UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ibrox Stadium - Glasgow Thursday 3 December 2020 21.00CET (20.00 Local Time) Rangers FC Group D - Matchday 5 R
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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ibrox Stadium - Glasgow Thursday 3 December 2020 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Rangers FC Group D - Matchday 5 R. Standard de Liège Last updated 19/03/2021 13:50CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 Rangers FC - R. Standard de Liège Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers R. Standard de Liège - Rangers Tavernier 19 (P), 22/10/2020 GS 0-2 Liege FC Roofe 90+3 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rangers FC - R. Standard de 2-0 Brand 28, Caldow 89 14/02/1962 QF Glasgow Liège agg: 3-4 (P) Claessen 7, Crossan R. Standard de Liège - Rangers 07/02/1962 QF 4-1 Liege 40, 51, Vliers 56; FC Wilson 18 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Rangers FC 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 4 R. Standard de Liège 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 4 5 Rangers FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Durrant 41, Nisbet 72; 17/03/1993 GS Rangers FC - Club Brugge 2-1 Glasgow Staelens 52 Dziubinski 44; Huistra 03/03/1993 GS Club Brugge - Rangers FC 1-1 Bruges 73 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 Matthew 67, McMillan 23/09/1959 PR RSC Anderlecht - Rangers FC Brussels agg: 2-7 72 Millar 1, Scott 2, Matthew 48, Baird 65, 16/09/1959 PR Rangers FC - RSC Anderlecht 5-2 Glasgow 73 (P); Stockman 52, Dewael 64 R. Standard de Liège - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers R. Standard de Liège - Heart of 1-0 04/11/1992 R2 Liege Wilmots 62 Midlothian FC agg: 2-0 Heart of Midlothian FC - R. 21/10/1992 R2 0-1 Edinburgh Bettagno 7 Standard de Liège 2 Rangers FC - R. Standard de Liège Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dundee United FC - R. Standard 4-0 Milne 26, 44, Hegarty 02/11/1983 R2 Dundee de Liège agg: 4-0 51, Dodds 68 R. Standard de Liège - Dundee 19/10/1983 R2 0-0 Liege United FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dundee United FC - R. Standard 0-0 27/09/1978 R1 Dundee de Liège agg: 0-1 R. Standard de Liège - Dundee 12/09/1978 R1 1-0 Ghent Denier 40 United FC UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Aberdeen FC - R. Standard de 2-0 06/12/1967 R2 Aberdeen Munro 20, Melrose 66 Liège agg: 2-3 R. Standard de Liège - Aberdeen Claessen 6, 29/11/1967 R2 3-0 Liege FC Jurkiewicz 11, Pilot 66 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Heart of Midlothian FC - R. 2-1 Bauld 55, 65; Givard 09/09/1958 PR Edinburgh Standard de Liège agg: 3-6 58 Jadot 17, 85, Piters R. Standard de Liège - Heart of 03/09/1958 PR 5-1 Liege 34, Bonga Bonga 73, Midlothian FC Houf 78; Crawford 14 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Rangers FC 3 3 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 1 1 15 8 R. Standard de Liège 7 5 1 1 6 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 13 6 2 5 16 14 3 Rangers FC - R. Standard de Liège Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Match background Having surrendered two-goal leads to draw twice against Benfica in their last two encounters, table-toppers Rangers still have work to do in Group D, but a place in the round of 32 will be theirs if they win at home to a Standard Liège side that had to wait until Matchday 4 to register their first points of the section. • Unbeaten Rangers and Benfica are level on eight points, boasting a five-point cushion between themselves and both Standard and Lech Poznań, who each won at home when they faced each other in the last two matches, Standard needing an added-time strike from Konstantinos Laifis to win 2-1. While the Scottish and Portuguese sides will both qualify with a Matchday 5 home win, the same will be true if they each avoid defeat. Previous meetings • Rangers beat Standard 2-0 in Liège on Matchday 1 courtesy of a James Tavernier penalty and a sensational added- time strike from his own half by Kemar Roofe – his first