Mohamed Diomande Rangers appeal date set as Ibrox club take a stand on red card fight

Rangers ace Mohamed Diomande will learn his Tannadice red-card fate on Tuesday.

Ibrox boss Philippe Clement was left furious after seeing the midfield ace sent off by referee Nick Welsh seconds from the end of Sunday's 3-1 win over Dundee United. The Belgian vowed to appeal the decision and the SFA have now confirmed the case of "wrongful dismissal' will go before a fast-track disciplinary panel on Tuesday.

Diomande got his marching orders after getting involved in a bust-up with Tangerines defender Kevin Holt. He appeared to swing an arm out but made no contact with the United player. Whistler Walsh stood by the sending off for 'violent conduct' - even after VAR official Don Robertson recommended he take a second look on the pitch-side screen.

But that only added to Clement’s shock, with the Rangers boss admitting after his side's Tayside triumph: “I totally don't understand the red card. I think the VAR also didn't understand the red card, otherwise they don't ask the referee to come to watch the screen.

“So Dio gets pushed, pushed away, so there's violent contact towards him in the push, and he falls back, and he has a small reaction with his hands, not touching anybody. So if you see that back, I think it's clear the maximum is for the two players, the yellow card. I see so many things happening it Scottish football every week.

“If this is a red card, then every game there should be three, four red cards. So the only thing we can do now is to appeal this, because I don't understand that you can go to the screen and then stick to your opinion of the red card, but it happened.”

Asked if he was confident Gers’ case would hold up in front of the SFA disciplinary panel, he said: “I think it's clear for everybody.