Rangers 3-1 SK Rapid: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 4 October 2018
Result
Rangers 3-1 SK Rapid
Europa League · Thursday 4 October 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Rangers 3-1 SK Rapid: match report
Rangers won against SK Rapid 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 4 October 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Veton Berisha opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Rangers's goals came from Alfredo Morelos (43'), James Tavernier (84', penalty) and Alfredo Morelos (90+4'). SK Rapid scored through Veton Berisha (42').
Discipline: Rangers received 1 yellow card; SK Rapid received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rangers were 5th on 17 points from 9 and SK Rapid 31st on 9 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Rangers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and SK Rapid in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Tavernier of Rangers (8.9), level with Alfredo Morelos (8.9).
Going into the match Rangers's last five read D-D-W-D-W and SK Rapid's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Veton Berisha
- 42'Goal · Veton Berisha
- 43'Goal · Alfredo Morelos
- 43'Yellow card · Allan McGregor
- 51'Yellow card · Andrei Ivan
- 63'Yellow card · Mert Müldür
- 68'Yellow card · Stefan Schwab
- 84'Penalty goal · James Tavernier
- 90+1'Yellow card · Andrija Pavlovic
- 90+4'Goal · Alfredo Morelos
Team news
Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Joe Worrall, Jon Flanagan, Lassana Coulibaly, Ovie Ejaria, Daniel Candeias, Scott Arfield, Ryan Kent, Alfredo Morelos
SK Rapid line-up (4-1-4-1)
Richard Strebinger, Mert Müldür, Mario Sonnleitner, Mateo Barac, Marvin Potzmann, Dejan Ljubicic, Andrei Ivan, Thomas Murg, Stefan Schwab, Veton Berisha, Andrija Pavlović