The Championship, League One and League Two seasons also begin on August 5, with those campaigns ending across the weekend of May 3/4.

All 42 Scottish Professional Football League clubs voted on the proposal with 41 in favour and the technology will be implemented after December's World Cup in Qatar. Rangers are expected to return to pre-season training on Friday June 30. The players will head into the club's training centre and do their usual testing before the proper work begins. Michael Beale’s men will take to Ibrox against Livingston on August 12, with Ross County away completing the August fixtures. The first Old Firm derby of the season is scheduled to be played at Ibrox on Sunday, September 3 at 12pm.Video Assistant Referees will be introduced in the Scottish Premiership from the middle of the new season. With the World Cup taking place in Qatar this winter, the Scottish Premiership will take a break, with Gers traveling to St Mirren on 12 November, and then not returning to action until 17 December when they play host to Hibernian.

We're not quite ready to launch at the start of the season but, in partnership with the Scottish FA, we're very hopeful that VAR will launch partway through the season and hopefully achieve less controversy than perhaps we've seen in recent seasons. The first round of post-split fixtures takes place on April 13/14, while the regular season ends on May 18/19. Highlights show - Tune in for a dedicated round-up from the cinch Premiership every week on Sky Sports Football.Sky Sports is your ultimate destination for domestic football with live coverage of the Premier League, EFL, Scottish Premiership and the Women's Super League. Rangers only lost three games last season, two of them were to Celtic - and I think that turned the title in Celtic's favour.