Rangers assistant Gary McAllister has provided a Covid update ahead of today's match against Celtic.

The club have confirmed that Natha Patterson misses out after being identified as a further close contact.

Leon Balogun will start at right back with captain James Tavernier also missing out.

McAllister said: "We are just following protocols. We are following the rules set by the government bodies.

"We just have to deal with it. Who you see available they are available.

"The starting XI is there for everyone to see and we are strong. We are confident.

"Nathan is not availale but we also don't have our captain. When your third choice right back is a Nigerian international I think we are in a decent place.

"He has played in this position before so we won't have any problems in that area of the pitch."