FT: Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
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FT: Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Rangers boss Danny Rohl tells TNT Sports: "Seven wins in a row is fantastic. We have to be hungry for more, especially looking forward to Sunday. We have to be on the front foot again.
"We gave some moments to the opponent, which I don't like. In general there's been a lot of clean sheets since I've been here and that's a good feeling."
On whether Rangers fans will see the club's new signings this weekend, Rohl adds: "Let's see."
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Well, with reports linking Findlay Curtis with a loan move to Neil McCann's Kilmarnock, what do you think Rangers should do?
His cameo tonight was bright, but starts will surely be limited for the teenager this season if he stays at Ibrox beyond January.
Thumbs up if Rangers should keep him this month, or thumbs down if it's better he goes out on loan...
FT: Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Ibrox
In Finlay Curtis, Rangers have a teenager with an abundance of talent who undoubtedly has a huge future ahead of him.
The question for Danny Rohl will be whether he allows him to leave on loan to gain valuable game time or keeps him at the club as they push for a domestic league and cup double.
Rangers will complete their Europa League campaign in Porto next week, and it may be an opportunity to give one or two more youngsters some experience of playing on the European stage and keep the core of the current team fresh for some crucial Premiership fixtures.
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Rangers midfielder Mohamed Diomande tells TNT Sports: "It's been a while since I scored so there was emotion.
On Danny Rohl: "He's very positive and pushing us very hard. We're learning form him every day.
On the Premiership title race: "We are in a good position now, we're going to go game by game. Hopefully on Sunday we get the three points."
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Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Ibrox
It may have been a narrow win over Ludogorets at a windswept and rain-soaked Ibrox, and although hopes of qualification for the knockout stages are over, this was a very positive night for Danny Rohl and his players.
The confidence that was evidently missing at the start of the campaign has returned in abundance, and at times there was a swagger about the players that certainly enthused the 37,000 fans inside the ground.
Mohamed Diomande looks as if he has once again found his form, and his link-up play with both Thelo Aasgaard and Mikey Moore brought about numerous opportunities inside the opponents’ box.
While in defence, Emmanuel Fernandez arguably had one of his best games in a Rangers shirt and, along with Nasser Djiga, was able to keep the lively Ludogorets attack at bay.
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Next up for Danny Rohl's men is a home league match against Dundee on Sunday.
With Hearts hosting Celtic at the same time, it's another potential opportunity to close the gap at the top.
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Danny Rohl embarks on a lap of the pitch as the ultras section at Ibrox belts out his name.
They're right behind this manager.
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Rangers get their first Europa League win of the season, but their hopes of progressing are over.
They kinda knew that before kick-off anyway, but Mohamed Diomande's goal extends Danny Rohl's side's winning run to seven games.
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Rangers' Jayden Meghoma fires a close-range free-kick right into the wall.
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Three minutes added.
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Ludogorets are making a late charge and Caio Vidal forces Jack Butland to tip wide of his near post.
The Rangers goalie is nowhere for the corner that then comes in, but he gets away with it. Just.
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Two fouls in the one from Nico Raskin, a late challenge while handballing. Impressive.
Into the book he goes.
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
A ball is flashed across the face of the Rangers goal, but nobody in a yellow shirt is there to convert.
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
I just typed Ludogorets out as 'Livingston'.
It's been a long day.
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Ally McCoist has just said the game's got scrappy the past five minutes.
Just the past five, Ally?
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Emmanuel Fernandez gets late with an attempted challenge and takes a yellow.
Free-kick in a dangerous spot for Ludogorets...
It's not great.
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Findlay Curtis almost finds the top-left corner with a beauty of an effort, but he's denied by a fine save.
Some strike, that.
Reo Hatate's red card proved costly for Celtic
At a glance
Reo Hatate opens scoring before being sent off for a second booking
Auston Trusty turns in at the back post to give 10 men commanding lead
Thijs Dallinga and Jonathan Rowe level the game in the second half amid a flurry of chances
Celtic still in the hunt of progression with Utrecht in their final game
Ten-man Celtic battled their way to a priceless point in Bologna to retain hopes of Europa League progression.
First-half goals from Reo Hatate and Auston Trusty either side of a red card for the former had Martin O'Neill's men 2-0 up at the break.
The hosts pinned the Scots back for most of the second half and scored through Thijs Dallinga and Jonathan Rowe.
But, the third goal never materialised and Celtic will attempt to secure their place in the knockout play-offs when they host Utrecht on the final matchday.
Bologna looked to seize the initiative early and looked comfortable on the ball before Lukasz Skorupski's moment of madness, passing the ball straight to the lurking Daizen Maeda who teed up his compatriot Hatate to send the Celtic fans wild behind the goal.
A minute later and the Pole, who has been out injured since November, made a superb save to deny Yang a quick second for the visitors who settled after the opener.
I Rossoblu slowly began to take control of the game and Callum McGregor had to look lively to block an effort from Dallinga after a Hatate error. Trusty then threw himself at the Dutch international when another opportunity presented itself shortly after.
Celtic were under severe pressure by this stage with Kasper Schmiechel producing smart saves to keep out Juan Miranda and Tommaso Pobega.
Hatate then went from hero to zero, picking up two yellow cards in the space of three minutes, first for a foul on Lewis Ferguson which had been preceded by a shirt tug, and then a cynical challenge on Miranda.
