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Rangers vs Motherwell: How to watch, latest team news and predicted line-ups

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Rangers face Motherwell on Saturday looking to continue their momentum.

The Gers welcome the Steelmen to Ibrox on 5 September, after getting back to winning ways against Falkirk.

Derek McInnes' side have won two, drawn one, and lost one of their opening four Scottish Premiership matches.

Alfred Johansson's side have started the season with two wins and two draws, so it will be a difficult task for the Light Blues.

If the Bears are going to start climbing up the league and challenging Celtic for the title, they need to start picking up points.

Ibrox News rounds up all the latest team news and how supporters can follow the action, ahead of the contest.

How supporters can watch Rangers vs Motherwell

The match, which kicks-off at 3:00 pm, will not be shown on television in the United Kingdom.

Supporters who can't attend the contest can follow along on Rangers' official social channels.

They can also use Saturday Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland to stay updated.

For those outside of the UK, the game is live on Rangers TV and Motherwell TV.

Viewers from the United States can watch Scottish Premiership action on CBS Sports.

Alfred Johansson and Rangers boss Derek McInnes
Derek McInnes axes Emmanuel Fernandez in two changes - Rangers predicted XI vs Motherwell

What is the latest team news for Rangers vs Motherwell?

Tuur Rommens was ruled out for at least a month in mid-August and Youssef Chermiti is missing for the season.

McInnes shared an update on new signings Badredine Bouanani and Kevin Kelsy, as well as on Rommens, Dan Neil and Dujon Sterling on Friday.

He said: "Tuur had a back-up scan as planned, the scan indicates everything is going as it should, so he should be back training in some form ahead of Celtic next weekend.

“Dan Neil and Dujon are both back into the squad as well from the game at Falkirk.

“The two new lads, Kevin and Bouanani, both trained this morning. Kevin trained yesterday; Bouanani just arrived last night.

“Both will be in the squad and we’ll have another chat with them to see how much involvement they can or can’t have tomorrow.”

The Well sold key players, such as Elijah Just, Elliot Watt and Calum Ward this summer

However, they managed to keep Tawanda Maswanhise and Emmanuel Longelo.

Jordan McGhee, Callum Hendry and Paul McGinn are all expected to miss out with injuries, but Johansson was coy on injuries when he spoke after the Dundee United win.

He said: "Not all of the players are 100 per cent at their best from a physical perspective, not for 20 minutes, not for 90 minutes, but we are getting there."

How Rangers and Motherwell could line up at Ibrox

Rangers are expected to stick with a similar line-up to the one that beat Falkirk.

Ivor Pandur is expected to stick between the sticks, with the same backline, perhaps minus Emmanuel Fernandez.

The Nigerian could be replaced by Ben Godfrey, who returned to action in Stirlingshire.

Tochi Chukwuani might come into the side in the place of Cammy Devlin after his showing last time out.

Lawrence Shankland is predicted to continue in attack, with Djeidi Gassama and Findlay Curtis either side of him.

As already outlined, the visitors have a few injuries issues, but they are expected to go with an unchanged line-up after an impressive win last time out.

Rangers predicted XI: Pandur; Nedeljkovic, Godfrey, Makhanya, Penrice; Raskin, Chukwuani, Kim; Curtis, Gassama, Shankland

Motherwell predicted XI: Paulsen; Sparrow, Knight-Lebel, Moorman, Longelo; Hodge, Fadinger; Kanga, Lowry, Houlden; Maswanhise

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