Phillip Cancar goes sliding in again, but this time the Livingston left-back catches the heels of Scott Wright.

Tom Lawrence has a lash from the free-kick and his shot from 25 yards in not too far away.

Connor Goldson is up in attack for Rangers and the centre-half drives the ball across goal from the byeline. Jack Fitzwater gets an awkward touch inside the six yard box and is very fortunate as the ball flies wide of his own goal.

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Former Rangers winger on BBC Scotland

Livingston lead thanks to what is Joel Nouble's first goal for the club.

The big striker was a hero on loan at Arbroath in the first half of last season but was in and out of David Martindale's team after returning in January.

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Livingston break swiftly from a Rangers set-piece and Joel Nouble is upended by Glen Kamara as he threatens to race clear at halfway.

Phillip Cancar endears himself to the Livi fans with a couple of fully-committed sliding tackles. The Aussie defender will be feeling a nip in the shower later as he leaves some skin behind on the plastic pitch.

James Tavernier pings over a corner, but again it's a Livingston head getting to the ball first.

Rangers look for a response but a free-kick from Borna Barisic is nodded clear and the Livingston players quickly hound the ball all the way back to visiting goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin.

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Former Rangers winger on BBC Scotland

One end of the stadium is shrouded in thick smoke as visiting fans mark the big kick-off with their own pyrotechnics display. The referee pauses play for the air to clear, but only after Shamal George has pushed away a flashing cross from Rangers skipper James Tavernier.

Here we go! The Scottish Premiership 2022-23 campaign is up and running.

Don Robertson is the referee.

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Former Rangers winger on BBC Scotland

Livingston manager David Martindale admits that his side's target is again to avoid relegation but expects "so much more".

Explaining why last season's top scorer, Bruce Anderson, is on the bench, he tells BBC Scotland: "Wee Brucie missed two months of last season and that was his first 90 minutes last week. If the game plan goes as I hope, it will be wee Brucie coming on to win the game."

Asked about today's opponents, he adds: "It is still a very good team. I think Rangers are stronger this season. I went to the West Ham game and I wish I hadn't - they gave West Ham a bit of a lesson.

"This is probably the strongest Rangers team I've seen since they've been back in the Premiership."

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Former Hearts midfielder on BBC Scotland

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Former Rangers winger on BBC Scotland

Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst has been speaking to BBC Scotland's Jonathan Sutherland.

"We feel excited and ready to go," he said. "It's always good to start the season.

"I'm looking forward to playing for real and getting the first three points of the league.

"We had some changes [last season]. We sold Calvin (Bassey) and Joe (Aribo) and we invested in the squad, not just for this season but the future. I'm really happy with it.

"But they are playing for Rangers, they need to perform immediately. And that starts today."

On Jon McLaughlin getting the nod in goals: "He's going to start. We had to choose.

"We have quality goalkeepers in the squad. It's always difficult to choose but eventually we decided to start with Jon in goal."

A quick glance through the previous meetings of these two will fail to offer much inspiration for David Martindale's side.

Four times the clubs faced each other last season, with Rangers winning all of them. The aggregate score was 9-1...

You have to go back 15 meetings since Livi's last victory over the Ibrox side, that coming courtesy of a Dolly Menga strike.

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Jon McLaughlin takes the gloves for Rangers' opener, with stalwart Allan McGregor among the substitutes.

McLaughlin has been a patient understudy at Ibrox over the last two seasons.

McGregor, 40, agreed a new deal in June quashing much speculation about retirement. Is the veteran being rested ahead of Tuesday's Champions League qualifier in Belgium or is this a changing of the guard?

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Three new arrivals start for Rangers, with John Souttar in the heart of defence, Tom Lawrence in midfield and Antonio Colak leading the attack, in the absence of injured pair Alfredo Morelos and Kemar Roofe.

Of the other summer additions at Ibrox, Malik Tillman is a substitute, Rabbi Matondo misses out with a knock, while Ridvan Yilmaz and Ben Davies are not quite up to speed yet.

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