Sparta Prague vs Rangers LIVE as Cantwell returns to start and Davies fills left-back void

The heat was on Rangers in every sense when they wilted in Cyprus for their last Europa League encounter, going down to a shock defeat to Aris Limassol.

But in cloudy Prague it's a bit cooler for the club – with Philippe Clement now at the helm. The Ibrox side were managerless at that point with Steven Davis holding the fort.

In Clement they have someone with experience, including in the Champions League, in the top leagues of Belgium and France. And the Rangers board are hoping he can bring some stability.

He got off to the perfect start with a 4-0 win over Hibs in the Scottish Premiership and now turns his attention to Europe. All four teams have a win and a draw in Group E and a positive result against Sparta Prague tonight would be a huge boost for Gers.

The Czechs have lost just once in 11 games – against Real Betis in this competition – with nine wins in that run. It's going to be a tough test for Clement and his charges.

You can find out how Rangers fare right here as we bring you all the build up, match action and reaction in our LIVE blog ahead of the 5:45pm kick-off.

The team lines are out and here's how Rangers will line up.

Rangers XI: Butland, Tavernier (c), Lundstram, Souttar, Goldson, Dessers, Cantwell, Lammers, Sima, Davies, Raskin.

Subs: McCrorie, K. Wright, Jack, S. Wright, King, Devine, McCausland, Fraser, Lyall, McKinnon, Danilo

Sascha Stegemann is the man in the middle leading an all-German cast of officials for this one and he'll be ably assisted on-field by Christian Dietz and Christof Gunsch, while Florian Badstubner will act as the fourth official.

In the VAR Room, Soren Storks is the man behind the monitors and he'll be assisted by AVAR Pascal Muller.

On the subject of VAR, Herr Stegemann