Team News: One Change For Old Firm Cup Clash

STEVEN GERRARD has named one change for this afternoon’s Scottish Cup fourth round tie with Celtic here at Ibrox.

From the side which defeated Hibernian here a week ago, manager Gerrard replaces Kemar Roofe with Scott Arfield.

That means it’s a back five of Allan McGregor in goal with Nathan Patterson, Connor Goldson, Fil Helander and Borna Barisic in front of him.

Arfield joins Glen Kamara and Steven Davis in the middle of the park, while up front, Joe Aribo and Ryan Kent will play in support of Alfredo Morelos.

There is a fantastic boost on the bench for the Light Blues, with captain James Tavernier making is return to the matchday pool following his injury.

He is joined there by Jon McLaughlin, Calvin Bassey, Jack Simpson, Ianis Hagi, Cedric Itten, Bongani Zungu, Scott Wright and Kemar Roofe.

It’s a 3pm kick-off this afternoon, with full coverage of the match available on RangersTV if you are connecting from outside the UK and Ireland.

RANGERS: McGregor, Patterson, Goldson, Helander, Barisic, Arfield, Kamara, Davis, Aribo, Morelos, Kent.

SUBS: McLaughlin, Tavernier, Bassey, Simpson, Hagi, Itten, Zungu, Wright, Roofe

Steven Gerrard’s side will be looking to progress to the quarter-finals of the Cup by defeating the other half of the Old Firm.

The build-up to the Old Firm match will be hosted by Becky Ives, and she will be joined in the studio by Alex Rae and Shelley Kerr, while commentary comes from Tom Miller and Kevin Thomson.