Rangers have defeated Hibernian to take all three points from Sunday’s Premiership clash.
Tom Lawrence scored the only goal of the game to give Philippe Clement’s side a 1-0 victory in their first league game back at Ibrox this season.
The stadium was fully-opened for the first time since the completion of the Copland Stand refurbishment but there was an inertia about the home side they broke the deadlock in the 34th minute.
The visitors missed a first-half penalty when Jack Butland saved from Mykola Kukharevych in first-half injury-time.The visitors missed a first-half penalty when Jack Butland saved from Mykola Kukharevych in first-half injury-time.
Rangers held out after that to keep their lead in tact and finish with the victory.That makes it four wins in a row for Rangers who are starting to find a bit of form after a shaky start to the campaign.
They remain in third place and five points behind Celtic and Aberdeen who both won their games on Saturday.
Unsurprisingly, after their European exertions, Clement rotated his squad.
Left-back Jefte returned from suspension with midfielder Nico Raskin and winger Ross McCausland starting along with striker Hamza Igamane, who missed out on Thursday’s match in Sweden because of passport problems.
