Rangers vs St Johnstone LIVE team news and build-up ahead of the Premier Sports Cup clash

Rangers suffered Hampden heartache in midweek but are back at the National Stadium looking to make amends for their Champions League exit in their bid to retain the Premier Sports Cup trophy they won last season.

That would see them return to a neutral Old Lady of Mount Florida in December as they did last season when they beat Aberdeen in the final. But today Hampden is home once again for Philippe Clement and his men with Craig Levein's St Johnstone the visitors.

It's the first hurdle for the Light Blues as they were given a ticket straight to the knockout stage due to their participation in Europe. But they went out of UEFA's premier competition at the hands of Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday and return to Glasgow's south side for knockout cup action.

St Johnstone will be on a high after their surprisingly easy 3-0 win over Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership last weekend. The Perth men will look to build on that as they aim to pull off a shock similar to when they stunned Paul Le Guen's Rangers at Ibrox in this competition back in 2006.

A repeat would see the increasing pressure building on Clement turned up another notch with the feelgood factor the Belgian enjoyed when he first came in well and truly over amid supporter unrest.

Can Rangers help ease that a bit with a result today? Find out as bring you all the build up, match action and reaction right here in our LIVE blog.

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