Motherwell v Rangers: Teams named for Premiership clash at Fir Park

Jens Berthel Askou and Russell Martin have named their starting teams for their first Premiership game of the new season.

Rangers travel to Fir Park as both managers take charge of a game in Scotland’s top flight for the first time.

They will be looking to get off to the best possible start in the opening weekend of the 2025/26 campaign.

Askou starts in a 4-3-3 formation with Calum Ward in goals behind Johnny Koutroumbis, Paul McGinn, Liam Gordon, Emmanuel Longelo, Elliot Watt, Callum Slattery, Lukas Fadinger, Tawanda Maswanhise, Elijah Just, and Apostolos Stamatelopoulos.

Martin has Jack Butland in goals and a back four of James Tavernier, Nasser Djiga, John Souttar, and Max Aarons.

Joe Rothwell, Mohamed Diomande, and Nico Raskin make up a three-man midfield with Kieron Dowell and Djeidi Gassama either side of Danilo up front.

Both managers, who were teammates at Norwich City during their playing days, remain undefeated since joining their respective clubs in the summer.

Askou has three wins and a draw from their League Cup group stage campaign, beating Peterhead, Stenhousemuir and Greenock Morton, while drawing with Clyde.

Martin has one win and one draw from his opening two games, which came against Panathinaikos in the Champions League qualifiers.