What channel is Rangers v Alloa Athletic on? TV and live stream details for Premier Sports Cup tie at Ibrox

Starting their league campaign with back-to-back draws against Motherwell and Dundee, Russell Martin’s side have suffered their worst start to a league season since 1989, but will enter the game against the Scottish League One outfit as huge favourites.

Alloa will arrive in Glasgow believing they can cause an upset, though, having won their first two league games of the season against East Fife and Stenhousemuir in the third tier.

Want to ensure you catch every minute of the clash? Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the game, including how to watch and stream the game live:

Rangers vs Alloa Athletic match details

• Date and Time: Saturday 16 August. Kick-off: 5.45pm.
• Venue: Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland.

Rangers vs Alloa Athletic TV channel

The clash between Rangers and Alloa Athletic in the Premier Sports Cup has been chosen for live broadcast on Premier Sports 1 for those subscribed to the service. Pre-match coverage is scheduled to begin at 5.15pm. If you current do not subscribe to Premier Sports, details of how to sign up are available here

Rangers vs Alloa Athletic live stream

For those preferring to stream the game on your smart TV, laptop, tablet or mobile phone, the game will be streamed via the Premier Sports Player. Details on how to access the stream and sign up are available here.

Global coverage

International viewers can also in to the match through various other broadcasters (via LiveSoccerTV)

• Australia: beIN Sports Connect
• Austria: Sportdigital FUSSBALL 2
• Germany: Sportdigital FUSSBALL 2
• Greece: Cosmote Sport 3 HD
• Italy: Como
• Liechtenstein: Blue Sport
• Portugal: Sport TV Multiscreen, Sport TV6
• Romania: Digi Online, Digi Sport 4 Romania
• Switzerland: Blue Sport, Sunrise TV Sport, digital FUSSBALL
• USA: Paramount+, CBS Sports Golazo

Rangers vs Alloa Athletic highlights

Highlights of the game will be available watch via Premier Sports official YouTube page.

Rangers vs Alloa Athletic team news

Rangers are expected to heavily rotate their squad for the visit of Alloa in the Premier Sports Cup clash, meaning Nedim Bajami, Oscar Cortes, and Connor Barron could all make their first starts of the season. Cyriel Dessers, Hamza Igamane, and Thelo Aasgaard are all expected to miss out through injury. The away side is likely to be without Scott Taggart, Daniel Church, and Andy Clarke.

Rangers vs Alloa Athletic referee and match officials

Lloyd Wilson has been confirmed as the match referee for the game. He’ll be assisted by Chris Rae and Graham McNeillie. On VAR duties it is John Beaton, and he will be joined by David Roome as his assistant.

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