Postpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers 0-0 St Johnstone
A lot of empty seats at the national stadium for this evening's match.
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Rangers 0-0 St Johnstone
There's a coming together in the box as Rangers' Mohamed Diomande tries to get away from St Johnstone's Jack Sanders and goes down.
The ball is cleared for a throw-in and there aren't huge calls for a penalty.
Postpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers 0-0 St Johnstone
Rangers' Mohamed Diomande is closed down by St Johnstone's Jack Sanders early in the match.
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Rangers 0-0 St Johnstone
Rabbi Matondo bursts clear on the left and almost gets to the byline before Lewis Neilson knocks the ball off the Rangers winger and out for a corner.
Postpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers 0-0 St Johnstone
Now Rangers win a corner after Jefte and Rabbi Matondo combine on their left-hand side.
James Tavernier's delivery on that same side curls all the way out on the right.
Postpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers 0-0 St Johnstone
St Johnstone mount an attack after Adama Sidibeh closes down Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland. The visitors eventually win a corner but Butland wanted a free-kick for the initial challenge
Rangers clear and are soon back in possession.
Levein expects 'Rangers to come out firing'published at 17:45 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers 0-0 St Johnstone
St Johnstone manager Craig Levein tells BBC Sportsound: "Anytime you play Rangers is a tough game, everybody knows that.
"They'll be hurting after their game midweek.
"I expect them to come out firing and we have to be ready for that."
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Rangers 0-0 St Johnstone
Rangers get the game under way.
Postpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
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Postpublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
Rangers and St Johnstone players are on the pitch and the pre-match handshakes ensue.
Who's next?published at 17:43 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
We know of four teams already in the hat for the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals, who will be the fifth?
Rangers and St Johnstone will let us know over the next few hours...
Things will only become better - Clementpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
Rangers manager Philippe Clement wants his side to move on from the disappointment of their midweek loss against Dynamo Kyiv.
"It's part of football and part of life," he tells BBC Scotland. "If you keep on grieving, you miss out on other opportunities and chances, so you cannot do that as a top professional and someone who wants to work in football.
"It’s about standing up and showing your qualities again. It was a hard blow for sure, with these circumstances, with this crazy decision of the referee, but we need to look forward now.
"The most important thing today is a result. We’re working hard to do that and to make the players and the squad better and to gel them together better and integrate the new players as fast as possible and develop the young players in the squad.
"I know there’s a bright future for Rangers because I know things will only become better."
Image source, SNSFive changes for Rangers as Carey returns for Saintspublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
Rangers make five changes following Tuesday's loss to Dynamo Kyiv. Dujon Sterling, Kieran Doweel, Vaclav Cerny, Rabbi Matondo and Danilo all start as Connor Barron, Cyriel Dessers, and Ross McCausland drop to the bench and injured Ridvan Yilmaz as well as Tom Lawrence miss out.
Just the one alteration for St Johnstone with Graham Carey taking over from Aaron Essel, who is not in the squad.
Image source, SNSImage caption, St Johnstone players warming up at Hampden
Saints' poor Rangers recordpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
St Johnstone lost all three meetings with Rangers last season by an aggregate of 8-0 and they have suffered four straight defeats away to the Glasgow side since a penalty shoot-out Scottish Cup win at Ibrox in April 2021.
Kimpioka and Sidibeh in spotlightpublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
Craig Levein's visitors have had a mixed start to the season but arrive at Hampden on the back of an impressive 3-0 win over Kilmarnock, albeit the hosts were down to 10 men for most of game.
The form of Benjamin Kimpioka, with six goals already this season, and fellow striker Adama Sidibeh, with four, has led to media speculation about their futures and scouts will be keen to see how they test a Rangers defence that lost left-back Ridvan Yilmaz to injury on Tuesday.
Indeed, St Johnstone have not scored in the latest five meetings between the sides since winning at McDiarmid Park in November 2022.
Image source, SNSImage caption, Adama Sidibeh (right) is reportedly attracting interest from other clubs
Will Rangers' Hampden woes continue?published at 17:34 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
Cup holders Rangers will look to put Tuesday's Champions League qualifying defeat by Dynamo Kyiv behind them in the first of four all-Premiership ties this weekend.
It means Philippe Clement's side return to the national stadium having won just one of their four outings this season - last Saturday's narrow defeat of struggling visitors Motherwell.
Rangers' temporary home amid Ibrox renovations was far from full to watch them against the Ukrainians.
How many will turn up to see them against less lauded opponents from the east after such a European body blow? Hampden is looked a tad empty at the moment.
Reminder of Hampden line-upspublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Souttar, Propper, Jefte, Sterling, Dowell, Diomande, Cerny, Matondo, Danilo.
Substitutes: Kelly, Barron, Dessers, Davies, King, McCausland, Fraser, McKinnon, Rice.
St Johnstone: Rae, Raymond, Cameron, Sanders, Neilson, MacPherson, Carey, Wright, Sidibeh, M Smith, Kimpioka.
Substitutes: Sinclair, May, Clark, C. Smith, Sprangler, McPake, Kirk, Olufunwa, Franczak.
Jefte and Danilo start for hostspublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
Image source, SNSImage caption, Jefte retains his place despite the Rangers left-back's midweek red card while striker Danilo makes his first appearance of the season
Half-full Hampden test for cup holderspublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 17 August
Rangers v St Johnstone (17:45)
Martin Dowden
BBC Sport Scotland at Hampden ParkHalf-full might be on the generous side as Rangers set out to retain this silverware.
This looks likely to be one of the emptiest "home" Rangers crowds I can recall and is a sign of the collective feeling of malaise that has engulfed the club since the midweek Champions League blow.
St Johnstone, on the other hand, might feel this is a real opportunity to make an early impression on this season. They come here off the back of a great result with a bit of threat up top characterising their early season efforts.
This might not be as straight-forward as some might expect.
FULL-TIME RESULTSpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 17 August
Scottish League 2
Peterhead take over at the top of the fourth tier from inactive Elgin after a single-goal win over Stranraer.
- Clyde 0-1 Stirling Albion
- East Fife 1-0 Forfar Athletic
- Edinburgh City 1-1 Bonnyrigg Rose
- Peterhead 1-0 Stranraer
League Cup Scores and fixtures
Saturday 17th August
2nd Round
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League Cup Table
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Group A
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 12 |
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| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
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| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
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| 4 | East Kilbride | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 2 |
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| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 1 |
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Group B
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
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| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
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| 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
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| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 3 |
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| 5 | Buckie Thistle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 0 |
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Group C
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 9 |
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| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 9 |
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| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 6 |
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| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
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| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -11 | 2 |
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Group D
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 12 |
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| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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| 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
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| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
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| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 2 |
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Group E
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
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| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
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| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
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| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
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| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 3 |
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Group F
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
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| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
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| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
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| 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
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| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 |
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Group G
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
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| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
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| 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
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| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | -15 | 0 |
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Group H
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
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| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
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| 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
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| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
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Key
- Position 1 : 8th Finals
- Position 2 : Possible 8th Finals