What channel is Rangers v St Johnstone? TV and live stream details, team news, referee and VAR

Rangers return to domestic action against St Johnstone on Sunday as they look to bounce back from a sobering defeat to Lyon in the Europa League.

Philippe Clement’s side were on the end of a 4-1 drubbing by the French Ligue 1 giants at Ibrox on Thursday to end a run of four consecutive victories and clean sheets. The Belgian head coach will look for an instant response from his players in their William Hill Premiership clash with a Saints outfit who were skelped 6-0 by Celtic at McDiarmid Park last weekend.

The Perth side appointed Simo Valakari as their new manager this week but the former Finland international will not take over the reins until next week with interim management team Andy Kirk and Alex Cleland remaining in charge for the trip to Ibrox.

St Johnstone, who sacked Craig Levein last month, have won only one of their opening seven league fixtures and sit 10th in the table on four points while Rangers are third on 13 points, five points behind pacesetters Celtic and Aberdeen.

The match has been moved to an unusual Sunday night slot due to the Great North Run taking place in Glasgow with road closures around the southside of the city meaning Ibrox is unable to host 45,000 spectators for a traditional afternoon kick-off. Rangers had been willing to reverse the fixture to McDiarmid Park in order to maintain an earlier kick-off, but that proposal was turned down.

Rangers host St Johnstone in the William Hill Premiership at Ibrox on Sunday evening. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group) | SNS Group

Rangers v St Johnstone match details

The William Hill Premiership fixture takes place at Ibrox Stadium on Sunday, October 6, 2024. Kick-off is 8pm.

Rangers v St Johnstone TV channel

The match will be shown live and exclusive on subscription channel Premier Sports 1 with coverage getting underway at 7.30pm. Premier Sports is available in the UK on the Sky platform, channels 419 and 420, on Virgin as channels 551 and 552 and on Amazon Prime as an add on subscription.

Match highlights will also be shown on Sportscene on BBC One Scotland at 10.30pm.

Rangers v St Johnstone live stream

Subscribers can watch the match live on the Premier Sports website or through the Premier Sports Player app.

Rangers v St Johnstone team news

Tom Lawrence is a fresh doubt for Rangers after being forced off at half-time against Lyon in midweek with an injury picked up in the act of scoring. Danilo, Oscar Cortes, Rabbi Matondo and Ridvan Yilmaz are all likely to remain out.

St Johnstone will welcome back forwards Benjamin Kimpioka and Adama Sidibeh from suspension but Uche Ikpeazu (knee) and Sam McClelland (Achilles) are still absent.

David Dickinson is the match referee with Steven McLean on VAR duty.

Rangers 1/7, Draw 83/10, St Johnstone 19/1 - via oddschecker.com.