§ Europa League · 2025-26 · League Stage 2

Sturm Graz 2–1 Rangers

  • Horvat 7'
  • Kiteishvili 35'
  • Gassama 49'

2 October 2025

The match in data

Sturm Graz beat Rangers 2–1 on 2 October 2025, in the 2025-26 Europa League (League Stage 2).

Player of the match: Derek Cornelius (Rangers), rated 75, thanks above all to 7 duels won and 4 aerials won. Cornelius produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.

For Sturm Graz, the highest-rated player was Jacob Peter Hödl, with 80.

75
Player of the match

Derek Cornelius

Rangers · 79'

Produced 1.13× and cost 0.22× their position's average

Added
  • 7 duels won 1.7×
  • 4 aerials won 2.7×
  • 2 tackles 1.3×
Took away
  • 5 misplaced passes 0.8×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Sturm Graz
PlayerPositionMinRating
Jacob Peter Hödl Midfielder 31 80
Otar Kiteishvili Midfielder 73 68
Tomi Horvat Midfielder 83 61
Emanuel Aiwu Defender 90 48
Dimitri Lavalée Defender 90 45
Maurice Malone Forward 73 45
Emir Karic Defender 90 44
Tochi Chukwuani Midfielder 90 36
Jon Gorenc Stankovic Midfielder 90 35
Tim Oermann Defender 73 30
Belmin Beganovic Midfielder 59 29
Oliver Christensen Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Jeyland Mitchell Defender 17 no rating
Leon Grgic Forward 17 no rating
Seedy Jatta Forward 17 no rating
Niklas Geyrhofer Defender 7 no rating
Rangers
PlayerPositionMinRating
Joe Rothwell Midfielder 21 85
Derek Cornelius ★ Defender 79 75
John Souttar Defender 90 67
James Tavernier Defender 90 61
Jayden Meghoma Defender 46 58
Connor Barron Midfielder 69 54
Oliver Antman Forward 46 54
Youssef Chermiti Forward 90 53
Bojan Miovski Forward 44 47
Djeidi Gassama Midfielder 90 45
Nicolas Raskin Midfielder 90 45
Thelo Aasgaard Midfielder 84 41
Max Aarons Defender 44 41
Jack Butland Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Mikey Moore Forward 11 no rating
Danilo Forward 6 no rating

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.