GLASGOW. Rangers overcomes Brøndby with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. Roofe (30′) and a goal from L. Balogun (18′).

The match was played at the Ibrox Stadium stadium in Glasgow on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Fran Jović who was helped by Hrvoje Radic and Luka Pušić. The 4th official was Mario Zebec. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Rangers was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Brøndby that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rangers was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rangers won the match​.

Rangers shot 18 times, 10 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brøndby shot 5 times, 0 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Rangers received 1 yellow card (J. Lundstram). On the other side, Brøndby received 1 yellow card (M. Frendrup).

Standings

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 record.

Brøndby will play away agasint Sparta Praha on the 9th of December with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Rangers – Formation

Rangers started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Steven Gerrard decided to play with the following team: Allan McGregor (7.0), James Tavernier (7.7), Connor Goldson (7.4), Leon Balogun (8.0), Borna Barišić (7.0), Joe Aribo (7.5), John Lundstram (6.8), Steven Davis (7.0), Ianis Hagi (7.3), Alfredo Morelos (7.2) and Kemar Roofe (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Fashion Sakala (6.1), Scott Wright (6.8), Jon McLaughlin, Nathan Patterson, Juninho Bacuna (6.3), Calvin Bassey (7.0), Scott Arfield (7.0), Robby McCrorie and Stephen Kelly.

Rangers could not rely on the presence of C. Bassey (injured).

Substitutions

Rangers made 5 changes: L. Balogun for C. Bassey (64′), A. Morelos for F. Sakala (71′), J. Lundstram for S. Arfield (78′), K. Roofe for J. Bacuna (78′) and I. Hagi for S. Wright (78′).

Best player: Leon Balogun​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rangers was Leon Balogun.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 26 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4.

Brøndby – Formation

Brøndby started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Talking about the opposition, Niels Frederiksen played with: Thomas Mikkelsen (7.1), Henrik Heggheim (6.9), Andreas Maxsø (7.7), Sigurd Rosted (6.8), Jens Martin Gammelby (6.6), Christian Cappis (6.6), Morten Frendrup (6.5), Anis Ben Slimane (5.8), Kevin Mensah (6.6), Mikael Uhre (6.2) and Andrija Pavlović (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: Kevin Ngoyi Tshiembe, Josip Radošević (6.5), Oskar Fallenius, Andreas Bruus, Jagvir Singh Sidhu, Blás Riveros (6.1), Jonathan Aegidius, Tobias Borkeeiet (6.5), Peter Bjur, Simon Hedlund (6.7), Marko Divković and Mathias Greve (6.2).

Substitutions

Brøndby made 5 changes: A. Slimane for J. Radosevic (46′), K. Mensah for B. Riveros (62′), M. Uhre for S. Hedlund (63′), M. Frendrup for T. Borkeeiet (73′) and C. Cappis for M. Greve (81′).

Best player: Andreas Maxsø​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brøndby was Andreas Maxsø.

His rating is (7.7) with 69 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.

Results of the day

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

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