieldRangers · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Gabriel PiresBenfica
  • 41'Yellow card · ChiquinhoBenfica
  • 69'Goal · Kemar RoofeRangers · 2-0
  • 78'Own goal · James TavernierBenfica · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Glen KamaraRangers
  • 81'Goal · PizziBenfica · 2-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Jan VertonghenBenfica

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Rangers 0, draws 1, Benfica 0.

Team news

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Rangers line-up (4-3-3)

Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Leon Balogun, Giancarlo Riolfo, Scott Arfield, Steven Davis, Glen Kamara, Kemar Roofe, Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Kent

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Helton Leite, Gilberto, Jardel, Jan Vertonghen, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rafa Silva, Gabriel Pires, Chiquinho, Luca Waldschmidt, Haris Seferovic, Everton