European goal. • That was the clubs’ first UEFA encounter since 1961/62, when Standard beat Rangers 4-3 on aggregate (4-1 h, 0-2 a) in the European Cup quarter-final. Reaching the semi-finals that season remains the Belgian club's best ever performance in Europe's premier club competition. • That 4-1 defeat by Standard in 1962 is Rangers' only loss in seven games against Belgian opposition (W4 D1). The Glasgow giants have won all three home games, most recently 2-1 against Club Brugge in the group stage of the inaugural UEFA Champions League in 1992/93. • While Standard were unbeaten at home to Scottish opposition until Matchday 1, they have lost four of their six games in Scotland, though the sole victory came on their last visit, 1-0 in Edinburgh against Hearts in the first leg of a 1992/93 UEFA Cup second round tie that they won 2-0 on aggregate. Form guide Rangers • Rangers were in second place 13 points behind Celtic when the 2019/20 Scottish Premiership came to a premature end. They also enjoyed a lengthy run in Europe, progressing from the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League all the way to the round of 16, where, as Scotland's last team standing, they were eliminated by Bayer Leverkusen (1-3 h, 0-1 a). • Steven Gerrard's side came through three qualifiers to reach this season's group stage, beating Lincoln Red Imps (5-0) and Willem II (4-0) on the road before a 2-1 play-off success against Galatasaray in Glasgow. They made it five wins out of five by beating Standard (2-0 a) and Lech Poznań (1-0 h) in the first two games of what is the club's third successive group stage participation. Rangers finished third in their section two seasons ago but progressed last term in second place behind Porto, their nine-point total enabling them to finish ahead of Young Boys and Feyenoord. • Rangers were undefeated in 17 home European matches (W12 D5) until they lost 3-1 to Leverkusen in last season's round of 16 first leg. The clean sheet on Matchday 2 against Lech (1-0) is the only one in their last six UEFA fixtures at Ibrox, seven having been registered in the previous eight. They were held 2-2 by Benfica on Matchday 4. Standard • Standard were placed fifth in the 2019/20 Belgian First Division A when it was called to a halt in March. Knocked out of last season's UEFA Europa League at the group stage, they came through three qualifying rounds this season under new coach Philippe Montanier – all at home, against Bala Town (2-0), Vojvodina (2-1 aet) and Fehérvár (3-1) – to secure an eighth appearance in the competition proper. • The Liège club have competed in the UEFA Europa League group stage in six previous campaigns, but have only once made further progress, at the first attempt in 2011/12, when they reached the round of 16. They were also quarter-finalists in the inaugural 2009/10 season after switching over mid-campaign from the UEFA Champions League. Last season they finished third in Group F with eight points, behind Arsenal and Eintracht Frankfurt. • Standard have won only one of their last 19 away fixtures in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final (D5 L13), a 3-0 success at Panathinaikos in the 2016/17 group stage. Since then their record is D3 L6, including defeats this season at Benfica (0-3) and Lech (1-3). Links and trivia • Rangers' Ryan Jack and Standard's Gojko Cimirot are both one game away from making their 50th appearance in UEFA club competition. • Rangers' Borna Barišić and Standard striker Duje Čop are both Croatian internationals. • Rangers' Romanian midfielder Ianis Hagi spent the first half of 2019/20 in Belgium with Genk before joining Rangers on loan. His one game against Standard was a 1-0 defeat in Liège. 4 Rangers FC - R. Standard de Liège Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow • Roofe joined Rangers from Anderlecht in August 2020. His last goal for the Brussels side was in a 1-1 draw against Standard in December 2019. • Only one of Rangers manager Gerrard's 114 international appearances for England came against Belgium; he captained his country to a 1-0 friendly win at Wembley on 2 June 2012.