Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Rangers (agg 2-0): Match stats
Rangers have failed to win in their past three games in the Europa League, their last longer winless streak was from 11 March 2021 to 30 September 2021, a run of for games.This was James Tavernier's 63rd major European appearance for Rangers, taking him ahead of John Greig and into outright second spot and behind only Allan McGregor (78).Rangers have failed to score in their past three games in the Europa League, a run of 329 minutes without a goal.Athletic have kept a clean sheet in six of their 12 games, no team has done this more in the Europa League this season.Rangers have been eliminated at the quarter-final stage of a European campaign for the first time since the 1987-88 European Cup against FCSB (lost 3-2 on aggregate).Athletic have reached the semi-finals of a major European competition for the first time since the 2011-12 Europa League under Marcelo Bielsa.In all competitions, Rangers have gone four games without a win (D2 L2) within the same season for the first time since March 2019 (5 under Steven Gerrard).Athletic had 15 shots in the first half of this match, their most ever in the first 45 minutes of a Europa League game.
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