Rangers have announced their starting XI that will take on Union Saint-Gilloise in Champions League third round qualifying first leg action this evening.
Alfredo Morelos, Kemar Roofe, John Souttar and Ryan Kent are also missing for this one so boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst has had to dig into his Ibrox squad depth for the match in Belgium. Ridvan Yilmaz and Ben Davies travel with the hope of making their competitive Rangers debuts and their boss has put them on the bench.
Malik Tillman impressed off the bench in Saturday's 2-1 away win at Livingston and he gets the nod in attack, with Rabbi Matondo involved from the get-go after a minor injury kept him out of the Lions clash. The winner of this two-legged tie - the second leg played at Ibrox next week - will go on to face Monaco of France or PSV Eindhoven in the play-off round. It would also, at a minimum, guarantee Europa League group stage football, a competition Rangers reached the final of in May.
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Van Bronckhorst said: "What we did really well last season and also the season before that was that it's two games so you don't want to enter the second game with a good opportunity to go through.
"We did that really well last year and had good preparation because we were playing against a very good side. The preparation is normal. Now we have to execute the game plan."
James Sands and Ryan Jack also come into the fold after not starting against Livingston.
Rangers XI: McLaughlin, Tavernier, Goldson, Barisic, Jack, Lundstram, Kamara, Matondo, Colak, Tillman.
Subs: McGregor, McCrorie, Ridvan, Davies, King, Devine, Davis, Lawrence, Arfield, Sakala, Wright.
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