RANGERS will today put forward their case for the defence in favour of Kemar Roofe as the striker discovers his Scottish FA disciplinary fate.

Roofe has been cited and issued with a Notice of Complaint for his challenge on Murray Davidson during the victory over St Johnstone at Ibrox last week.

The 28-year-old was booked by referee David Munro for the incident but later charged by the SFA under Rule 200, which states: "Where any one of the sending off offences of (A1) serious foul play, (A2) violent conduct, and (A3) spitting at an opponent or any other person is committed by a player at a match, but that sending off offence was not seen by any of the match officials at the time that it was committed, the mandatory suspension for that sending off offence as provided for in Annex C of the Judicial Panel Protocol shall be applied to the player."

Boss Steven Gerrard was unhappy at the timing of the case being brought against Roofe on Friday and the striker came off the bench 48 hours later as Rangers were held to a 1-1 draw by Hamilton Accies at the FOYS Stadium.

Gerrard confirmed after the game that Rangers would defend Roofe at a hearing and said "We are going to appeal it. We have analysed the situation, not just the tackle, what has happened. We have analysed it all and we are going appeal it."

The case against Roofe was set to be heard on Tuesday but it was rescheduled for Wednesday and Roofe will learn his fate later this afternoon after a three-man panel deemed the challenge potentially worthy of retrospective action.

Gerrard was already without Alfredo Morelos after he was punished for his stamp on Hibernian defender Ryan Porteous and the Colombian will serve the final match of his suspension when Rangers host Kilmarnock this weekend.