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Rangers 1-1 Braga A late, late, late corner for Rangers. Can they find something? Rangers 1-1 Braga Mohamed Diomande is off for a second yellow after catching Víctor Gomez with his arm/elbow while attempting to challenge for a high ball. Harsh? Hmm, maybe. Rangers 1-1 Braga A Rangers corner comes into the box of 10-man Braga and Emmanuel Fernandez makes contact, but it's easy for Lukas Hornicek. Rangers 1-1 Braga Six minutes added. Feels like Rangers' Europa League hopes are on the line here. Rangers 1-1 Braga More woeful defending from Rangers' centre-halves and Amine El Ouazzani's fierce finish is tipped round the near post. The corner comes in and Jack Butland spills it before being forced into a stop by Victor Gomez. Dearie me. Rangers 1-1 Braga Andy Halliday Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound I'm not too surprised to see Oliver Antman. I think Rangers have struggled with natural width on that left-hand side all night. The only surprise for me is that it's taken this long in a game Rangers really have to win to give themselves any chance of reaching the next round. Rangers 1-1 Braga Youssef Chermiti's night is over. He's off for Oliver Antman and Jayden Meghoma is also on. Max Aarons makes way, too. Rangers 1-1 Braga Ten-man Braga might fancy this, y'know. They have a free-kick in a wide position but Rangers clear. Eighty-six on the clock. Rangers 1-1 Braga Mohamed Diomande turns on the edge of the box, making a yard for himself, but slips when attempting to burst the net. More frustration for Rangers. Rangers 1-1 Braga Catching a replay, it's Bojan Miovski who leans into ball. The question is whether it's below the T-shirt line. No penalty, say VAR. Ooft, that was close. Rangers 1-1 Braga Braga are screaming for a penalty for handball after a period of pressure in the Rangers half. The referee waves play on but VAR will have a look. Aberdeen 1-1 Noah Another chance goes begging for Aberdeen. Jesper Karlsson takes a superb touch on the edge of the box and squares for Marko Lazetic. The big striker is croded out but lays it back to Nicky Devlin, but he can only curl wide. Rangers 1-1 Braga An attacking Rangers switch sees Bojan Miovski replace Connor Barron. Rangers 1-1 Braga Braga have had one shot this half. And it was that goal Rangers gifted them. Danny Rohl will be fuming. Rangers 1-1 Braga Martin Dowden BBC Sport Scotland at Ibrox Just when you think things are going Rangers' way, that. It's an awful decision from Nasser Djiga to head that in the way he did with James Tavernier tucked in behind. There was no sign of Braga battling back into this after the red card. Rangers will absolutely kick themselves if they don't win this. Defensively, there's so much room for improvement. Rangers 1-1 Braga In the aftermath of that Braga goal, Thelo Aasgaard came on for Danilo for Rangers. Here comes a ball into the away box and Nico Raskin is up to win it, but it's claimed at the near post. Rangers 1-1 Braga Nasser Djiga comes close to redeeming himself instantly up the other end, nodding just wide of the far post from a Rangers corner. Should probably work the keeper. Rangers 1-1 Braga Andy Halliday Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound I think one of the biggest criticisms you've got is that mental side. It just seems as if there's these lapses of concentration. It's just a nothing ball into the box. There's no striker or no Braga opponent anywhere near Djiga. Completely misjudges the flight of the ball. Braga back into this game out of absolutely nothing. Aberdeen 1-1 Noah So close to a second for Aberdeen! Jesper Karlsson slips the ball through to Nicolas Milanovic, only just on as a sub, but he slams it into the side netting only. Has to hit the target. Gabri Martinez That's absolutely terrible from the Rangers defence. A simple ball from Braga is looped in and Nasser Djiga's feeble header falls for Gabri Martínez to turn in a leveller for the 10-man visitors. At a glance Rangers earn first Europa League point in fifth game James Tavernier penalty opens scoring & Braga reduced to 10 men with Rodrigo Zalazar red card But Portuguese capitalise on Nasser Djiga mistake to earn draw through Gabriel Martinez goal Mohamed Diomande also sent off in added time for second yellow card Rangers earned the first point of their Europa League campaign but will rue a missed opportunity after Nasser Djiga's error denied them victory over 10-man Braga. James Tavernier's first-half injury-time penalty earned the Scottish Premiership side an advantage​, one that was compounded by Rodrigo Zalazar's red card after he made to headbutt Nicolas Raskin. However, Djiga's panicked header from a throw into the Rangers box fell perfectly for Gabri Martinez to equalise as Danny Rohl's side were denied a crucial win. The draw ends a record seven-game European losing streak but with away games against Ferencvaros and Porto, either side of the visit of Ludogorets, progression would seem a long-shot for a side who have just one point from five fixtures. A late injury-time dismissal for Mohamed Diomande - a second yellow card for throwing an arm in a challenge - only added to Rangers' frustration. Tavernier defiant but are players good enough to take Rangers forward? Rangers' Raskin felt unfairly portrayed under Martin Latest Rangers news, analysis and fan views Rangers came into this after suffering four defeats in a row in this competition, with victory vital to reignite European aspirations. Early on, Braga looked every inch a side with nine points from their opening four games and sitting pretty in the table. They brought confidence having already defeated Celtic in Glasgow earlier in this