GLASGOW. Rangers conquers Sparta Praha 2-0 after A. Morelos scores a double.

The match was played at the Ibrox Stadium stadium in Glasgow on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Danny Desmond Makkelie who had the assistance of Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. The 4th official was Joey Kooij. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.9 degrees Celsius or 44.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Rangers was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sparta Praha that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sparta Praha has a more offensive attitude with 69 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Rangers found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Rangers shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Sparta Praha shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Rangers received 2 yellow cards (B. Barisic and I. Hagi). Talking about the opposition, Sparta Praha didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Rangers will have 7 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Sparta Praha will stay with 4 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Europa League, Rangers will play away against Olympique Lyonnais on the 9th of December with a 2-2 head to head stats.

Sparta Praha will host Brøndby on the 9th of December with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Rangers – Formation

Rangers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Steven Gerrard decided to play with the following team: Allan McGregor (7.5), James Tavernier (7.4), Connor Goldson (6.9), Calvin Bassey (7.1), Borna Barišić (7.4), Steven Davis (7.1), Glen Kamara (7.5), Ianis Hagi (7.4), Joe Aribo (6.6), Ryan Kent (6.5) and Alfredo Morelos (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: John Lundstram, R. McCrorie, Fashion Sakala (6.5), S. Kelly, R. Jack, Scott Arfield (6.1), J. Bacuna, J. McLaughlin, L. King, Nathan Patterson (7.0) and S. Wright.

Substitutions

Rangers made 4 changes: I. Hagi for N. Patterson (66′), R. Kent for F. Sakala (80′), J. Aribo for S. Arfield (81′) and S. Davis for J. Lundstram (89′).

Best player: Alfredo Morelos​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rangers was Alfredo Morelos.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 27 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Sparta Praha – Formation

Also Sparta Praha adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Pavel Vrba played with: Dominik Holec (6.8), Tomáš Wiesner (7.0), Filip Panák (6.1), Ladislav Krejčí (7.4), Dávid Hancko (6.1), David Pavelka (7.1), Michal Sáček (6.2), Lukáš Haraslín (6.1), Adam Hložek (6.4), Ladislav Krejčí (6.2) and Martin Minchev (6.2).

They had on the bench: M. Heča, A. Vindheim, Bořek Dočkal (6.8), F. Souček, V. Drchal, Adam Karabec (7.0), David Moberg Karlsson (6.5), M. Vitík, F. Niţă, A. Gabriel and Matej Pulkrab (6.1).

Substitutions

Sparta Praha made 4 changes: L. Haraslin for D. Karlsson (58′), M. Minchev for B. Dockal (58′), L. Krejci for A. Karabec (59′) and A. Hlozek for M. Pulkrab (84′).

Best player: Ladislav Krejčí​

The most impressive player for Sparta Praha was Ladislav Krejčí.

His rating is (7.4) with 81 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa League.​

• Eintracht Frankfurt – Antwerp – 2-2
• Olympiakos Piraeus – Fenerbahçe – 1-0
• Leicester City – Legia Warszawa – 3-1
• Monaco – Real Sociedad – 2-1
• PSV – Sturm Graz – 2-0
• Brøndby – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-3
• Rangers – Sparta Praha – 2-0
• Rapid Vienna – West Ham United – 0-2
• Dinamo Zagreb – Genk – 1-1
• Real Betis – Ferencváros – 2-0
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Celtic – 3-2
• Lokomotiv Moskva – Lazio – 0-3
• Galatasaray – Olympique Marseille – 4-2
• Crvena Zvezda – Ludogorets – 1-0
• Midtjylland – Sporting Braga – 3-2