Rangers centre-half Rob Kiernan has started the game nervously and plays a wayward back-pass that beats goalkeeper Wes Foderingham but is also wide of goal.

Dundee are so close to an opening goal after only 13 seconds.

Craig Wighton's cross finds Mark O'Hara, but the midfielder's glancing header goes wide from eight yards. The Dundee man and Rangers defender Rob Kiernan are left nursing knocks after a clash of heads, but both are able to continue.

Dundee get the game under way.

The sides are on the pitch and we are a couple of minutes from kick-off. Lively atmosphere at Dens Park as you would expect with a large visiting support.

Harry Forrester has scored in both of Rangers' wins over Dundee this season, so Kilmarnock will be happy if the midfielder doesn't come off the bench.

Dundee manager Paul Hartley on BBC Radio Scotland: "Our home form has been good in the league and it's something we’d like to continue. The league is so tight.

"We’re facing a good team today, but it’s up to us to force the issue and put as much pressure on them as we can."

On Rangers' off-field issues: "When the players enter the pitch, it is totally different. They still have good players and we expect a tough game."

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Rangers interim manager Graeme Murty told Sky Sports: "I like having attacking players on the pitch.

"They've been wonderfully focused this week."

Murty also indicated that, while there might be a change in tactics and personnel, Rangers' style of play would be largely the same.

Dundee haven't beaten Rangers in the league since March 2001, when they won 2-0 at Ibrox. That's a run of 19 games undefeated for the Ibrox side against today's opponents.

Rangers have also visited Dens Park 19 times since their last defeat there - 4-3 in 1992.

However, Dundee are unbeaten in their last six home league games since losing 2-0 to Partick Thistle in October.

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BBC Sport Scotland at Dens Park

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With Kilmarnock having missed the chance to move into sixth place, it is Dundee's turn to eye leapfrogging Partick Thistle.

Dundee are a point behind Kilmarnock going into their match against Rangers, but will go ahead of the Glasgow side with a victory.

Kick-off is less than 15 minutes away.

It's a day of double joy for Aberdeen fan Paul Lawrie, the golfer winning in South Africa today.

Aberdeen secure a 13th straight victory over Kilmarnock in sensational style.

Kilmarnock were seven minutes away from a win in their first game under caretaker boss Lee McCulloch.

However, not for the first time this season, the reslient Dons rallied late in the game and move back to within 24 points of Premiership leaders Celtic.

More importantly perhaps, they move six clear of third-placed Rangers, who are close to kick-off away to Dundee.

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Dundee: Bain, Holt, Vincent, O'Dea, O'Hara, Etxabeguren, McGowan, Haber, Ojamaa, Kerr, Wighton.

Substitutes: Gourlay, Hateley, Williams, Ross, El Bakhtaoui, Gadzhalov, Gomis.

Rangers: Foderingham, Tavernier, Hill, Kiernan, Hodson, Halliday, Hyndman, Waghorn, Miller, McKay, Garner.

Substitutes: Alnwick, O'Halloran, Houston, Wilson, Dodoo, Forrester, Holt.

Four minutes of stoppage time...

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Miles Addison has had an action-packed couple of minutes. The Kilmarnock substitute was involved in both Dons goals and now claims for a penalty as he goes down under pressure from Jayden Stockley.

Would have been a soft one.

On-loan Hearts striker Conor Sammon, who suffered that head knock earlier, goes off and Iain Wilson is on for Kilmarnock.