Rangers made it three wins in a week as a stunning strike first-half strike from Tom Lawrence handed them a nervy 1-0 over Hibs at Ibrox.
Lawrence netted in the 34th minute to seal all three points for Philippe Clement, whose side remain third in the league, five points behind Celtic and Aberdeen. Hibs remain in ninth.
The Belgian made four changes from Thursday’s 2-0 win over Malmo in the Europa League, introducing Nicolas Raskin, Ross McCausland, Jefte and Hamza Igamane to the starting XI. For the visitors, David Gray handed Junior Hoilett a first start, while Josh Campbell and Lewis Miller returned to the team. Hoilett impressed for the Hibees, who will lament not taking a point from the match. Their best moment came on the stroke of half time when Mykola Kuharevych was awarded a penalty, only for his tame effort to be saved by Jack Butland.
Hibs gave a nervy looking-home side plenty of problems as the clock ticked down, and substitute Dwight Gayle was left wondering how he didn’t rescue a point for the visitors with a late header on his debut as Rangers held out for all three points.
Here’s how we rated each Rangers and Hibs player in Sunday afternoon’s game.
5. CB: John Souttar (Rangers) - 6
Important block from Kwon's piledriver on the edge of the area, but gave away the penalty that almost allowed Hibs to get back into it and was too passive in possession in the second half. | SNS Group
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6. CB: Warren O'Hora (Hibs) - 6
A largely uneventful afternoon for the Irishman, who marshalled the defence well. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group
7. CB: Robin Propper (Rangers) - 6
Tidy enough with the ball on the floor, and dealt well with Kukharevych's physical presence. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group
8. CB: Marvin Ekpiteta (Hibs) - 6
Made a really good early tackle to stop Cerny, who was breathing down his neck. Solid enough and seems to be showing improvement week on week. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group