St Johnstone and Rangers contemplated switching their 2024 home and away Premiership fixtures.
But Courier Sport understands a Sunday NIGHT clash in Glasgow is set to be confirmed.
Craig Levein was due to take his team to Govan on Saturday, October 5.
However, Rangers face Lyon in the Europa League on the Thursday of that week.
Ordinarily, that would mean the game being pushed back to the Sunday afternoon.
But there will be major road closures, including access routes to Ibrox, that day due to the Great Scottish Run in Glasgow.
Runners in the 10k and half marathon set off from the city centre on staggered start times up until noon.
There is no chance Police Scotland will allow the match to kick-off at 3pm and 5pm isn’t on the agenda either.
The possibility of the two clubs playing each other at McDiarmid Park that day and the Perth fixture at the end of November getting switched to Govan was on the table.
But it is understood that an 8pm kick-off at Ibrox is now all but certain to be agreed.
The October 6 game will be Adama Sidibeh’s first after serving his four-match suspension.
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