Rangers 1-4 Lyon: Match stats

Rangers have shipped four goals at home in the Europa League/UEFA Cup for the first time ever and for only the third time overall (0-5 away to FC Cologne in 1982 and 3-4 away to Spartak Moscow in 2018).

Malick Martin Fofana scored after nine minutes and three seconds, the fastest goal for Lyon in the Europa League this season.

Tom Lawrence has scored four goals in 11 appearances for Rangers in all competitions this season, already one more than his tally in the whole of last term (three in 32 appearances).

Lyon netted four goals on the road in the Europa League/UEFA Cup for the sixth time, and the first since a 4-3 win at Sparta Prague in October 2021.

Lyon attacker Rayan Cherki has been involved in six goals in just five starts in the Europa League (three goals, three assists), setting up both Malick Fofana goals against Rangers.

Rangers’ James Tavernier made his 49th appearance in the Europa League, now the outright most of any English player, one more than Chris Smalling.