Philippe Clement takes his side on the short journey down the M8 looking to make sure they keep in touch at the top of the Scottish Premiership
and his players have found their form in recent weeks after struggling early in the season which left them well off the pace at the top of the league table.
We need depth in the squad, with the super amount of games that there is this season, you cannot do it with 13, 14, 15 players, you need to have depth in the squad.Rangers manager Philippe Clement has confirmed ahead of kick-off that Nico Raskin's absence from the game today is due to a potential suspension against Celtic were he to pick up a booking in this one.
It's obviously a very important game, we know how important it is. Our last performance against Dundee, yeah we got the right result, but we know performance levels wasn't what we wanted compared to what we've been playing the last couple of weeks, but it's something that we can address today. Going into it, straight from the first whistle, applying what we want to do and being dominant in what we want to do and the result will come.
Jack Butland is back in goal after leaving the match last week to attend the birth of his newborn, while Leon Balogun comes in for Robin Propper, Connor Barron replaces Nico Raskin and Nedim Bajrami is in for Danilo.St Mirren XI: Balcombe, Taylor, Smyth, Kiltie, Idowu, Gogic, Olusanya, Fraser , John, Bwomono, Phillips.Rangers XI: Butland, Tavernier , Sterling, Balogun, Jefte, Barron, Diomande, Cerny, Bajrami, Hagi, Igamane.
The Buddies wanted to extend his short-term deal in Paisley with boss Stephen Robinson making his stance clear in the previous days.Not only are there plenty games for him to keep his mind on but pressure is mounting every moment rivals as Celtic hold a sizeable lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership table.
He'll be joined by his touchline assistants Chris Rae and Paul O'Neill, while Kevin Toner is the fourth official. It’s a huge change in pace for on-loan Wolfsburg winger Cerny, who admits he’s usually chilling out on the couch at this time of year. The 27-year-old was born in the Bohemian town of Pribram, an hour south of Prague. There it’s tradition to tuck into Christmas Dinner on December 24.
For me, Christmas is on the 24th, I know you guys here at the 25th but for us in Czech the tradition is the 24th of December. So I will just enjoy a quick session and spend the rest of the day with my family. The schedule is very tough, so we just have to be very focused on our recovery. We have to keep this flow because the team is doing well and we’re fit.
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