UEFA Champions League Qualifying

Rangers vs Panathinaikos, 2025-26 UEFA Champions League Qualifying, Second Round

· 1st Leg
Rangers
  • 52': Findlay Curtis
  • 78': Djeidi Gassama
FT
2 - 0
1st Leg
Panathinaikos
  • Red Card 58': Georgios Vagiannidis

About

Rangers are hosting Panathinaikos at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League Qualifying.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Rothwell.
  • 2': Joe Rothwell (Rangers) Assists Shot at 2'
  • 3': James Tavernier (Rangers) Throw In at 3'
  • 4': Max Aarons (Rangers) Throw In at 4'
  • 4': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 4'
  • 5': Erik Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos) Foul at 5'
  • 5': Mohammed Diomande (Rangers) Free Kick at 5'
  • 5': Findlay Curtis (Rangers) Foul at 5'
  • 6': Bartlomiej Dragowski (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 6'
  • 7': Nemanja Maksimovic (Panathinaikos) Save at 7'
  • 7': Danilo (Rangers) Assists Shot at 7'
  • 7': Mohammed Diomande (Rangers) Shot Blocked at 7'
  • 7': Joe Rothwell (Rangers) Throw In at 7'
  • 8': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Foul at 8'
  • 8': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 8': Anastasios Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 8'
  • 9': Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) Assists Shot at 9'
  • 9': Filip Djuricic (Panathinaikos) Shot On Target at 9'
  • 9': Jack Butland (Rangers) Save at 9'
  • 9': Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box following a set piece situation.
  • 10': Corner,Panathinaikos. Conceded by Jack Butland.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Nemanja Maksimovic (Panathinaikos) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Georgios Vagiannidis with a cross following a corner.
  • 10': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) Assists Shot at 10'
  • 12': Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos) Shot Blocked at 12'
  • 12': Max Aarons (Rangers) Save at 12'
  • 13': Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 13'
  • 14': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 14'
  • 15': Kieran Dowell (Rangers) Throw In at 15'
  • 15': Mohammed Diomande (Rangers) Throw In at 15'
  • 16': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 16'
  • 16': Joe Rothwell (Rangers) Foul at 16'
  • 16': Ahmed Touba (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 16'
  • 17': James Tavernier (Rangers) Throw In at 17'
  • 18': John Souttar (Rangers) Corner Kick at 18'
  • 18': Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos) Assists Shot at 18'
  • 18': Erik Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos) Shot On Target at 18'
  • 18': Jack Butland (Rangers) Save at 18'
  • 19': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 19'
  • 20': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 20'
  • 22': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) is shown the yellow card.
  • 23': Jack Butland (Rangers) Free Kick at 23'
  • 24': Anastasios Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) Shot Blocked at 24'
  • 24': Joe Rothwell (Rangers) Save at 24'
  • 25': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 25'
  • 25': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Foul at 25'
  • 26': James Tavernier (Rangers) Free Kick at 26'
  • 26': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 26'
  • 28': John Souttar (Rangers) Foul at 28'
  • 28': John Souttar (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 28': Pedro Chirivella (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 28'
  • 28': James Tavernier (Rangers) Throw In at 28'
  • 29': Joe Rothwell (Rangers) Corner Kick at 29'
  • 30': John Souttar (Rangers) Corner Kick at 30'
  • 31': Attempt missed. Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Tasos Bakasetas with a cross following a corner.
  • 33': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) Foul at 33'
  • 33': Findlay Curtis (Rangers) Free Kick at 33'
  • 35': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Foul at 35'
  • 35': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 35'
  • 35': James Tavernier (Rangers) Offside at 35'
  • 36': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 36'
  • 36': James Tavernier (Rangers) Throw In at 36'
  • 37': Bartlomiej Dragowski (Panathinaikos) Save at 37'
  • 37': Danilo (Rangers) Assists Shot at 37'
  • 37': Mohammed Diomande (Rangers) Shot On Target at 37'
  • 37': Mohammed Diomande (Rangers) Corner Kick at 37'
  • 38': Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) Save at 38'
  • 38': James Tavernier (Rangers) Assists Shot at 38'
  • 38': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Shot Blocked at 38'
  • 38': Nemanja Maksimovic (Panathinaikos) Save at 38'
  • 38': Corner,Rangers. Conceded by Nemanja Maksimovic.
  • 38': Ahmed Touba (Panathinaikos) Save at 38'
  • 38': James Tavernier (Rangers) Assists Shot at 38'
  • 38': John Souttar (Rangers) Shot Blocked at 38'
  • 39': Attempt missed. Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right.
  • 39': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Blocked Pass at 39'
  • 41': Anastasios Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) Foul at 41'
  • 41': Danilo (Rangers) Free Kick at 41'
  • 42': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Foul at 42'
  • 42': James Tavernier (Rangers) Free Kick at 42'
  • 44': Max Aarons (Rangers) Throw In at 44'
  • 45': First Half ends, Rangers 0, Panathinaikos 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Rangers 0, Panathinaikos 0.
  • 46': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 46'
  • 46': Max Aarons (Rangers) Throw In at 46'
  • 47': James Tavernier (Rangers) Throw In at 47'
  • 47': Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) Foul at 47'
  • 48': Nasser Djiga (Rangers) Free Kick at 48'
  • 48': Kieran Dowell (Rangers) Foul at 48'
  • 49': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 49'
