Rangers are preparing to welcome Hearts to Ibrox in the Scottish Premiership as they look to get back to winning ways on league duties.
The Gers find themselves lingering in third in the Scottish Premiership table and are still smarting after a 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie.
Bouncing back with a Premier Sports Cup semi-final victory over Motherwell and an admirable 1-1 draw away to Olympiacos in the Europa League, it’s back to the bread and butter in Govan.
Hearts travel to Rangers off the back of that 2-0 Europa Conference League defeat to Heidenheim but manager Neil Critchley insists his team have what it takes to cause an upset in Glasgow.
Here’s how we predict Rangers manager Philippe Clement will line his side up for the Premiership visit of the Tynecastle club.
How will Rangers lineup v Hearts in Scottish Premiership?
Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland is a shoo-in to start between the sticks against Hearts.
The 31-year-old donned the captain’s armband after James Tavernier was benched for the Europa League trip to Greece.
Speaking of Tavernier, we suspect the Rangers skipper might come back into the side in the place of Dujon Sterling for this clash.
We are then tipping Robin Propper and John Souttar to start at the back for Rangers in Glasgow with Brazilian talent Jefte continuing at left-back.
That’s despite the return of Ridvan Yilmaz to the matchday squad, with the Turkish international more likely to feature from the bench.
In midfield, Rangers duo Connor Barron and Nicolas Raskin have impressed in recent weeks and are likely to keep their spots.
Mohamed Diomande will also be pushed further forward to accommodate an injury to Tom Lawrence.
The Rangers wide men Vaclav Cerny and Nedim Bajrami have also begun to show their quality and we reckon Philippe Clement will start with this duo again in Glasgow.
There is then a big call to be made in the striker berth and we’re tipping the returning Danilo to be given the nod for the clash with Hearts.
Predicted Rangers XI v Hearts (Scottish Premiership)
GK – Jack Butland
DR – James Tavernier
DC – John Souttar
DC – Robin Propper
DL – Jefte
CM – Connor Barron
CM – Nicolas Raskin
CAM – Mohamed Diomande
RW – Vaclav Cerny
ST – Danilo
LW – Nedim Bajrami
