Match Report
| Rangers | Rangers |  |  | Airdrieonians | Airdrieonians | ||||||||||||||||
| Mitchell Green | Mitchell Green | manager | James Smith | James Smith | |||||||||||||||||
| Eben Gargo | E. Gargo |  | 79 | G |  | 1 | | G | 80 |  | D. Santos Dunga | D. Dunga | |||||||||
| Garry Elliott | G. Elliott |  | 71 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 77 |  | Luc Scifo | L. Scifo | |||||||||
| Khalid Sinouh | K. Sinouh |  | 80 | D | | 3 | | D | 81 |  | Ricardo Burgos | R. Burgos | |||||||||
| Guy Grun | G. Grun | | 80 | D | | 4 | | D | 79 |  | Justin Cox | J. Cox | |||||||||
| Sebastian Cuellar | S. Cuellar |  | 77 | M | | 5 | | M | 80 |  | Ivan Seric | I. Seric | |||||||||
| Ruuben Hyypia | R. Hyypia |  | 75 | M | | 6 | | M | 81 |  | Samuel Ndiefi | S. Ndiefi | |||||||||
| Leandro Avalos | L. Avalos | | 71 | M | | 7 | | M | 79 | | Matthew Edusei | M. Edusei | |||||||||
| Giorgio Suker | G. Suker | | 75 | M | | 8 | | M | 79 |  | Raphael Hafner | R. Hafner | |||||||||
| Marc Hyldgaard | M. Hyldgaard |  | 83 | A | | 9 | | A | 84 | | Philippe Jurion | P. Jurion | |||||||||
| Luigi Coppens | L. Coppens | | 76 | A | | 10 | | A | 83 |  | Halim Boumedienne | H. Boumedienne | |||||||||
| Stavros Vellidis | S. Vellidis |  | 78 | A | | 11 | | A | 80 | | Stephan Nyarko | S. Nyarko | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Ibrox where Rangers play host to Airdrieonians. Its a sell-out today with the 21,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Both Rangers and Airdrieonians are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Both Rangers and Airdrieonians are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Airdrieonians kick off!
2.56
0-0Garry Elliott deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Sebastian Cuellar. Sebastian Cuellar passes the ball forward to Luigi Coppens. Luigi Coppens knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to D. Santos Dunga who gathers it comfortably.
6.11
0-0Ivan Seric controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Philippe Jurion. Philippe Jurion whips in a cross ball towards Halim Boumedienne. Halim Boumedienne flicks the ball with his head. Eben Gargo easily smothers it.
9.02
0-0Giorgio Suker deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Luigi Coppens. Luigi Coppens knocks in a cross ball towards Stavros Vellidis. Stavros Vellidis heads the ball goalwards but it curls horrendously wide!
10.40
Matthew Edusei controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Halim Boumedienne. Halim Boumedienne shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
15.57
0-1Raphael Hafner controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Halim Boumedienne. Halim Boumedienne makes a simple pass to Philippe Jurion. Philippe Jurion cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
24.43
Justin Cox makes a beautiful solo run. Justin Cox deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Stephan Nyarko. Stephan Nyarko shoots from outside the area. Eben Gargo easily smothers it.
26.48
Luc Scifo makes a simple pass to Samuel Ndiefi. Samuel Ndiefi knocks the ball forward to Philippe Jurion. Philippe Jurion shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
39.37
Ruuben Hyypia knocks the ball to his team mate, Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
40.13
Ivan Seric decides to run forward with the ball. Ivan Seric tries a spectacular long range effort but it goes wide for a goal kick.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
The whistle blows and Rangers get the second half underway!
51.16
Guy Grun chips the ball to his team mate, Sebastian Cuellar. Sebastian Cuellar controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard shoots from long range. It's miles wide!
54.00
Justin Cox surges forward with the ball. Justin Cox makes a probing pass to Stephan Nyarko. Stephan Nyarko knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Guy Grun.
57.13
0-1Airdrieonians are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
59.13
Justin Cox knocks the ball forward to Matthew Edusei. Matthew Edusei passes the ball forward to Philippe Jurion. Philippe Jurion knocks in a cross ball towards Halim Boumedienne. Halim Boumedienne powers a header at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
63.11
Samuel Ndiefi threads the ball through to Stephan Nyarko. Stephan Nyarko knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
66.11
0-2Guy Grun hacks Halim Boumedienne from behind! The referee calls over Guy Grun and warns him to calm down! Halim Boumedienne stretches but gets up unharmed.
67.15
Ruuben Hyypia makes a probing pass to Luigi Coppens. Luigi Coppens whips in a cross ball towards Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard directs the ball goalwards with his head but it is tipped over by D. Santos Dunga.
69.13
Garry Elliott deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Giorgio Suker. Giorgio Suker flicks the ball to his team mate, Luigi Coppens. Luigi Coppens controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
72.43
Guy Grun passes the ball forward to Ruuben Hyypia. Ruuben Hyypia threads the ball through to Stavros Vellidis. Stavros Vellidis finds some space and shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
75.39
Luc Scifo sees space and advances. Luc Scifo knocks the ball forward to Stephan Nyarko. Stephan Nyarko knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Eben Gargo who gathers it comfortably.
77.55
Luc Scifo makes a probing pass to Ivan Seric. Ivan Seric knocks the ball to his team mate, Halim Boumedienne. Halim Boumedienne knocks in a cross ball towards Philippe Jurion. Philippe Jurion directs the ball goalwards with his head. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
81.19
Samuel Ndiefi threads the ball through to Philippe Jurion. Philippe Jurion controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It curls slightly but Eben Gargo manages to gather it comfortably.
87.07
Leandro Avalos controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Luigi Coppens. Luigi Coppens lofts in a cross ball towards Stavros Vellidis. Stavros Vellidis is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but somehow D. Santos Dunga manages to keep it out.
89.35
Giorgio Suker surges forward with the ball. Giorgio Suker lofts in a cross ball towards Stavros Vellidis. Stavros Vellidis is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. D. Santos Dunga easily smothers it.
90.00
Matthew Edusei deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Philippe Jurion. Philippe Jurion knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Garry Elliott.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
Goals
Shots on Target
Shots off Target
Offsides
Fouls
Yellow Cards
Red Cards
Possession
Play Area
Scorers
| Philippe Jurion 16, 78 Halim Boumedienne 59 |