Dundee vs Rangers LIVE score and goal updates from the Premiership clash at Dens Park

The heat was turned up on Dundee and Rangers ahead of the meeting between the two sides at Dens Park.

St Johnstone's win over Motherwell has left the Dark Blues four points behind at the bottom while at the other end a routine win for Celtic put them six clear of the champions.

That makes the lunchtime clash on Tayside that little bit more important as they look to meet their respective challenges.

The Light Blues know what it takes to get the win they need having strolled to victory seven days ago in the Scottish Cup.

And Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men are on a high after booking their place in the Europa League last eight despite defeat against Red Star Belgrade in their second leg tie in midweek.

But it's back to the bread and butter of the Scottish Premiership in the final game before the international break.

After that its' the big one for Gers at home to Celtic in the league so they won't want to slip up before that one.

And you can follow all the build up, match action and reaction right here in our LIVE blog.

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Mark McGhee believes Dundee will see the true potential of his partnership with Simon Rusk now they will both be on the frontline.

The experienced boss worked with Rusk at their last club, Stockport County, although the roles were reversed.

McGhee is now the main man again at Dens while former Brighton coach Rusk is now doing the majority of the coaching.

It has been a bit disjointed as McGhee had a six game suspension to serve but he is now over that and covid and the pair will