Rangers return to Premiership action when they travel north to Tannadice on Sunday.

Philippe Clement's men face a Dundee United side in good form with the Tangerines sitting above the Ibrox club in the table.

After a miserable Old Firm defeat a fortnight ago, will the Belgian ring the changes?

Our writers select their starting XIs for the match.

Chris Jack

Philippe Clement has problems to solve and big calls to make. The most significant one of all revolves around his captain. Now was not the time for James Tavernier to leave Rangers, but it is the time for him to be taken out of the team. On form, he doesn’t merit a start on Sunday. If he does play, the allegation will be that it is his status as skipper that is keeping him on the pitch.

Clement has issues on the other side as well. Oscar Cortes is making good progress on the road to recovery but the loss of Rabbi Matondo and Ross McCausland’s knock is a blow. Moving Jefte further forward allows Clement to keep natural width on that side, and it would be a show of faith in Robbie Fraser if he were to come in at left-back.

At No.10, Clement must be brave with Nedim Bajrami. His time on the training ground has been limited but on a day when Rangers need a result and a performance Clement cannot afford to be conservative with his £3.5million midfielder.

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Derek Clark

The manager has some selection dilemmas heading into what is a crucial game. Given the poor showing against Celtic, the supporters need to see a reaction against Jim Goodwin's men.

With that in mind, Philippe Clement has to be ruthless with players who are underperforming. The captain is someone who falls into this category. Armband or not, he doesn't deserve to be starting at this moment in time. He needs benched and the most likely replacement will surely be Dujon Sterling.

Another key decision is at centre-back. Robin Propper and John Souttar is a partnership that looks ropey. With Leon Balogun and Neraysho Kasanwirjo in reserve, both should be looking over their shoulder. The experienced Balogun is someone you want in games like this. Of the two, Propper probably provides more balance on the left with Balogun taking Souttar's position on the right.

With Rabbi Matondo out of action for the foreseeable, a space opens up for someone else on left-wing. Rangers have plenty of options out there with deadline-day singing Nedim Bajrami, Hamza Igamane and the returning Oscar Cortes all viable solutions. However, Jefte represents a solid replacement with Robbie Fraser being granted an opportunity at left-back.

Bajrami simply has to start in the No.10 position despite the lack of training sessions while a big call in the middle would be Nico Raskin for Mohamed Diomande who has suffered a dip in form of late.

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