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Dundee vs Rangers team news: Naderi starts as visitors chase sixth straight win

Dundee and Rangers have named their XIs for Saturday's 8pm Scottish Premiership match at Dens Park, with five Rangers players out and none reported for Dundee.

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Dundee v Rangers: team news

Ryan Naderi leads Rangers’ attack at Dundee as the visitors look to extend their winning league run to six matches.

Dundee vs Rangers kicks off at 8pm on Saturday at the Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park, with live coverage on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football.

Rangers enter the match second in the Scottish Premiership with 19 points from eight games. Dundee are fourth on 13 points, six behind their opponents.

Naderi starts after scoring twice in Rangers’ 3–1 win over Kilmarnock last weekend. Fellow scorer Kevin Kelsy is among the substitutes tonight.

Rangers confirmed line-up

Rangers are listed in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Dan Neil and Nicolas Raskin in central midfield.

Badredine Bouanani, Min-su Kim and Djeidi Gassama support Naderi, while Ivor Pandur starts in goal.

Rangers XI: Pandur; Sterling, Makhanya, Fernandez, Penrice; Neil, Raskin; Bouanani, Kim, Gassama; Naderi.

Substitutes: Godfrey, Nedeljkovic, Kelsy, Dragojevic, Rommens, Miovski, Kelly, Chukwuani, Curtis.

Dundee confirmed line-up

Dundee are listed in a 4-4-2 formation, with Ashley Hay and Bradley Fink leading the attack.

Owen Goodman starts in goal behind a defence of Drey Wright, Owen Bevan, Ryan Astley and Imari Samuels.

Dundee XI: Goodman; Drey Wright, Owen Bevan, Astley, Samuels; Joe Bevan, Hamilton, Jones, Forrest; Hay, Fink.

Substitutes: Halliday, Odutayo, Akinmboni, Finnigan, O’Hara, Besir, Reilly, Joe Wright, Harrison.

Dundee vs Rangers injury news

Rangers have five listed absentees.

Youssef Chermiti is out with a cruciate ligament injury, while Lawrence Shankland has a torn thigh muscle. José Cifuentes is unavailable with a knee injury and Daisuke Yokota is recovering from groin surgery.

John Souttar also misses out through injury, although the nature of his problem has not been specified.

Dundee have no reported absences ahead of the fixture.

What channel is Dundee vs Rangers on?

The match is live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football, with kick-off at 8pm BST.

Sky Sports subscribers can stream through Sky Go. NOW also offers access with the appropriate Sports membership.

Duncan Nicolson is the referee.

For the rest of the weekend’s televised fixtures, see our football on TV guide.

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