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Rangers v St Mirren – Surprise up front as Gerrard looks to clinch title

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Twelve months on from a calamitous night at Ibrox against Hamilton, we face a St Mirren side knowing that three points all but secures the Scottish Premiership title for the 55th time.

St Mirren remain the only team to beat Steven Gerrard’s team this season and with Jim Goodwin promising to “have a go” at least we can look forward to an open game rather than something akin to the Motherwell debacle.

The gaffer is still without James Tavernier, Ryan Jack and Kemar Roofe but Leon Balogun will return to the squad, with Nathan Patterson impressing since he replaced the Nigerian international against Royal Antwerp and likely to get an SFA ban at some point, the Scotland youth cap should continue in defence.

With this in mind, this is the team I’d expect Gerrard to go with to take us tantalisingly close to the title:

Gerrard has said that Scott Wright is pushing hard for a place in the starting XI and against a team that is likely to be more open, having someone with the former Aberdeen forward’s pace could prove useful, it would also keep Ianis Hagi and Scott Arfield fresh for Europa League duties.

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A fast, high tempo start, and an early goal, would be the ideal way to calm nerves but at a ground where every game has been won and just two goals have been conceded domestically all season, we should have little to worry about – complete our side of the bargain, then sit back and watch Celtic collapse against Dundee United on Sunday – if Carlsberg did weekends.

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