It’s sure to be a thorough examination of the players this evening against a side packed with quality, and indeed, hold a 1-0 lead over Juventus as they aim to reach the quarter-finals of the Champion’s League when that resumes next month.
Conditions could hardly be better for a game, with overcast skies and the temperature in the low 20s, with this being the first opportunity supporters will have to see Rangers in action for a full 90 minutes since March 12 with preparations for season 2020/21 now in full swing.
Gerrard has opted for John McLaughlin in goal with captain James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Ryan Jack, Borna Barisic, George Edmundson, Steven Davis, Joe Aribo, Ianis Hagi, Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent all lining-up for the Light Blues tonight.
There is a 15-man substitutes bench at Gerrard’s disposal this evening too – making it there are sub ‘keeper Andy Firth, Calvin Bassey, Jermain Defoe, Jamie Murphy, Nathan Patterson, Glen Kamara, Brandon Barker, Jordan Jones, Greg Stewart, Greg Docherty, Ross McCrorie, Lewis Mayo, Jamie Barjonas, Scott Arfield and Glenn Middleton.
This, of course, is the first of two games here at Trophee Veolia, with Gers facing another Ligue 1 side in Nice on Saturday evening.
RANGERS: McLaughlin; Tavernier, Goldson, Jack, Barisic, Edmundson, Davis, Aribo, Hagi, Morelos, Kent.
SUBS: Firth, Bassey, Defoe, Murphy, Patterson, Kamara, Barker, Jones, Stewart, Docherty, McCrorie, Mayo, Barjonas, Arfield, Middleton.