Adam Frizzell blasts the ball at goal from 20 yards. Rangers defender Clint Hill, about four yards away, turns his back on it and the ball strikes his arm. Killie are furious that Kevin Clancy hasn't awarded a penalty!

Rangers striker Joe Dodoo tumbles into the net and Killie keeper MacDonald gets his mitts on the high ball. David Weir, the assistant manager of Rangers, remonstrates with the fourth official that Dodoo should have been awarded a penalty.

Harry Forrester's ball over the top sets the irrepressible Kenny Miller scampering away but the angle is too tight for the veteran rangers striker to trouble big Jamie MacDonald in the home goal.

Killie are in their traditional blue and white striped jerseys, Rangers are in red and white. The plastic pitch looks, well, plastic perfect.

We are under way. Enjoy.

Tom English
BBC Sport Scotland at Rugby Park

“I think Joey Barton is in this team on reputation at the moment. I think Niko Kranjcar has had a better start to the season, he’s more creative. Barton is not pulling up any trees at the moment.”

OK, we're almost off and running. Killie look to be shaping up in a 4-1-4-1 formation, with Kris Boyd on his own up front. Danny Wilson, the Gers centre-half, injured a calf in the warm-up and is replaced by Clint Hill - what a great name!

Sometimes it hits me just how long some of our clubs have been on the go. I mean, Killie were founded just four years after the American Civil War ended! Astonishing, really.

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“How do you get a settled side? How do you know your best 11? It’s a rough, world up here. It’s not somewhere where you can cut your teeth in Scottish football and learn the game. 

"You’ve got to give them their time to play. He keeps chopping and changing at the moment. Does that help the players?”

Former Kilmarnock midfielder Gary Holt speaking on Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland

The only change to the Rangers starting line-up is that forward Joe Dodoo comes in for midfielder Andy Halliday.

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Rangers fans will be keen to see what £1.5m signing Joe Garner has to offer. His boss at former club Preston, Simon Grayson, described the striker as "an icon" at Deepdale.

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Dean Hawkshaw, Gregs Kiltie and Taylor and Adam Frizzell are likely to be patrolling the Killie midfield this evening - all are products of the club's academy.

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Wasn't that the name of a Rangers DVD? Anyway, Danish winger Peter Lovenkrands embraces his former Ibrox team-mate Chris Burke at Rugby Park.

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Kilmarnock manager Lee Clark has made a whopping six changes to his team for the visit of Rangers. Jonathan Burn, Gary Dicker, Dean Hawkshaw, Greg Taylor, Greg Kiltie and Adam Frizzell come in for Miles Addison, George Green, Charlee Adams, Martin Smith, Jordan Jones and Souleymane Coulibaly. 

The big news for Rangers fans is that Joe Garner, the new signing from Preston, is on the bench, but could of course come on to make his debut.

Kilmarnock: MacDonald, S Smith, Hendrie, Boyle, Burn, Dicker, Frizzell, Hawkshaw, Kiltie, Taylor, Boyd.

Subs: Mackay, Jones, Adams, Bojaj, Coulibaly, Kayode, Green.

Rangers: Foderingham, Tavernier, Wilson, Kiernan, Wallace, Rossiter, Barton, Forrester, McKay, Miller, Dodoo.

Subs: Gilks, O'Halloran, Hodson, Hill, Kranjcar, Halliday, Garner.

Winger Chris Burke has been training with Kilmarnock and is at Rugby Park to watch the game against his former team.

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Partick Thistle have no fresh injury concerns ahead of Saturday’s match against Hearts at Firhill.

Gary Fraser, Mustapha Dumbuya and Stuart Bannigan remain sidelined while midfielder Sean Welsh is suspended.

Provisional squad: Cerny, Lindsay, Booth, Devine, Gordon, Osman, Amoo, Doolan, Erskine, Lawless, Azeez, Wilson, Edwards, McDaid, Syme, Penrice, Elliott, Pogba, Scully.

Bjorn Johnsen could be handed his first start for Hearts after making his debut against Inverness at Tynecastle last week.

