As Rangers welcome Neil Warnock’s Aberdeen team to Ibrox tonight, they have the chance to take the top spot in the Scottish Premiership standings.
If Philippe Clement’s team defeats a revitalized Dons team by a score of two goals or more in front of their home crowd, they will have the chance to pass Celtic at the top of the table.
Aberdeen made a promising start to life without Barry Robson on Saturday at Pittodrie, holding the champions to a 1-1 draw. If they want to stop the Light Blues from stretching their winning streak from the winter break to five games in a row in all competitions, they need to put on another impressive performance.
From the starting lineup that defeated Livingston 3-0 in their previous meeting, Clement has made FOUR changes. In central defense, John Souttar takes over for the injured Leon Balogun, and at left back, Ridvan Yilmaz is preferred over Borna Barisic. With Ryan Jack out, Tom Lawrence is moved into central midfield, while Cyriel Dessers is chosen to lead the line instead of Fabio Silva.
After missing Saturday’s encounter, Dujon Sterling is back in the matchday squad. Oscar Cortes, another new signing, and Mohamed Diomande start the game on the bench.
Here are your official starting lineups for the Scottish Premiership match in Govan this evening.
Rangers’ initial lineup (4-2-3-1)
Jack Butland; Todd Cantwell, Ross McCausland, Rabbi Matondo; Cyriel Dessers; John Lundstram, Tom Lawrence; Connor Goldson, John Souttar, Ridvan Yilmaz; James Tavernier (C).
Additionally, the bench…
Robby McCrorie (GK), Borna Barisic, Leon King, Mohamed Diomande, Scott Wright, Fabio Silva, Oscar Cortes, and Nicolas Raskin.
Aberdeen 3-4-1-2 initial lineup
Nicky Devlin, Jack MacKenzie, Graeme Shinnie (C), Jamie McGrath, Connor Barron, Bojan Miovski, Leighton Clarkson, Jonny Hayes, Richard Jensen, Stefan Gartenmann, and Kelle Roos.
Additionally, the bench…
Luis ‘Duk’ Lopes, Ross Doohan (GK), Shayden Morris, Ester Sokler, Killian Phillips, Dante Polvara, Ryan Duncan, Angus MacDonald, and Jack Milne.
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