Chances don't come much better than that as Joe Aribo latches on to Fashion Sakala's header but cannot direct his nodded effort on target.

A quiet opening to the match with a few mis-placed crosses so far. Players seem to be dealing with the conditions.

Rangers get the game started.

Motherwell: Kelly, O'Donnell, Solholm, Mugabi, McGinley, Goss, Slattery, O'Hara, Shields, Roberts, Watt.

Substitutes: Fox, Carroll, Lamie, Maguire, Woolery, Van Veen, Grimshaw.

Rangers: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Balogun, Bassey, Arfied, Davis, Kamara, Aribo, Morelos, Sakala.

Substitutes: McLaughlin, Simpson, Patterson, Lundstram, Hagi, Wright, Roofe.

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander tells BBC Sportsound: "We have a fit group of players, the stats from the last couple of games are phenomenal, and we need to produce that again today.

"We have come back from hard knocks before, we don't go around feeling sorry for ourselves after the draw with St Mirren in midweek.

"We can draw on past performances and results against Rangers - we drew with them at Ibrox and here in my second game. So we know we can compete, that's the biggest thing, but we have to do a lot of things right today to get a result."

Six weeks ago, Motherwell ended Rangers' long winning league run at home, which had stretched back more than a year, by fighting back to secure a draw.

Kaiyne Woolery cancelled out Fashion Sakala's opener in the 1-1 draw.

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Tune in to Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Sounds and here via the BBC Sport website & app to listen to live commentary of Motherwell v Rangers.

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard revealed goalkeeper Allan McGregor and midfielder Steven Davis were both left out of Wednesday's 2-2 draw with Aberdeen due to the emotions over the death of their former manager Walter Smith.

Both return to the starting line-up today and Gerrard told Rangers TV: "After the news of Walter, I didn't feel like they were in the right place, just by their reaction when I told them the news. But they'll come back in today, they seem in a better place."

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Scottish football has this week mourned the loss of Walter Smith at the age of 73.

During his first spell at Ibrox, midfielder Steven Davis played in Smith's Rangers team.

And the 36-year-old told RangersTV: "Nobody I've come across is like Walter Smith, he was quite unique.

"He just knew how to get the best out of individuals and different personalities."

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Tony Watt has scored three goals in his past two games and eight overall this season, that's more than either of Rangers' top two marksman Alfredo Morelos and Kemar Roofe.

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Rangers manager Steven Davis tells Sky Sports: "It's always tough here. There's a lot of water on the pitch so I'm sure that'll be a leveller.

"I just wanted to change the front line a bit and get a bit of unpredictability in there. This is Scot Arfield's type of game.

"You're always aware of the results. At the end of the day, it's always about Rangers for me. We've got to deal with our results."

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Thomas Duncan
BBC Scotland reporter at Fir Park

As the clocks go back, you can feel winter in the air at Fir Park. It's damp, and cold.

At one stage Motherwell's chances of defeating Rangers would have been just as bleak, but they've drawn their past two against the champions, including at Ibrox in September.

But, they've not beaten Rangers in the league since Boxing Day 2002.

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After four games without a win, Motherwell manager Graham Alexander is looking to get back on track this afternoon.

"We had a very good start to the season," he said last week. "The last three or four games have been extremely difficult but you have got to take into account the level of opposition we have played as well.

"If you said at the start, this is the points tally (15) you are going to have after 11 games and the area of the league you will be in (seventh), I think we would have taken it.

"I think there are improvements to be made as a squad. We are getting players more up to speed with how we want to work because there are a lot of new players in there - not just new to the club but new to Scottish football - and there is a bedding-in process."

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After stunning saves by Hearts' Craig Gordon and St Johnstone's Zander Clark yesterday, it's over to Motherwell's Liam Kelly to make Scotland manager Steve Clarke's job that bit harder today.

Clarke will soon be naming his squad for the crucial World Cup double-header against Moldova and Denmark.

Gordon, Jon McLaughlin and Kelly made the last squad but McLaughlin is not in the Rangers starting line-up today.

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Saturday's other top-flight games were narrow 1-0 wins for St Johnstone and Dundee.

Saints triumphed away to Dundee United while second-bottom Dundee recovered from their midweek mauling by Ross County to secure victory away to St Mirren.

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Rangers could have been playing catch-up today had Celtic and/or Hearts won their Saturday fixtures but second-placed Celtic drew 0-0 at home to Livingston, with Giorgos Giakoumakis having a late penalty saved for the hosts, while Hearts lost 2-1 at Aberdeen.

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Rangers captain James Tavernier turns 30 today.

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Sportsound will be on air on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Sounds and here from 11:50 GMT.

Though a short build-up, there'll be plenty of time after Motherwell v Rangers to review the weekend's action.

Stuart Cosgrove and Tam Cowan take over with Off the Ball at 15:00.

Both Motherwell and Rangers found themselves involved in dramatic 2-2 draws at home on Wednesday evening.

Well were 2-0 up against St Mirren through Tony Watt's double but Eamonn Brophy's brace made it all square.

Rangers fell two behind against Aberdeen when Christian Ramirez and Scott Brown netted but Alfredo Morelos nodded one back before James Tavernier's late spot-kick restored parity.