{"id":331820,"date":"2025-08-10T00:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/331820\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T00:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:22:10","slug":"nasser-djiga-set-to-miss-rangers-vs-celtic-after-red-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/331820\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasser Djiga set to miss Rangers vs Celtic after red card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Djiga, on loan from Wolves, was shown a straight red card after fouling Finlay Robertson as he burst clear through on goal.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>\n    It goes from bad to worse for Rangers \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>Nasser Djiga is shown a straight red card after bringing down Finlay Robertson \ud83d\udfe5<\/p>\n<p>Presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sbk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@sbk<\/a> | 18+ | Please Gamble Responsibly <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3vpfqjzvXU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3vpfqjzvXU<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PremSportsTV\/status\/1954242481622548590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 9, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n  The Burkina Faso internationalist will miss the next Scottish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangersreview.co.uk\/news\/24294923.scottish-premiership-news-everything-need-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premiership<\/a> match for Rangers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangersreview.co.uk\/topics\/ibrox-stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibrox<\/a> side are set to face St Mirren on August 24 in their next league outing. However, Rangers have requested the match be postponed should they advance in the Champions League.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangersreview.co.uk\/topics\/scottish-premiership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPFL<\/a> granted power to clubs in the play-off round of European competitions to have one match, in matchday three, postponed without issue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Rangers announced in a statement during the week: &#8220;Our fixture against St Mirren at the SMiSA Stadium has now been rescheduled for Sunday, 24 August, kicking off at 12 noon and will be shown live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangersreview.co.uk\/topics\/sky-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Sports<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;However, following a request from the club, should we progress to the UEFA Champions League play-off round, we will exercise the option to postpone the match and it will be played at a later date.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Read more:\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Should Rangers qualify for the play-off round of the Champions League by beating Viktoria Plzen, they hold a 3-0 win from the first leg, then the suspension would move to the next league match.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For Rangers, that would be against Celtic on Sunday, August 31 at Ibrox.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangersreview.co.uk\/news\/25236723.russell-martin-news-interviews-updates-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russell Martin<\/a>&#8216;s side do first have a match against Alloa Athletic in the Premier Sports Cup, but SPFL regulations state the suspension must be served in the competition in which it was delivered.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Scottish FA judicial panel protocol guidelines on suspensions\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Scottish FA judicial panel protocol guidelines on suspensions (Image: Scottish FA) For red cards ordered for &#8220;A4 Denying the opposing team or an opponent a goal or goal scoring opportunity&#8221; &#8211; a one-match ban will follow in the competition where it was reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Guidance from the judicial panel protocol says of the application of the suspension: &#8220;Effective immediately to the League Competition where the sending off offence was reported.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Djiga, on loan from Wolves, was shown a straight red card after fouling Finlay Robertson as he burst&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-331820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115001618783056282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}