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.
17. CAM: Josh Campbell (Hibs) - 6
Should have done better with his early second-half chance from a right-wing free-kick. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group
18. RW: Vaclav Cerny (Rangers) - 5
Involved in the play throughout, and showed some nice skill. However, his final ball was often poor. Should have done better with Jefte's cross in the first-half and often wasteful in attack, despite picking up several good positions. | SNS Group
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19. LW: Junior Hoilett (Hibs) - 7
A bright first start for the Canadian, who was a real outlet for Hibs before going off for Youan. | SNS Group
20. LW: Ross McCausland (Rangers) - 6
Linked well with Jefte in the first 45 and showed a wonderful piece of skill in the opening throws of the game before he was replaced by Bajrami at half-time. | SNS Group