Michael Beale has named his Rangers starting team to face Livingston in today's Scottish Premiership clash.
The Light Blues have made the trip to the Tony Macaroni Arena as the new boss bids to maintain his unbeaten run since taking over the top job from Giovanni van Bronckhorst. They won a five-goal thriller in the Scottish Cup against Partick Thistle last time out in a game that had it all. VAR penalty calls, Malik Tillman's flashpoint and the walk-through goal that came from that moment.
But it is back to domestic matters as the Ibrox men look to try and hack into the Hoops' nine point advantage. Despite their best efforts they've been unable to claw back any distance due to the relentless form of Ange Postecoglou's champions. They are also in action today with Aberdeen making the trip to Glasgow.
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Speaking ahead of the game, Beale said: “It will be an extremely difficult test, obviously they know the surface and the pitch, I like going there because we take a great number of fans and they are close to the pitch, they have an impact on the game.
“We know that David [Martindale] will have his team fired up, it is important that we go there and put on a strong away performance. Our last away performance in the league was away to Hearts and it was our best performance to date, so I am looking for somewhere around that, certainly out of possession.
“The pitch is difficult, so I think the advantage is with the team that train on it every single day, it is in their favour and generally the teams with the artificial surface have good home forms. It is a tough place to go, we have had reasonable results there in the past, but we know that they are riding high.
“David does a fantastic job, they are fourth in the league and will be full of confidence, but we couldn’t be in stronger form than we are in now ourselves.”
RANGERS XI: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Davies, Barisic, Kamara, Raskin, Cantwell, Fashion JR, Kent, Morelos.
Subs: McLaughlin, Colak, Sands, Wright, Roofe, King, Devine, Lovelace, Rice
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