Philippe Clement must be getting sick of having one player return to fitness and then another ruled out for Rangers just as quickly.
The manager saw three more names added to his questionable list with Leon Balogun, Connor Barron and Vaclav Cerny all limping off against Man Utd, leaving his squad down to the bare bones.
Thankfully, for the trip to face Dundee Utd, Ianis Hagi, Danilo and Mohamed Diomande are all set to return and this is how Rangers should line up.
Rangers predicted XI vs Dundee United
Jack Butland won’t want to see Man Utd’s first goal back any time soon, there were no excuses, he wasn’t strong enough and mistimed his punch – he got away with it against Motherwell.
Thankfully, for his sake, Liam Kelly hasn’t looked any more confident dealing with set pieces either.
Butland did redeem himself and made a series of fine stops to keep the score down.
What also didn’t help Clement, was how poorly Jefte and Ridvan Yilmaz played.
Clinton Nsiala will return after not being available due to not being in the Europa League squad which at least allows James Tavernier to stay at right-back.
Nicolas Raskin and Diomande will resume their partnership in midfield with Danilo returning to his No.10 role that he rotates with Ianis Hagi and Hamza Igamane.
Nedim Bajrami was poor on Thursday night and Clement will have a big call to make on whether or not to give the Albanian another chance to make amends.
Problem position Philippe Clement needs to fix
The problem position could be on the right of the attack with Cerny going off against Man Utd.
The options are Ross McCausland, Findlay Curtis, Zak Lovelace and Bajrami.
With no natural width on the left, it would be a surprise if Clement didn’t go with McCausland, even if Curtis or Lovelace would be the more welcome decision.
A left-field call could be for Igamane to play on the right but it would cause a similar issue to starting Bajrami.
To minimise disruption, Clement can stick with the same left-hand side that started against Man Utd and start Hagi on the right.
Tom Lawrence will be available for minutes but it would be a surprise if Rabbi Matondo is recalled given his transfer speculation.
Brave defeats against top level opposition is tolerated if the performance is acceptable, however, away from home in the league, nothing less than victory is acceptable now.
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