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Saturday, March 5, 2011

St Mirren v Rangers Scottish Premier League Match on March 6



Football Match: St Mirren v Rangers
Venue: St Mirren Park
Date: Sunday 6 March
Kick-off: 1245 GMT
Coverage: BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Sport website
St Mirren forward Paul McGowan returns from suspension and defender Lee Mair is fit following illness.
David Barron, Paul McQuade, Gareth Wardlaw and Nick Hegarty are still out but are all closing in on a comeback.
Rangers defender Sasa Papac is ruled out with a head knock sustained during Wednesday's fiery Old Firm clash.
Kyle Lafferty is banned, while Nikica Jelavic, Jamie Ness and Steven Naismith join longer-term casualties Kirk Broadfoot and Lee McCulloch.
St Mirren manager Danny Lennon: "I certainly know that you've got to respect every opposition but what you can't do is give them too much respect.
"We know we've got to get in about them.
"I was asked the question 'will you go and park the bus?'. You defend when you've got to defend but we are certainly not a team that goes out to line up in defence.
"I feel that any time we try to hold on to something that we are at our most vulnerable. We have got to make sure we keep to our strengths."
Rangers manager Walter Smith: "St Mirren have been very well organised this season and have had some good results this season so we expect a tough game.
"We had a difficult enough game there earlier in the season and we have an injury situation just now that we have to overcome.
"We had seven players missing on Wednesday and we will probably have to add Sasa Papac to that list.
"Sasa was unconscious and will have to see the doctor. Having had a head knock earlier in the season, that will be a factor."

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