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Rangers vs Benfica: TV channel, kick-off time, team news, referee & VAR

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The anticipation is building as a boisterous Ibrox awaits for Rangers and Benfica in Glasgow this evening.

The pair do battle in Govan in the second leg of their Europa League last 16 tie and a place in the quarter-finals is the prize for the winner.

The score is locked at 2-2 from the first leg as Rangers were twice pegged back by the Portuguese giants in Lisbon.

Tom Lawrence and Dujon Sterling were the scorers but a wrongly-awarded penalty and a Connor Goldson own goal have Benfica right in this tie.

Rangers have to be slight favourites going into this one because we know how important the Ibrox home crowd can be in getting the team over the line in huge Europa League games.

Below, Rangers News provide you with everything there is to know about the crucial second leg tie against Benfica including how to watch on TV, the latest team news, an injury round-up plus the appointed officials.

Mohamed Diomand (L) Fabio Silva (L2) of Rangers, Joao Neves
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Rangers vs Benfica kick-off time

With the tie locked at 2-2, Rangers host Benfica at Ibrox on Thursday, March 14. The Europa League last 16 second leg clash will kick-off at 5:45pm.

Rangers vs Benfica TV channel

Rangers vs Benfica will be broadcast live on TV. It will be shown on TNT Sports 4 via Discovery+ and the programme will commence at 5pm, which is 45 minutes before kick-off.

Rangers fans will need to purchase a Discovery+ Premium subscription package to watch the game. This will cost you £30.99 per month. You can live stream Rangers vs Benfica using the Discovery+ app on your smart TV, smartphone, tablet or computer.

If you are out and about, you can listen to live BBC Sportsound radio commentary of Benfica vs Rangers. The programme will begin at 5pm.

Rangers team and injury news

Philippe Clement spoke to the press on Wednesday and provided injury updates on two players in his first-team squad.

Todd Cantwell and Ross McCausland have both trained ahead of the game but the impressive Dujon Sterling – who scored in Lisbon last week – will sadly miss out due to a minor setback.

Referee & VAR

Rangers vs Benfica will be overseen by a mix of Slovakian and German officials. UEFA have appointed Ivan Kružliak as the referee and his assistants will be Branislav Hancko and Ján Pozor.

Peter Kráľovič has been handed fourth official duty, while Christian Dingert and Michal Očenáš are the VAR and AVAR respectively.