Rangers withdraw request for St Mirren postponement

Rangers have withdrawn a request to postpone their Scottish Premiership visit to St Mirren should they reach the Champions League play-off round.

Russell Martin's side are strong favourites to progress past Viktoria Plzen as they go into Tuesday's away leg of their third qualifying round tie with a 3-0 lead.

Rangers had indicated they might want a blank weekend between the first and second legs against either Salzburg Austria or Club Brugge, should they progress.

But the Scottish Professional Football League said: "Following further discussions with Rangers, St Mirren and relevant stakeholders, we can confirm that Rangers have withdrawn their request."

The match will now go ahead on Sunday, 24 August with a 12:00 BST kick-off for live television broadcast at the SMiSA Stadium.

Rangers find themselves four points behind reigning champions Celtic after opening their domestic season with two draws.

They could have been going into the first Old Firm derby of the season on 31 August seven points adrift had they postponed the match against St Mirren.