  • 49': Anastasios Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) Assists Shot at 49'
  • 49': Filip Djuricic (Panathinaikos) Shot On Target at 49'
  • 49': Jack Butland (Rangers) Save at 49'
  • 49': Nemanja Maksimovic (Panathinaikos) Shot Blocked at 49'
  • 50': John Souttar (Rangers) Save at 50'
  • 50': John Souttar (Rangers) Corner Kick at 50'
  • 51': Pedro Chirivella (Panathinaikos) Foul at 51'
  • 51': James Tavernier (Rangers) Free Kick at 51'
  • 51': Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos) Assists Shot at 51'
  • 51': Filip Djuricic (Panathinaikos) Shot On Target at 51'
  • 51': Jack Butland (Rangers) Save at 51'
  • 52': Goal! Rangers 1, Panathinaikos 0. Findlay Curtis (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolas Raskin.
  • 52': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Assist at 52'
  • 53': Findlay Curtis (Rangers) Foul at 53'
  • 53': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 53'
  • 54': Pedro Chirivella (Panathinaikos) Blocked Pass at 54'
  • 55': James Tavernier (Rangers) Foul at 55'
  • 55': Nemanja Maksimovic (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 55'
  • 56': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 56'
  • 56': Attempt missed. Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georgios Kyriakopoulos with a cross.
  • 56': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Assists Shot at 56'
  • 56': Attempt missed. Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 58': Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) Foul at 58'
  • 58': Second yellow card to Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos) for a bad foul.
  • 59': Max Aarons (Rangers) Free Kick at 59'
  • 62': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Giannis Kotsiras replaces Tasos Bakasetas because of an injury.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Kieran Dowell (Rangers) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Nicolas Raskin with a cross.
  • 63': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Assists Shot at 63'
  • 64': Filip Djuricic (Panathinaikos) Foul at 64'
  • 64': James Tavernier (Rangers) Free Kick at 64'
  • 65': John Souttar (Rangers) Corner Kick at 65'
  • 66': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Assists Shot at 66'
  • 66': Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos) Shot Blocked at 66'
  • 66': John Souttar (Rangers) Save at 66'
  • 66': James Tavernier (Rangers) Throw In at 66'
  • 67': Bartlomiej Dragowski (Panathinaikos) Save at 67'
  • 67': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Shot On Target at 67'
  • 67': Bartlomiej Dragowski (Panathinaikos) Save at 67'
  • 67': Mohammed Diomande (Rangers) Assists Shot at 67'
  • 67': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Shot On Target at 67'
  • 71': Nemanja Maksimovic (Panathinaikos) Save at 71'
  • 71': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Assists Shot at 71'
  • 71': Findlay Curtis (Rangers) Shot Blocked at 71'
  • 72': Erik Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos) Save at 72'
  • 72': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Assists Shot at 72'
  • 72': Joe Rothwell (Rangers) Shot Blocked at 72'
  • 72': Findlay Curtis (Rangers) Throw In at 72'
  • 74': Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) Foul at 74'
  • 74': Substitution, Rangers. Cyriel Dessers replaces Danilo.
  • 75': Substitution, Rangers. Djeidi Gassama replaces Findlay Curtis.
  • 75': Substitution, Rangers. Hamza Igamane replaces Kieran Dowell.
  • 75': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Daniel Mancini replaces Filip Djuricic.
  • 76': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Karol Swiderski replaces Fotis Ioannidis.
  • 76': Nasser Djiga (Rangers) Free Kick at 76'
  • 77': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 77'
  • 77': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 77'
  • 77': Joe Rothwell (Rangers) Blocked Pass at 77'
  • 78': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 78'
  • 78': Goal! Rangers 2, Panathinaikos 0. Djeidi Gassama (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Diomande following a fast break.
  • 78': Mohammed Diomande (Rangers) Assist at 78'
  • 80': James Tavernier (Rangers) Throw In at 80'
  • 81': Giannis Kotsiras (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 81'
  • 83': Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos) Foul at 83'
  • 84': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Manolis Siopis replaces Pedro Chirivella.
  • 84': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Tetê replaces Facundo Pellistri.
  • 84': John Souttar (Rangers) Free Kick at 84'
  • 85': Djeidi Gassama (Rangers) Corner Kick at 85'
  • 86': Substitution, Rangers. Nedim Bajrami replaces Joe Rothwell.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Hamza Igamane (Rangers) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolas Raskin with a cross.
  • 87': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Assists Shot at 87'
  • 88': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 88'
  • 89': Attempt missed. Nasser Djiga (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by John Souttar.
  • 89': John Souttar (Rangers) Assists Shot at 89'
  • 89': Cyriel Dessers (Rangers) Throw In at 89'
  • 90': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 90'
  • 90'+1': Hamza Igmane (Rangers) Foul at 91'
  • 90'+1': Daniel Mancini (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 91'
  • 90'+3': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 93'
  • 90'+3': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Foul at 93'
  • 90'+3': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) Free Kick at 93'
  • 90'+4': James Tavernier (Rangers) Throw In at 94'
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Mohamed Diomande (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nicolas Raskin.
  • 90'+5': Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) Assists Shot at 95'
  • 90'+6': Giannis Kotsiras (Panathinaikos) Throw In at 96'