competition. Twice Jack Butland did superbly to deny Ricardo Horta, first with a stretching low save and then to block when the striker raced in on goal. The opening half hour brought no shots on goal for Rangers but, gradually, they began to exert some influence in the final third. Danilo weakly shot at the goalkeeper after Diomande played him in. Djeidi Gassama then appeared to be touched by Martinez in the box and went to ground. Nothing was given but the crowd anticipated something was coming. The opportunity arrived when Fran Navarro's outstretched arm connected with the ball in the area and the video assistant referee (VAR) intervened and Tavernier did the rest from the penalty spot. In doing so, he equalled former Rangers striker Ally Mc Coist's European goal mark of 21. It got better for the Ibrox side when red mist descended on Zalazar. He nodded toward Raskin, connected faintly, and was ordered off after VAR got involved. A badly-needed Europa League lifeline looked odds on, until Djiga gifted Braga a leveller. From a throw in, he appeared to panic and flicked his header towards Martinez, who atoned for his earlier penalty concession by tapping home and leaving his side seventh in the standings, with Rangers 33rd of the 36 teams. What an enormous disappointment for Rangers and their fans this turned into. With no points, four defeats and that long European losing streak coming into this, this game felt like a must-win to maintain any hope of going further. Many fans spoke pre-match of the Premiership being the priority and it looks like the focus may well switch to just that now. Braga, with nine points to their name before this, knew the outcome here wasn't vital to their chances. The pressure was off to an extent. They showed their quality at times and exploited Rangers' frailty in defence on more than once occasion. However, Rangers found themselves in pole position a goal and man up. Everything had fallen perfectly into place for them go on and get a much-needed win. So to throw it away so needlessly will undoubtedly hurt. Djiga looked to have lost the flight of the ball and panicked. His header gifted Braga that goal. Rangers have clear injury issues at centre back, with John Souttar and Derek Cornelius out, but it's been a recurring problem this season. It undermined them once again, just when it looked like a European boost was on the cards. This video can not be played 'First time I felt Rangers competitive in Europe' - Rohl Rangers head coach Danny Rohl: "I think it's disappointing but I look at the first 60 minutes. It was the first time I felt my team has been competitive in Europe. "I think it's a step forward. But in the end we have to win and close the gaps. "In the second half I felt we controlled the game. And then it's one moment, we made one mistake and conceded a goal. "This goal looks very cheap. I'm not looking for excuses in this case. I know in the second half the wind gave a lot of problems. We have to improve to play 90 minutes at our highest level. "Today I really see the progress in our team performance. There is no question mark that it goes in the right direction. " Rangers have failed to win any of their last four home European games (D1 L3 inc qualifiers). They last endured a longer run at Ibrox between October 2010 and August 2011 (six games). Tavernier struck his 12th goal for Rangers across major European competition, joining Ally Mc Coist as the club's joint-third all-time top goalscorer. Only Bruno Fernandes (12) has scored more penalties (excluding shootouts) across Europa League history than Tavernier (8). The Englishman has an 88. 9% conversion rate from the spot in this competition. Gabri Martinez netted the second European goal of his career - both have come in this season's Europa League away to Scottish sides after he scored against Celtic in October. Rangers return to Scottish Premiership action on Sunday when they host Falkirk at Ibrox (14: 00 GMT). Their next Europa League outing is away to Ferencvaros on Thursday 11 December (17: 45). After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Last Updated 27th November 2025 at 22: 07 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Danny Röhl Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Carlos Vicens Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Danny Röhl Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Carlos Vicens Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 UEFA Europa League All competitions All competitions All competitions Rangers have won three of their four previous European meetings with Sporting Braga (L1), with all four matches coming in the UEFA Europa League in 2019-20 and 2021-22. In all European competitions, Sporting Braga have lost four of their five away matches against Scottish opponents (W1), though their one win came against Celtic earlier this season in the UEFA Europa League. They could be the first team to win away at both Rangers and Celtic in a single European campaign. Rangers have lost their last seven European matches, their worst ever losing run in European competition (including qualifiers). The only Scottish team to lose more in a row were Motherwell between 2010 and 2013 (8 in a row). Sporting Braga have scored 22 goals in 10 European matches this season (inc. qualifiers), including three in a 4-3 defeat on MD4 to Genk. Only in 2019-20 (27) have they scored more goals in a single European campaign. Sporting Braga's Ricardo Horta has more assists than any other player in this season's UEFA Europa League (3), assisting those goals in his last two appearances. He has also created the joint most chances (12) of any player. Copyright © 2025 BBC. 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