Europa League betting and spectator preview: Benfica and Rangers meet at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Perfect Primeira Liga season at home so far for Benfica 3 wins from 3 appearances. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Benfica has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Benfica has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. We remember; it was Santa Clara.
The home supporters saw a 3-3 draw versus Rangers in the Europa League last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Boavista (0-3).
Late drama in the game against Rangers as Benfica were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Darwin Núñez popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. A goal frenzy last time out for Benfica, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Rangers. Fun stuff to watch! Darwin Núñez was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Rangers after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Benfica have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost zero.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Benfica's attacking play is working. Benfica have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 8th finals against Bayer Leverkusen.Total Europa League statistics for Rangers: 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. In general it has been a productive period now for Rangers as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Kilmarnock game have they lost an away game, meaning Rangers has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
Rangers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Benfica. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kilmarnock at their stadium, the result 1-0.
It looked so good for Rangers vs Benfica, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-1 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. As you can tell from the result, the match against Benfica was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Rangers in our archives, and the results are: one win for Rangers, zero draws and zero defeats.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Benfica - Rangers 3-3, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tavernier 6 goals |   H. Seferović 4 goals |  G. Waldschmidt 4 goals |
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| Benfica | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 59 | 37 | Scored | S | 31 | 57 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 76% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 339 | 190 | Total Shots | T S | 191 | 371 | ||
| 127 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 67 | 131 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Rangers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Lech Poznań | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Benfica | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Santa Clara | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Pacos de Ferreira | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Moreirense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Nacional | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Boavista | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Tondela | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Farense | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 2 |