Could Leon Balogun face Celtic if Rangers appeal red card? Claim may do Gio van Bronckhorst more harm than good

As it stands Leon Balogun is set to miss Rangers' Old Firm meeting with Celtic after being sent off against Motherwell.

And an appeal against his red card for taking out Dean Cornelius may do Giovanni van Bronckhorst more harm than good – as he could then lose the defender for another game at home to Dundee United if any claim is not upheld.

As with most straight red card decisions the Ibrox club have the right to appeal to the SFA over Nick Walsh's call and before the outcome of any appeal a ban is temporarily lifted.

But SFA 'Fast Track' cases are designed to put the incident in front of the SFA's three-person panel of former referees before their club's next match.

For example, Hibernian's Ryan Porteous was recently hauled up at Hampden within four days for his recent appeal for 'wrongful dismissal'.

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That resulted in a three-match ban with an extra game then tacked on under section 13.21.8 of the judicial panel protocol which states an additional one-match suspension should be handed out in this scenario:

"In the event of a Claim being dismissed the Tribunal must then Determine whether:

Balogun showed intent to win the ball but went over the top of the ball and his studs made clear