Rangers will be without skipper Lee McCulloch for their Scottish League 1 opener against Brechin but are boosted by the return of Emilson Cribari.

McCulloch is suspended for the clash at Ibrox after bookings from last season sent him through the disciplinary threshold, although Cribari has recovered from the groin strain that kept him out of Ramsdens Cup and League Cup ties.

David Templeton is out of action with a tight hamstring, while Kyle Hutton and Ross Perry remain sidelined with ligament damage.

Provisional squad: Gallacher, Hegarty, Wallace, Faure, Crawford, Mitchell, Aird, Macleod, McAusland, Black, McKay, Little, Cribari, Gasparotto, Smith, Law, Daly.