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- Competition: Europa League
- Date: 11th December 2025
- Kick-off: 17:45 UK / 18:45 CET
- Venue: Groupama Arena
Ferencvaros go into Thursday chasing a fourth win in a row, and although that sounds ambitious, it feels within reach considering how steady things have looked at home. The league table in Hungary sums it up well. The Green Eagles sit comfortably at the top and you can sense a bit of calm confidence around the squad. Rangers arrive from a more turbulent place, stuck in fourth in Scotland and struggling to put together convincing European performances. Oddsmakers are siding with the hosts and, even if odds can sometimes exaggerate things, it is hard to argue too strongly against that view right now.
H2H stats
There is a bit of history here, though it sits in the dusty part of the record books. The clubs only met once, back in 1960 when the old European Cup still felt new. Rangers won both legs in that tie, first a 4–2 game in Glasgow and then a tighter 2–1 win in Budapest.
Ferencvaros team overview
Ferencvaros hit a short dip at the end of November. Robbie Keane’s side lost 3–1 to Nyiregyhaza and then had a frustrating draw with Fenerbahce, and for a few days it looked like their balance had shifted.
The response was sharp. The Green Eagles rattled off three straight wins, two of them with clean sheets, and their European form has been almost as steady.
Keane’s side remain unbeaten in Europe this season and their home form add another layer of optimism as they boast five victories from their last six.
Barnabás Varga, who leads their scoring in Europe with three goals, should return to work alongside Bamidele Yusuf. The only drawback is the injury list. Krisztián Lisztes and Stefan Gartenmann will not recover in time, which forces Keane to reshuffle his midfield and back line a little more than he would prefer.
Last matches of
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Ferencvarosi TC
3 : 0
Varda SE
NB I
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Varda SE
0 : 1
Ferencvarosi TC
NB I
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Puskas
1 : 2
Ferencvarosi TC
NB I
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Fenerbahce
1 : 1
Ferencvarosi TC
Europa League
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Ferencvarosi TC
1 : 3
Nyíregyháza Spartacus
NB I
lineup
Goalkeeper
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90
Dénes Dibusz
Defenders
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22
Gábor Szalai
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28
Toon Raemaekers
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27
Ibrahim Cissé
Midfielders
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20
Cadu
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16
Kristoffer Zachariassen
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5
Naby Keïta
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36
Gavriel Kanichowsky
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25
Cebrail Makreckis
Forwards
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11
Bamidele Yusuf
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19
Barnabás Varga
Rangers team overview
Rangers arrive on a six-match unbeaten run, which looks tidy at first glance. The story changes a bit once you separate domestic matches from the European ones. Röhl’s side managed three clean sheets in Scotland during that stretch, yet the Europa League continues to expose their defensive gaps.
The Scottish club have taken only a single point from six group-stage fixtures and lost four of those matches. Even worse, all their last four European away trips ended in defeat, which does not exactly calm supporters looking ahead to another difficult night.
Their two goals in the competition have come from Djeidi Gassama and Nicolas Raskin, so both should continue in the starting lineup. Mohamed Diomande begins his suspension after the straight red last time out. Derek Cornelius and John Souttar remain unavailable with muscle injuries, while Oliver Antman and Bailey Rice continue also their recoveries.
Last matches of
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Kilmarnock
0 : 3
Rangers FC
Premiership
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Dundee United
2 : 2
Rangers FC
Premiership
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Rangers FC
0 : 0
Falkirk
Premiership
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Rangers FC
1 : 1
Braga
Europa League
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Rangers FC
2 : 1
Livingston
Premiership
lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Jack Butland
Defenders
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2
James Tavernier
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37
Emmanuel Fernandez
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24
Nasser Djiga
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3
Max Aarons
Midfielders
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11
Thelo Aasgaard
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8
Connor Barron
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43
Nicolas Raskin
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23
Djeidi Gassama
Forwards
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99
Danilo
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9
Youssef Chermiti
Prediction
Ferencvaros seem to hold the stronger hand right now, especially with five wins from their last six European games at home. Röhl’s side, by contrast, are still searching for their first European clean sheet and have lost four straight matches on the road in this competition. Given the form lines and a bit of recent sloppiness in both defences, a tight 2–1 home win feels like the most realistic outcome.
Three reasons we expect at least three goals in this game
- Ferencvaros have seen four goals or more in three of their last five European home matches.
- Seven of Rangers’ previous nine European away games ended with over 2.5 goals.
- Four of the last six Rangers fixtures have produced three or more goals.
Main prediction -
Over 2.5 goals
Best Odds:
vs standings in Europa League
| League Stage | P | W | D | L |
G - A
|
GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympique Lyonnais | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 - 2 | +9 | 12 |
| 2 | FC Midtjylland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 - 5 | +7 | 12 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 - 3 | +5 | 12 |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 - 3 | +5 | 11 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 - 3 | +5 | 11 |
| 6 | Ferencvárosi | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 - 5 | +4 | 11 |
| 7 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 - 5 | +4 | 10 |
| 8 | Porto | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 - 4 | +3 | 10 |
| 9 | Genk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 - 5 | +2 | 10 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 - 7 | +4 | 9 |
| 11 | LOSC Lille | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 - 6 | +4 | 9 |
| 12 | VfB Stuttgart | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 - 4 | +4 | 9 |
| 13 | Viktoria Plzeň | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 - 2 | +4 | 9 |
| 14 | Panathinaikos | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 - 7 | +2 | 9 |
| 15 | Roma | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 - 5 | +2 | 9 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 - 5 | +4 | 8 |
| 17 | PAOK | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 - 7 | +3 | 8 |
| 18 | Bologna | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 - 4 | +3 | 8 |
| 19 | Brann | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 - 3 | +3 | 8 |
| 20 | Fenerbahçe | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 - 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | Celtic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 - 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 22 | Crvena Zvezda | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 - 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 23 | Dinamo Zagreb | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 - 10 | -3 | 7 |
| 24 | Basel | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 - 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 25 | Ludogorets | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 - 11 | -3 | 6 |
| 26 | Young Boys | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 - 12 | -5 | 6 |
| 27 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 - 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 28 | Sturm Graz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 - 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 29 | Salzburg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 - 10 | -5 | 3 |
| 30 | Feyenoord | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 - 9 | -5 | 3 |
| 31 | FCSB | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 - 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 32 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 - 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 33 | Rangers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 - 9 | -7 | 1 |
| 34 | Malmö FF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 - 10 | -8 | 1 |
| 35 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 - 14 | -13 | 1 |
| 36 | Nice | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 - 12 | -8 | 0 |