O'Neill was visibly furious on the touchline, but both decisions looked correct with the manager receiving a caution of his own.
However, despite that blow, the visitors grabbed their second six minutes later as Trusty stabbed home from a Kieran Tierney corner with the help of a crucial Arne Engels flick.
That insurance policy proved crucial as Bologna hemmed Celtic in for much of the second half with Benjamin Dominguez hitting the bar amidst a flurry of chances.
The hosts eventually found a way through with Schmeichel unable to keep out a Dallinga header just before the hour mark.
The one-way traffic continued and the excellent Rowe whistled a shot beyond a stricken Schmeichel who didn't even dive for it.
O'Neill will be delighted with the resilience shown by his team in trying circumstances but will be frustrated about what might have been had Hatate stayed on the pitch.
Having just been booked, his decision to make the second foul was akin to madness and even though Celtic scored again after that, it proved crucial to how the rest of the match panned out.
However, those who remained on the pitch didn't let O'Neill down with Schmeichel making some crucial stops and his outfield players putting their bodies on the line for the cause.
The bottom line is that Celtic remain in the hunt for a place in the knockouts with a home game against Utrecht, 10th in the Dutch top flight, on the final matchday.
Celtic boss Martin O'Neill: "The sending off had a major effect on the game. I thought we played brilliantly, got the goal and looked a really decent outfit - played some really great stuff.
"I've seen the sending off back. Reo has caught the lad's foot and maybe he should be a bit more careful having been booked. Even so, I thought it was pretty harsh and it put us on the back foot.
"We spend all the second half defending. I thought the spirit they showed, the willingness to get blocks in and defend the penalty box was really splendid.
Next up for Celtic is a trip to Premiership leaders Hearts in what is their biggest game of the league season so far on Sunday (15:00 GMT).
Bologna are unbeaten across their last six matches in major European competition (W3 D3), their longest run since a seven-match streak between November 1968 and October 1971 (W1 D6).
Celtic have now failed to win any of their last four away matches in major European competition in which they've gone 2-0 up, drawing 2-2 with Lille in October 2020 and 2-2 with Bologna tonight and losing to 4-2 Milan in December 2020 and 4-3 to Real Betis in September 2021.
Bologna attempted 36 shots in total in this match, the joint second-most by any side in a Europa League game, behind only Wolfsburg vs Everton in November 2014 (39).
Reo Hatate is just the third Japanese player to record 3+ goals in a Europa League season, after Takumi Minamino for FC RB Salzburg in 2018-19 (4) and Daichi Kamada in 2019-20 (6) and 2021-22 (5) for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Throughout 2025-26, Celtic's Daizen Maeda has recorded eight assists across all competitions – the most of any Scottish Premiership player.
In what was Celtic's 332nd match in major European competition, Reo Hatate became the first player to both score and receive a red card in the same game for the Scottish side.
In this match, Bologna captain Lewis Ferguson became the first Scottish player to play for a non-Scottish side against a Scottish team in the Europa League.
Callum McGregor made his 65th start in major European football for Celtic tonight, with only Billy McNeill making more for the club (69).
After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 18 |
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| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
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3 Freiburg | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
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4 Midtjylland | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
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5 Sporting Braga | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
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| 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
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7 Ferencváros | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
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| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
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9 Porto | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
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10 Genk | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
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11 Red Star Belgrade | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
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12 PAOK | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
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13 Stuttgart | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
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14 Celta Vigo | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
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15 Bologna | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
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| 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
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17 Viktoria Plzeň | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
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18 Fenerbahçe | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
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19 Panathinaikos | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
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20 Dinamo Zagreb | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 10 |
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| 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
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22 Brann | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 9 |
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23 Young Boys | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 9 |
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| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 8 |
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25 Ludogorets Razgrad | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 7 |
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26 Feyenoord | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 6 |
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27 Basel | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 6 |
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28 Red Bull Salzburg | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 6 |
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29 FCSB | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 6 |
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30 Go Ahead Eagles | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 6 |
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| 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
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32 Sturm Graz | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
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| 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 3 |
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34 Utrecht | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 1 |
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35 Malmö FF | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 1 |
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36 Maccabi Tel Aviv | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 19 | -17 | 1 |
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Manager:Vincenzo Italiano
Formation:4 - 3 - 3
Manager:Martin O'Neill
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Bologna and Celtic have never previously faced – the Italian side’s only previous experience facing a Scottish team was in the 1990-91 UEFA Cup against Heart of Midlothian, progressing 4-3 on aggregate (lost 3-1 away, won 3-0 home).
Celtic have managed one win in 16 attempts in major European competition away in Italy (D4 L11), beating Lazio 2-1 in November 2019 in the UEFA Europa League.
Bologna have won their last two UEFA Europa League games but haven’t won more consecutively in major European competition since a run of five wins in the 1998-99 UEFA Cup.
Following a 3-1 win at Feyenoord in their last away UEFA Europa League game, Celtic are looking to win consecutive away games in major European competition for the first time since April 2003.
Bologna’s Federico Bernardeschi has scored in each of his last two UEFA Europa League appearances (three goals). The last Bologna player to score in three major European appearances in a row was Giuseppe Signori in the 1998-99 UEFA Cup.
