Giovanni van Bronckhorst has named his Rangers starting team for the Champions League crunch with Union Saint-Gilloise with the big main talking points whether Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos have been included.
Well the good news for the Light Blues faithful is Kent is in from the start but Morelos starts on the bench with Antonio Colak leading the line. The Colombian hitman made his long awaited return from a thigh injury that he picked up on international duty earlier this year. The knock required surgery and after an extended spell out, the hitman came on for the final 26 minutes against Kilmarnock and found the back of the net in the perfect return to action.
The home side are trailing by two goals but after his first competitive goal at the weekend, summer signing Colak will get his chance to shine in front of a packed out Ibrox - with Morelos in reserve as the Light Blues bid to reach the play-off round. Monaco or PSV await in the final qualifying stage with a spot in the lucrative tournament proper alongside Celtic the big prize on offer at this stage.
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However, all focus will be on tonight with last season's Europa League finalists looking to avoid an early exit from the Champions League and another season in Europe's second tier competition, with a spot in the group stages of that competition guaranteed.
Jon McLaughlin keeps his place in goal as he starts his fourth competitive game on the spin after being handed the No1 spot.
James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, James Sands and Borna Barisic make up the back line.
Scott Arfield, John Lundstram and Tom Lawrence make up the midfield three with Malik Tillman, Kent and Colak the attackers.
Rangers XI: McLaughlin, Tavernier, Goldson, Sands, Barisic, Arfield, Lundstram, Lawrence, Tillman, Kent, Colak
Subs: McGregor, McCrorie, Yilmaz, Jack, S.Davis, Matondo, Kamara, Morelos, Wright, Davies, Sakala, King
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