Rangers 1-1 Sporting CP: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 17 February 2011

Result

Rangers 1-1 Sporting CP

Europa League · Thursday 17 February 2011, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rangers 1-1 Sporting CP: match report

Rangers drew with Sporting CP 1-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 17 February 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Steven Whittaker opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Rangers's goal came from Steven Whittaker (66'). Sporting CP scored through Matías Fernández (89').

Discipline: Rangers received 4 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Rangers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sporting CP in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rangers win, 1 draw and 0 for Sporting CP.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Madjid BougherraRangers
  • 45+1'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufRangers
  • 50'Yellow card · Yannick DjalóSporting CP
  • 62'Yellow card · Daniel CarriçoSporting CP
  • 66'Goal · Steven WhittakerRangers · 1-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Vladimir WeissRangers
  • 82'Yellow card · Kyle LaffertyRangers
  • 89'Goal · Matías FernándezSporting CP · 1-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Rangers 1, draws 1, Sporting CP 0.

Team news

Rangers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Allan McGregor, Sasa Papac, Richard Foster, Steven Whittaker, Maurice Edu, Steven Davis, Kyle Lafferty, El-Hadji Diouf, Vladimír Weiss, David Weir, Madjid Bougherra

Sporting CP line-up (4-3-3)

Rui Patrício, Ânderson Polga, Evaldo, João Pereira, Pedro Mendes, Maniche, Alberto Zapater, Cristiano, Yannick Djaló, Helder Postiga, Daniel Carriço