“We Know We Can Do It.” Nico Raskin Adamant Rangers Aren’t Out Of The Title Race

Rangers midfielder Nico Raskin still has full belief in the Rangers squad that they can win their last four games to lift the Scottish Premiership title despite the home loss to Motherwell last Sunday. The 25-year-old Belgian international has urged his teammates not to get hung up on their last result and focus on what’s to come as the season comes to a dramatic end. Raskin spoke at the Rangers pre-match press conference before the game against Hearts at Tynecastle on bank holiday Monday. Raskin said: “We know we can do it, it is now about putting in the effort in the last four games to get the wins.” He also spoke about his desire to win trophies before doubling down on his point of putting the Motherwell result behind them. He continued: “Winning trophies is something I have dreamed about and I was so disappointed after Motherwell, but in football you can’t dwell on it.” Raskin only has a League Cup winners medal from his time at Rangers since signing in January 2023. After the Hearts game, Rangers are away to Celtic, home against Hibernian then finish their campaign away to Falkirk. After the poor result last week it looks like only 12 points out of 12 would be enough for Rangers to win the Scottish Premiership for the first time since 2021.

Dunfermline Athletic 0-2 St Johnstone: Saints Back in the Big Time After Title Win in Fife

St Johnstone have been Promoted back to the Premiership at the first time of asking after a convincing win away at Scottish Cup finalist Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline came into this one off a huge win at Hampden on penalties against Falkirk and will take the last play-off spot with a win tonight, they also had two wins a draw and a defeat in the league going into this one. Saints could book their place back in the top flight of Scottish football with a victory here tonight, and are unbeaten in 12 with their last loss coming against tonight’s opponents at McDiarmid Park back in February. Neil Lennon made five changes to the team that got that historic win at Hampden as Chris Hamilton, Shea Kearney, John Tod, Josh Cooper and Tashan Oakley-Boothe came in for Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen, Alfons Amade, Charlie Gilmour, Robbie Fraser and Chris Kane. Simo Valakari made one change to the team that won 4-0 at home against Airdrieonians as Jack Baird made way for Matthew Foulds. The first glimpse of a chance came when Callum Morrison looked to be through on goal but some great defensive running from Liam Smith saved St Johnstone from a real problem early on. St Johnstone responded with a couple of corners but they came to nothing as Saints looked to impose themselves on the game. Jamie Gullan was next to try and get a shot away this time St Johnstone but his shot was blocked for a corner. Gullan then smashed the crossbar from close range as the large away crowd at the other end of the ground was certain he had put them in front. James McPake showed good strength against Shea Kearney to get the ball across to Gullan who miss hits the ball and Liam Smith’s shot was deflected wide. McPake robs Nurudeen Abdulai of the ball at the edge of the box and gets it across to Ruari Paton, who’s near post shot is again deflected for a corner, but nothing comes of it. Sam Stanton took a long-3range effort next on a bouncing ball that didn’t drop too far over the crossbar and had Aston Oxborough in Dunfermline’s goal scrambling back. Josh Cooper got Dunfermline’s first real chance in a while, but it was easily blocked and cleared by Saints skipper Jason Holt. Reece McAlear had another shot for St Johnstone but he dragged it well wide as the game remained goalless as we reached the last 10 minutes of the half. Gullan got another shot off for Saints after good hold-up play by Paton, but his shot was an easy save for Oxborough. Andy Tod got his first real involvement right before the break but his shot was high and wide of Toby Steward’s goal. Right from the kick off of the second half Saints were up the park again, Gullan and McPake linked well but Gullan pulled his shot well wide of the goal. Dunfermline had a nice break up the pitch and the ball lands at the feet of Kieran Ngwenya but the centre half batters the ball way over the bar. St Johnstone finally made a breakthrough as McAlear’s deflected shot wrong-footed Oxborough and flew into the net to give Saints a well deserved lead just before the hour mark. Toby Steward completely misses a clearance that wasn’t helped by a bobble in the park and almost tees it up perfectly for Callum Morrison, but the Saints keeper managed to scrape it away at the second attempt. Liam Smith had another chance from a difficult angle and his shot went just over the bar as St Johnstone looked to make sure of the three points and the league title. Saints got their second of the game with just over 15 minutes to go as Smith’s cross was headed in by Paton as it looked as if Simo Valakari’s team would be back up in the Premiership next season. Dunfermline responded well after the second goal, but their lack of quality in the final third made it difficult to break down the St Johnstone defence. The final whistle blew and confirmed that St Johnstone would again be a Premiership club, bouncing straight back up after relegation last season. Next up for Dunfermline is a trip back to Hampden, lesser Hampden this time to face Queens Park in their penultimate league fixture. As for St Johnstone, they have a Friday night game next, at home against Raith Rovers where they will be paraded as champions of the Scottish Championship. Dunfermline Athletic Aston Oxborough, Kieran Ngwenya, Chris Hamilton (Chris Kane 53’) , Matty Todd (Rory MacLeod 76’), Shea Kearney, Nurudeen Abdulai, Andrew Tod, John Tod, Josh Cooper (Alfons Amade 53’), Tashan Oakley-Boothe (Charlie Gilmour 33’), Callum Morrison (Lucas Fyfe 76’).   St Johnstone Toby Steward, Cheick Diabate, Morgan Boyes, Jason Holt, Jamie Gullan (Taylor Steven 71’), Sam Stanton (Kai Fotheringham 90+1), Matthew Foulds, Ruari Paton, Josh McPake, Liam Smith (Adam Forrester 90+2), Reece McAlear.

