Pranav Shahaney

Tue 5 December 2023 17:10, UK

Rangers picked up a 2-0 victory over the weekend against St Mirren and will hope to pick up three points from their trip to Hearts.

Philippe Clement will take his Gers side to Tynecastle on Wednesday, 6 December, hoping to win and keep the pressure on Celtic.

He’s likely to make a few changes and continue to deploy Todd Cantwell in the number 10 position.

Leon Balogun started in defence for the weekend game, but it might be too soon for him to start in another league clash.

There’s a good chance that Clement will move him to the bench to bring in John Souttar – who’s had his issues with injury this season.

The best way to keep him match fit is to play him in games and it remains to be seen whether or not that’s what the Belgian does.

Playing Tom Lawrence in midfield and Ross McCausland on the right ensured that Cantwell was back to playing in behind the striker.

There was little to criticise and there’s no reason to change his position, but what’s likely to change is the person in front of him.

The £4.5million-rated Cyriel Dessers could muster just two shots on target and completed just eight passes against St Mirren.

Danilo will have more of an all round impact and is undoubtedly the better goal scorer too so he’s expected to come into the starting eleven.

In other Rangers news, the club may now rekindle the transfer interest in a ‘Dynamic’ central midfielder amid a recent behind-the-scenes coup.