UEFA Europa League

Sparta Prague vs Rangers, 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
Sparta Prague
FT
0 - 0
Rangers

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Sparta Prague are hosting Rangers at Generali-Arena, Wien, Austria, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jan Kuchta.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 8': Angelo Preciado (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Foul by Nicolas Raskin (Rangers).
  • 9': Delay in match because of an injury Angelo Preciado (Sparta Prague).
  • 10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaan Kairinen.
  • 16': Corner, Sparta Prague. Conceded by James Tavernier.
  • 17': Foul by Todd Cantwell (Rangers).
  • 17': Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 17': Todd Cantwell (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 18': Corner, Sparta Prague. Conceded by Ben Davies.
  • 19': Corner, Sparta Prague. Conceded by Abdallah Sima.
  • 20': Attempt missed. Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 22': Foul by Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague).
  • 22': John Souttar (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Asger Sørensen (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Foul by John Souttar (Rangers).
  • 26': John Souttar (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 27': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Tomás Wiesner replaces Angelo Preciado because of an injury.
  • 29': Ben Davies (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 29': Foul by Tomás Wiesner (Sparta Prague).
  • 31': Attempt saved. Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kaan Kairinen.
  • 31': Filip Panák (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Foul by Cyriel Dessers (Rangers).
  • 33': Attempt missed. Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
  • 34': Attempt blocked. Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Karabec.
  • 34': Attempt saved. Matej Rynes (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Martin Vitík (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
  • 36': Offside, Rangers. Connor Goldson tries a through ball, but Abdallah Sima is caught offside.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Qazim Laçi.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Matej Rynes (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
  • 38': Offside, Sparta Prague. Filip Panák tries a through ball, but Adam Karabec is caught offside.
  • 41': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Filip Panák.
  • 42': Attempt missed. John Lundstram (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Davies with a cross following a corner.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Veljko Birmancevic.
  • 45'+2': Filip Panák (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Cyriel Dessers (Rangers).
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Sparta Prague 0, Rangers 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sparta Prague 0, Rangers 0.
  • 47': Foul by Nicolas Raskin (Rangers).
  • 47': Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Corner, Sparta Prague. Conceded by Abdallah Sima.
  • 51': Foul by Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague).
  • 51': Sam Lammers (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 56': Corner, Sparta Prague. Conceded by John Souttar.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Martin Vitík (Sparta Prague) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaan Kairinen with a cross.
  • 57': Corner, Sparta Prague. Conceded by John Souttar.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaan Kairinen.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Veljko Birmancevic.
  • 59': Attempt saved. John Lundstram (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 61': Foul by Cyriel Dessers (Rangers).
  • 61': Tomás Wiesner (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Foul by Connor Goldson (Rangers).
  • 63': Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 63': Connor Goldson (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Substitution, Rangers. Scott Wright replaces Todd Cantwell.
  • 65': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Victor Olatunji replaces Adam Karabec.
  • 66': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Lukás Sadílek replaces Qazim Laçi.
  • 66': Corner, Sparta Prague. Conceded by John Souttar.
  • 70': Filip Panák (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 70': Foul by Scott Wright (Rangers).
  • 70': Foul by Filip Panák (Sparta Prague).
  • 70': Scott Wright (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Filip Panák (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Scott Wright (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Cyriel Dessers.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Sam Lammers (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ben Davies.
  • 74': Substitution, Rangers. Danilo replaces Cyriel Dessers.
  • 75': Foul by Victor Olatunji (Sparta Prague).
  • 75': John Lundstram (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Jakub Pesek replaces Veljko Birmancevic.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Sam Lammers (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Scott Wright.
  • 76': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Peter Vindahl.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Abdallah Sima (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Abdallah Sima (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Abdallah Sima (Rangers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Raskin.
  • 79': Foul by Scott Wright (Rangers).
  • 79': Martin Vitík (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Foul by Abdallah Sima (Rangers).
  • 82': Tomás Wiesner (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Abdallah Sima (Rangers) is shown the yellow card.
  • 85': Attempt saved. Danilo (Rangers) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Wright with a through ball.
  • 85': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Peter Vindahl.
  • 85': Foul by John Lundstram (Rangers).
  • 85': Victor Olatunji (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Danilo (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Raskin.
  • 87': Foul by Victor Olatunji (Sparta Prague).
  • 87': John Lundstram (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 88': Attempt saved. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by John Souttar.
  • 90': Foul by Victor Olatunji (Sparta Prague).
  • 90': John Souttar (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Sparta Prague 0, Rangers 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Sparta Prague 0, Rangers 0.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 7
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
3 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 4
48.5 Possession 51.5
12 SHOTS 16
4 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
289 Accurate Passes 292
384 Passes 390
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
3 Accurate Crosses 5
9 Crosses 23
0.3 Cross % 0.2
61 Long Balls 54
18 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 6
9 Effective Tackles 7
13 Tackles 16
0.7 Tackle % 0.4
12 Interceptions 6
41 Effective Clearances 17
41 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Generali-Arena
Location: Wien, Austria
Attendance: 18,250

Line-Ups

SPP Sparta Prague (3-4-3)

No. Name
1 Peter Vindahl Jensen (GK)
27 Filip Panak Yellow Card
25 Asger Sörensen
41 Martin Vitík
6 Kaan Kairinen
20 Qazim Laçi
32 Matej Rynes
2 Ángelo Preciado
9 Jan Kuchta
14 Veljko Birmancevic
10 Adam Karabec
Sparta Prague Substitutes:
Vojtech Vorel, Victor Olatunji, Tomas Wiesner, Lukas Sadilek, Jan Mejdr, Patrik Vydra, Michal Sevcík, James Gomez, Václav Sejk, Jakub Pesek, Jakub Surovcik, David Pavelka.

RAN Rangers (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jack Butland (GK)
6 Connor Goldson Yellow Card
5 John Souttar Yellow Card
26 Ben Davies
2 James Tavernier
14 Sam Lammers
43 Nicolas Raskin
4 John Lundstram
9 Cyriel Dessers
19 Abdallah Sima Yellow Card
13 Todd Cantwell Yellow Card
Rangers Substitutes:
Ross McCausland, Scott Wright, Ryan Jack, Robbie McCrorie, Cole McKinnon, Adam Devine, Robbie Fraser, Danilo, Kieran Wright, Aaron Lyall, Leon Thomson King.

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