Rangers 0-1 Benfica
Key numbers
- Possession 59% – 41%
- Shots 12 (3 on target) – 14 (4)
- Decisive moment: 66' Rafa Silva, FN xPts +1.2
HT 0:0
Rafa Silva 66'
Benfica won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.65–1.61).
Player of the matchJames TavernierDecisive moment66' Rafa Silva+1.2
Player of the match
James Tavernier Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.0 (Dominant)
Game state
Rangers ahead 0 min · level 66 min · Benfica ahead 24 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
66'
Rafa Silva
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Ángel Di María +0.4
+1.2
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Rangers, Benfica is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
RangersBenfica
59%Possession41%
0.65Expected goals (xG)1.61
0.05xG per shot0.12
12Shots14
3Shots on target4
25%Shots on target %29%
7Shots in box6
585Passes418
84%Pass accuracy81%
8Corners6
3Saves3
8Fouls4
1Yellow cards1
1Offsides3
Compared with usual
Rangers
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 0.65 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.61 | 1.5 | |
| Shots | 12 | 13.6 | |
| On target | 3 | 5.1 | |
| Shots faced | 14 | 14.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.05 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 59% | 47.6% | |
| Passes | 585 | 403.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 74.7% | |
| Corners | 8 | 5 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 12.9 |
Benfica
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.6 | |
| xG | 1.61 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.65 | 2.2 | |
| Shots | 14 | 14.4 | |
| On target | 4 | 4.2 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 14.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 41% | 52.3% | |
| Passes | 418 | 490.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 81.9% | |
| Corners | 6 | 5.2 | |
| Fouls | 4 | 7.9 | low |
Timeline
- 46' Sub Marcos Leonardo → Casper Tengstedt
- 55' Yellow Connor Goldson
- 65' Sub David Neres → Orkun Kökçü
- 66' Goal Rafa Silva competition goal #1 assist Ángel Di María
- 69' VAR Rafa Silva
- 73' Sub Scott Wright → Rabbi Matondo
- 73' Sub Tom Lawrence → Todd Cantwell
- 77' Sub Cyriel Dessers → Kemar Roofe
- 85' Sub Mohammed Diomande → Nicolas Raskin
- 90' Sub Ángel Di María → João Mário
- 90+2' Sub Rafa Silva → Tiago Gouveia
- 90+5' Yellow Casper Tengstedt
Category leaders
- Key passesJames Tavernier4
- Duels wonJoão Neves14/16
- DribblesScott Wright3/5
- Defensive actionsJames Tavernier8
- Fouls wonJoão Neves4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.