Rangers vs Braga Preview

Rangers host Braga at Ibrox Stadium on Thursday, November 27th for a Europa League encounter between two sides showing identical recent form. The Gers enter this fixture having won their most recent match 2-1 at home to Livingston. Prior to that, they secured a 3-0 away victory at Dundee, while earlier they lost 2-0 at home to AS Roma in Europa League action. Before that, they suffered a 3-1 loss away at Celtic in the Scottish League Cup. They also beat Hibernian 1-0 away, giving them three wins and two losses across their last five fixtures, demonstrating a mixed bag of results across domestic and European competitions.

Braga arrive at Ibrox having won their most recent match 4-2 at home to C.D. Nacional in the Taca de Portugal. Prior to that, they secured a 2-1 home victory over Moreirense in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, while earlier they lost 4-3 away at Racing Genk in Europa League competition. Before that, they suffered a 2-1 loss at home to FC Porto in league action. They also beat Casa Pia 4-0 at home, giving them three wins and two losses across their last five matches, mirroring Rangers’ recent record of inconsistency.

The head-to-head record strongly favours Rangers, who have won three of the four previous meetings with one Braga victory. Most recently, Rangers won 3-1 at home in April 2022, while Braga claimed a 1-0 home win in the previous encounter in April 2022.

Fans worldwide can watch this encounter live, with discovery+ and TNT Sports 3 providing coverage in the UK and Ireland. German viewers can tune in via RTL+, while Spanish audiences have access through Movistar+ and Movistar Liga de Campeones 4. American fans can watch on Paramount+, with the 20:00 GMT kick-off translating to 21:00 CET across mainland Europe.

Injured Players:

Rangers: Dujon Sterling (Out), Mohamed Diomande (Out)

Braga: Vítor Carvalho (Out)

Rangers have two players ruled out, weakening their squad depth. Braga are in better shape with just one absence, giving them a slight advantage in terms of available personnel for this encounter.

Possible Line-Ups:

Rangers (4-2-3-1)

Butland, Tavernier, Antman, Barron, Djiga, Aasgaard, Danilo, Fernandez, Raskin, Meghoma, Gassama

Braga (3-4-3)

Hornicek, Lelo, Arrey-Mbi, Moutinho, Lagerbielke, Ouazzani, Gorby, Zalazar, Gómez, Horta, Martínez

Rangers – Last Five Games:

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Rangers	2-1	Livingston	Scottish Premiership	Nov 22, 2025
✅	Dundee	0-3	Rangers	Scottish Premiership	Nov 9, 2025
❌	Rangers	0-2	AS Roma	Europa League	Nov 6, 2025
❌	Celtic	3-1	Rangers	Scottish League Cup	Nov 2, 2025
✅	Hibernian	0-1	Rangers	Scottish Premiership	Oct 29, 2025

Braga – Last Five Games:

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Braga	4-2	C.D. Nacional	Taca de Portugal	Nov 23, 2025
✅	Braga	2-1	Moreirense	Portuguese Primeira Liga	Nov 9, 2025
❌	Braga	3-4	Racing Genk	Europa League	Nov 6, 2025
❌	FC Porto	2-1	Braga	Portuguese Primeira Liga	Nov 2, 2025
✅	Braga	4-0	Casa Pia	Portuguese Primeira Liga	Oct 26, 2025

Head to Head:

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Rangers	3-1	Braga	Europa League	Apr 14, 2022
Braga	1-0	Rangers	Europa League	Apr 7, 2022
Braga	0-1	Rangers	Europa League	Feb 26, 2020
Rangers	3-2	Braga	Europa League	Feb 20, 2020

TV Listings / Streaming:

Country	Broadcaster
Great Britain	discovery+, discovery+ App, TNT Sports 3
Ireland Republic	discovery+, discovery+ App, TNT Sports 3
Germany	RTL+
Spain	Movistar+, Movistar Liga de Campeones 4
USA	Paramount+
Portugal	DAZN Portugal, DAZN Eleven 1 Portugal
Austria	RTL+, Sky Go Austria, Sky Sport Austria 5, Sky Sport Austria 1
Italy	TV8
Netherlands	Ziggo Sport 5
Australia	Stan Sport