Provisional squad: Hamilton, Paterson, Rherras, Rossi, Souttar, Ozturk, Kitchen, Buaben, Djoum, Nicholson, Walker, Cowie, Watt, Sammon, Muirhead, Johnsen, Todorov, Zanatta, Nowak, Smith, Oshaniwa, Noring.

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Defender Steven Hammell is set to return to the Motherwell side after recovering from a calf strain. Midfielder Carl McHugh is still struggling with delayed concussion which requires another scan as a precaution. Striker Louis Moult is continuing his recovery from groin surgery. 

Provisional squad: Samson, Tait, Hammell, McManus, Heneghan, Cadden, Lasley, Chalmers, Clay, Ainsworth, Johnson, McDonald, Mackin, Blyth, Lucas, McFadden, Thomas, MacLean, Campbell, Brill.

New Dundee signing Kevin Gomis is in contention to make his Dark Blues debut. As well as a first look at the former Nice centre-back, the game at Fir Park could also see midfield duo Michael Duffy (thigh) and Paul McGowan (illness) make their returns. But striker Craig Wighton and midfielder James Vincent are definitely out after being treated for having fluid in the knee, while long-term absentee James McPake continues to battle back from a broken knee cap. 

Provisional squad: Bain, Holt, O'Dea, Gomis, Etxabeguren, Kerr, Williams, McGowan, Duffy, Teijsse, El Bakhtaoui, Gadzhalov, Curran, Loy, O'Hara, Ross, Black, Colquhoun, Mitchell.

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French striker Lonsana Doumbouya has joined the Inverness ranks. Former Dundee United and Motherwell defender Gavin Gunning could also join the Highlanders ahead of Saints' visit to the Caledonian Stadium if he can convince boss Richie Foran he is worth a contract. On-loan winger Billy King will return to Foran's squad after missing last week's hammering by his parent club Hearts but Ali Sutherland (calf) and long-term injury victim Kevin McNaughton (Achilies) remain out.

Provisional squad: Fon Williams, Raven, Tremarco, Warren, Meekings, Tansey, Draper, Mulraney, Polworth, Vigurs, Boden, Doran, Horner, Doumbouya, Fisher, J Brown, Esson.

St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright's injury concerns are starting to ease after midfielder Chris Millar and striker Michael Coulson were both passed fit. Both Millar (groin) and Coulson (thigh) sat out last week's defeat to Celtic but have taken part in training this week. Tam Scobbie is expected back in four to six weeks after undergoing knee surgery on Wednesday while Dave Mackay (hip) and Keith Watson (thigh) could return next month. 

Provisional squad: Mannus, Foster, Shaughnessy, Easton, McKay, Anderson, Paton, Alston, Davidson, Millar, Coulson, Craig, Swanson, Wotherspoon, MacLean, Cummins, Kane, Hurst, Comrie, Gordon, Clark.

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Hamilton midfielder Danny Redmond is back in contention following a knee injury as they prepare to host Ross County. Former Partick Thistle defender Dan Seaborne and former Hartlepool striker Rakish Bingham could make their debuts after signing during the week. Defenders Martin Canning (cheekbone), Jesus Garcia Tena (knee), Craig Watson (knee) and Jordan McGregor (ankle) are still out while Antons Kurakins left the club this week. 

Provisional squad: Matthews, Gillespie, McMann, Kurtaj, Devlin, Sarris, Donati, MacKinnon, Longridge, Crawford, Lyon, Boyd, Docherty, D'Acol, Brophy, Hughes, Tierney, Redmond, Cunningham, Roy, Seaborne, Bingham, Woods.

Ross County could hand former Wigan midfielder Tim Chow his introduction to the league. But the Staggies will head south to the SuperSeal Stadium without striker Brian Graham after he was allowed to join Hibernian. Otherwise, boss Jim McIntyre has a fully fit squad to choose from.

Provisional squad: Fox, Fraser, Cikos, Quinn, Davies, Routis, McEveley, Robertson, Gardyne, Chow, Woods, Boyce, Curran, Dingwall, Franks, McShane, Schalk, Van der Weg, Boyd, McCarey.

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