Aberdeen vs Rangers LIVE as Cerny and Nisbet miss out while Thelin goes on the attack

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It’s already one of Scottish football’s hottest fixtures. And now the mercury is ready to rocket off the charts.Aberdeen vs Rangers.

East meets west. Second versus third. The temperature is rising right enough. And that’s just before the game gets under way, with Aberdeen FC setting off on-pitch pyro before clashing with great rivals in a Scottish Premiership showdown for the ages.Jimmy Thelin’s side have won 14 out of 15 matches this season but seemingly have yet to win over their critics who seem intent on them failing.

Not even a comeback 2-2 draw at Celtic Park convinced some doubters who may or may not proved right come full time at Pittodrie.Philippe Clement, meanwhile, is under scrutiny for different reasons and many have labelled this as a must-not lose match to keep Rangers in the title hunt, if not the Belgian in a job.This fixture always attracts much attention but tonight its significance is a notch or two higher.Aberdeen: Mitov; Devlin, MacKenzie, Molloy, Rubizec; Shinnie, Heltne Nilsen; Keskinen, Duk, Sokler. Subs: Doohan, Clarkson, McGarry, Besujen, Palversa, Morris, Milne, MacDonald, Ambrose. Subs: Doohan, Clarkson, McGarry, Besujen, Palversa, Morris, Milne, MacDonald, Ambrose.Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Souttar, Balogun, Kasanwirjo, Barron, Raskin, Lawrence, McCausland, Bajrami, Dessers. Subs: Kelly, Propper, Diomande, Dowell, Sterling, Jefte, Igamane, Hagi, Lovelace. We’ll have all action, reaction and analysis right here in our LIVE blog. Jefte, like Cerny, might also be suffering from a knock but with the Brazilian out there seems to be a real lack of pace in that Rangers line up as Feyenoord loanee Neraysho Kasanwirjo in at left back.