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Will Rangers remain on course to win a 28th League Cup, last doing so in 2011?

Whatever happens in the next ninth months, this season, to some extent, has already been a success for the Light Blues.

That’s because they’ve ended their 12-year exile from the Champions League group stages, ousting Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and PSV Eindhoven in qualifiers.

So, they’ll take on Ajax, Napoli and Liverpool in a mouth-watering group, starting with a trip to Amsterdam in just eight days time.

Before then, Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s team face the small matter of a meeting with Celtic on Saturday, so will want to get through this tie with a minimum of fuss.

Queen of the South meanwhile reached this round as one of the three best-ranked group runners up.

Down in League One, Queens sit eighth, having lost 3-1 at Falkirk on Saturday.

Thus, anything other than a routine home win at Ibrox would be a massive shock.