Sturm Graz 2-1 Rangers: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 2 October 2025

Result

Sturm Graz 2-1 Rangers

Europa League · Thursday 2 October 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sturm Graz 2-1 Rangers: match report

Sturm Graz beat Rangers 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 2 October 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.

Tomi Horvat opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Sturm Graz's goals came from Tomi Horvat (7') and Otar Kiteishvili (35'). Rangers scored through Djeidi Gassama (49').

Discipline: Sturm Graz received 2 yellow cards; Rangers received 2 yellow cards.

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

Sturm Graz lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Christensen of Sturm Graz (8.8), ahead of Tomi Horvat (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sturm Graz win, 0 draws and 1 for Rangers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Tomi HorvatSturm Graz · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Otar KiteishviliSturm Graz · 2-0
  • 49'Goal · Djeidi GassamaRangers · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Tim OermannSturm Graz
  • 75'Yellow card · Derek CorneliusRangers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Emir KaricSturm Graz
  • 90+5'Yellow card · John SouttarRangers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Sturm Graz 1, draws 0, Rangers 1.

Team news

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Sturm Graz line-up (4-2-3-1)

Oliver Christensen, Tim Oermann, Emanuel Aiwu, Dimitri Lavalée, Emir Karic, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Tochi Chukwuani, Tomi Horvat, Otar Kiteishvili, Belmin Beganovic, Maurice Malone

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

Jack Butland, James Tavernier, John Souttar, Derek Cornelius, Jayden Meghoma, Nicolas Raskin, Connor Barron, Oliver Antman, Thelo Aasgaard, Djeidi Gassama, Youssef Chermiti