Spartak Moskva 4-3 Rangers: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 8 November 2018

Result

Spartak Moskva 4-3 Rangers

Europa League · Thursday 8 November 2018, 17:55 UTC · half-time 2-3

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Spartak Moskva 4-3 Rangers: match report

Spartak Moskva defeated Rangers 4-3 in the Europa League on Thursday 8 November 2018. It was 2-3 at half-time.

Spartak Moskva's goals came from L. Melgarejo (22'), an own goal by Connor Goldson (35'), Luiz Adriano (58') and S. Hanni (59'). Rangers scored through an own goal by Roman Eremenko (5'), Daniel Candeias (27') and Glenn Middleton (41').

Discipline: Spartak Moskva received 5 yellow cards; Rangers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Spartak Moskva were 146th on 2 points from 3 and Rangers 4th on 21 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Spartak Moskva lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Salvatore Bocchetti of Spartak Moskva (8.1), ahead of Lorenzo Melgarejo (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Spartak Moskva wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rangers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Own goal · Roman EremenkoRangers · 0-1
  • 15'Yellow card · Ivelin PopovSpartak Moskva
  • 22'Goal · L. MelgarejoSpartak Moskva · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Daniel CandeiasRangers · 1-2
  • 28'Yellow card · Nikolay RasskazovSpartak Moskva
  • 30'Yellow card · FernandoSpartak Moskva
  • 34'Yellow card · Lassana CoulibalyRangers
  • 35'Own goal · Connor GoldsonSpartak Moskva · 2-2
  • 41'Goal · Glenn MiddletonRangers · 2-3
  • 58'Goal · Luiz AdrianoSpartak Moskva · 3-3
  • 59'Goal · S. HanniSpartak Moskva · 4-3
  • 63'Yellow card · Salvatore BocchettiSpartak Moskva
  • 76'Yellow card · L. MelgarejoSpartak Moskva
  • 78'Yellow card · Alfredo MorelosRangers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Spartak Moskva 0, draws 1, Rangers 0.

Team news

Spartak Moskva line-up (4-3-3)

Aleksandr Maksimenko, Nikolay Rasskazov, Ilya Kutepov, Salvatore Bocchetti, Lorenzo Melgarejo, R. Eremenko, Fernando, Roman Zobnin, Ivelin Popov, Luiz Adriano, Sofiane Hanni

Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)

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