Rangers 3-1 Maribor: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 9 August 2018

Result

Rangers 3-1 Maribor

Europa League · Thursday 9 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Rangers · Maribor · Europa League predictions

Rangers 3-1 Maribor: match report

Rangers won against Maribor 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 9 August 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Alfredo Morelos opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rangers's goals came from Alfredo Morelos (6'), James Tavernier (50', penalty) and Lassana Coulibaly (86'). Maribor scored through Mitja Viler (40').

Discipline: Rangers received 2 yellow cards; Maribor received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rangers were 23rd on 8 points from 4 and Maribor 8th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Rangers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Maribor in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rangers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Maribor.

Going into the match Rangers's last five read D-W-D-W and Maribor's W-D-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Alfredo MorelosRangers · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Jon FlanaganRangers
  • 40'Goal · Mitja VilerMaribor · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · S. IvkovićMaribor
  • 50'Penalty goal · James TavernierRangers · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Ovie EjariaRangers
  • 85'Yellow card · Marko SulerMaribor
  • 86'Goal · Lassana CoulibalyRangers · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Rangers 2, draws 1, Maribor 1.

Team news

Rangers line-up (4-3-3)

Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Jon Flanagan, Nikola Katic, Ovie Ejaria, Daniel Candeias, Lassana Coulibaly, Ryan Kent, Scott Arfield, Alfredo Morelos

Maribor line-up (4-4-2)

Jasmin Handanović, Denis Klinar, Marko Šuler, Mitja Viler, Sasa Ivkovic, Blaž Vrhovec, Aleks Pihler, Amir Dervišević, Marcos Tavares, Luka Zahovic, Gregor Bajde