Rangers FC vs Villarreal CF, Europe 2018-19 GROUP STAGE
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Rangers FC vs Villarreal CF — Europe .
- Rangers FC 8 games · 4 pts (2025/26)
- Villarreal CF 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Tomislav Pospeh
- Referee Matej Jug
- Referee Matej Zunic
- Referee Manuel Vidali
- Referee Nejc Kajtazovic
- Referee
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Nov Villarreal CF H 0–0 D 24 Nov Livingston FC H 3–0 W 11 Nov Motherwell FC H 7–1 W 08 Nov FK Spartak Moskva A 3–4 L 03 Nov St. Mirren FC A 2–0 W 31 Oct Kilmarnock FC H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Nov Rangers FC A 0–0 D 25 Nov Real Betis Balompie H 2–1 W 11 Nov Rayo Vallecano de Madrid A 2–2 D 08 Nov SK Rapid Wien A 0–0 D 04 Nov Levante UD H 1–1 D 28 Oct Deportivo Alaves A 1–2 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history13% Clean Sheets
Rangers FC this season -
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Rangers FC and Villarreal CF is underway.
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Alfredo Morelos, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 15' Villarreal CF is showing some good football. However, Villarreal CF are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 20' Villarreal CF is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' It looks surprising Rangers FC does not make any changes. Manu Morlanes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' Rangers FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 35' A meaty challenge results in booking for Mario Gaspar on 35.
- 36' Candeias is having his name booked by the referee on 36.
- 41' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Santi Cazorla made 392 appearances and scored 21 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 45' Rangers FC receives a Red card for a hard tackle on 45.
- 50' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 55' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 60' Villarreal CF started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 60.
- 62' It is a substitution in Villarreal CF team. Trigueros is replaced by Santi Cazorla on 62 minute.
- 67' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Rangers FC that had 398 games and scored 767 goals.
- 72' Allan McGregor has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 44 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 74' Another change for Villarreal CF made on 74 minute. Pablo Fornals leaves to be changed by Samuel Chukwueze.
- 78' Rangers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kyle Lafferty is hanging Alfredo Morelos on the field on 78 minute.
- 83' The travelling Villarreal CF supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 88' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Villarreal CF needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 90' Glenn Middleton is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Ross McCrorie. He replaces Lassana Coulibaly on 90 minute.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Rangers FC
Starting XI-
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Alfredo Morelos ↓ Kyle Lafferty 78'
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Bench- 10
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Kyle Lafferty ↑ 78'
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Ross McCrorie ↑ 90'
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Coach Steven GerrardVillarreal CF
Starting XI- 4
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Carlos Bacca ↓ Gerard Moreno 62'
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Trigueros ↓ Santi Cazorla 62'
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Bench- 16
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Santi Cazorla ↑ 62'
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Gerard Moreno ↑ 62'
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Samuel Chukwueze ↑ 74'
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Coach Javier Calleja -
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