Statistics

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12 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
6 Corner Kicks 3
3 Saves 4
24.9 Possession 75.1
14 SHOTS 16
4 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
164 Accurate Passes 658
222 Passes 712
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
8 Accurate Crosses 4
20 Crosses 17
0.4 Cross % 0.2
46 Long Balls 23
17 Accurate Long Balls 12
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 6
13 Effective Tackles 11
21 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
8 Interceptions 5
22 Effective Clearances 19
22 Clearances 19

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League Qualifying

Venue: Ibrox Stadium
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Attendance: 49,548

Line-Ups

RAN Rangers (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Jack Butland (GK)
5 John Souttar Yellow Card
24 Nasser Djiga
3 Max Aarons
2 James Tavernier
6 Joe Rothwell
43 Nicolas Raskin Yellow Card
10 Mohammed Diomande
99 Danilo
52 Findlay Curtis
20 Kieran Dowell
Rangers Substitutes:
Djeidi Gassama, Oscar Cortés, Cyriel Dessers, Josh Gentles, Lyall Cameron, Emmanuel Fernandez, Jefté, Nedim Bajrami, Connor Barron, Liam Kelly, Hamza Igmane, Bailey Rice.

PAO Panathinaikos (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
69 Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK)
5 Ahmed Touba
14 Erik Palmer-Brown
77 Georgios Kyriakopoulos
2 Georgios Vagiannidis Yellow Card
11 Anastasios Bakasetas
20 Nemanja Maksimovic
4 Pedro Chirivella
7 Fotis Ioannidis
31 Filip Djuricic
28 Facundo Pellistri
Panathinaikos Substitutes:
Tin Jedvaj, Adam Gnezda Cerin, Mateus Tetê, Adriano Bregou, Manolis Siopis, Alexander Jeremejeff, Alban Lafont, Daniel Mancini, Karol Swiderski, Konstantinos Kotsaris, Giannis Kotsiras, Sverrir Ingason.

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