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.
9. LB: Jordan Obita (Hibs) - 6
Beaten by Cerny a few too many times, though the Czech international's poor decision making meant it didn't affect Hibs. Offered good support to Hoilett going forward though. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group
10. LB: Jefte (Rangers) - 8
Put some teasing crosses in and was always looking to attack Hibs right-hand side. A good display on his return to the starting XI, where he linked up well with McCausland and Bajrami. A real positive. | SNS Group
11. RW: Chris Cadden (Hibs) - 7
His excellent early cross almost allowed Kukharevych to open the scoring. Caused Rangers problems down the right. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group
12. CM: Connor Barron (Rangers) - 7
Like an energizer bunny for Rangers, pressing well across the pitch and made the right passes each time. Had a 90% passing accuracy in the game, finding a royal blue shirt almost exclusively. | SNS Group