Falkirk 3-6 Rangers: Rohl’s side keep pace with rivals after nine goal thriller

The game of the season was played at the Falkirk stadium as Rangers took the points in a ridiculous game that ended Falkirk 3-6 Rangers Falkirk came into this game a week out from a huge game at Hampden in the Scottish cup and had three wins, one draw and just the single loss. Rangers came into this one with the same record, albeit with a cup loss to Celtic on penalties. Rangers are unbeaten in the league since a December loss to Hearts at Tynecastle. Falkirk made just one change to the team that won 3-2 away at Motherwell as Leon McCann dropped to the bench and was replaced by club captain Coll Donaldson. Rangers made four changes to the team that won 4-2 at home to Dundee United, Dujon Sterling, John Souttar, Andreas Skov Olsen and injured Ryan Naderi were out and replaced by James Tavernier, Emmanuel Fernandez, Djedi Gassama and Youssef Chermiti. The first chance of the game ended up in a goal for Falkirk. Finn Yeats got the break of the ball and played it to Calvin Miller, who fired a cross that found Ben Broggio, who slotted for his fourth goal since his loan move from Aston Villa in January. Rangers got their first chance of the game as the ball was worked wide to Gassama, who hit a good shot across the goal, but it was saved by Falkirk goalkeeper Scott Bain. A smart free-kick move was executed by Thelo Aasgaard, and it dropped to Chermiti, who ballooned it way over the bar. Falkirk had another decent chance as a ball over the top reached Barney Stewart, and his shot on the spin went wide of Jack Butland’s goal. Falkirk scored their second as the ball broke to Finn Yeats after some poor decision-making by the Rangers’ defence with a fantastic curling shot into the corner of the goal. Rangers had another chance as Mikey Moore found some space on the left but his shot was weak and straight at Bain. Falkirk got another shot off, this time right back Keelan Adams cut inside and hit a powerful shot, but it was blocked by Fernandez. Rangers managed to get the ball into the net as Tochi Chukwuani fired the ball into the net. The goal was checked by VAR as the ball potentially went out as Nico Raskin tried to play the ball back in, but the goal stood, and it was game on again. A free kick went in by James Tavernier for Rangers, and Nasser Djiga headed over the bar as the halftime whistle was blown. Right at the start of the second half, Rangers would get their equaliser as Gassama does well to win the ball from Adams, and his ball is met by Chermiti, and his deft touch pulls Rangers back into the game. Falkirk got their first chance of the second half as Stewart lays the ball off to Yeats, and his shot is just over the bar. Remarkably, Rangers took the lead as Raskin hit a curling shot away from Bain and left the keeper with no chance, and Rangers turned the game on its head. Rangers had another chance from Chermiti after a good ball winning from Gassama, but he hit it straight at Bain as Falkirk looked a bit stunned. Rangers unbelievably got their fourth as Raskin crossed the ball, and substitute Bojan Miovski scored with his left thigh. Falkirk were then given a penalty as Yeats was pulled down by Tavernier, Jack Butland got a hand to the ball from Calvin Miller’s strike, but it found the net for Falkirk’s third of the game. Falkirk had a bit of a spring in their step with 20 minutes to go as Miller went for goal from just outside the box, but it went just wide of the post. Rangers then managed to restore their two-goal advantage as Miovski’s shot was blocked by Liam Henderson but it fell to Chermiti for his second of the day and Rangers’ fifth. As we got to the last five minutes, Rangers got their sixth, a good ball across the face of the goal by substitute Oliver Antman, and Miovski was in the right place to tap in for his second and make the score 3-6. The game mercilessly came to an end with nine goals as Rangers pick up a huge three points in their bid for the Scottish Premiership title. Next up for Falkirk is a derby cup semi-final at Hampden as they take on Dunfermline for a place in the final. Rangers are off for a warm-weather training camp in Spain before their post-split schedule starts at Ibrox against Motherwell  Falkirk Scott Bain, Keelan Adams, Coll Donaldson, Liam Henderson, Filip Lissah, Brad Spencer, Dylan Tait (Henry Cartwright 81’), Calvin Miller (Ethan Ross 81’), Finn Yeats(Kyrell Wilson 71’), Ben Broggio (Ben Parkinson 70’), Barney Stewart. Rangers Jack Butland, James Tavernier, Emmanuel Fernandez, Nasser Djiga, Jayden Meghoma (Max Aarons 70’), Nicolas Raskin, Tochi Chukwuani (Mohammed Diomande 85’), Mikey Moore (Bojan Miovski 46’), Djedi Gassama (Oliver Antman 85’), Thelo Assgaard (Connor Barron 77’), Youssef Chermiti.

Referees And VAR In Scotland: How Do We Fix This?

I think it’s an undeniable fact that the standard of refereeing in Scotland has diminished as the years have gone on. I believe there is one distinct reason for this, Scotland has too many “Category 1” referees in comparison to other bigger countries, now Scotland’s structure of referee development is much different to other countries, however even then these following numbers are alarming in my opinion. The SFA has around 80 referees in their “Category 1 pool” considering we only have 42 clubs in our professional league set-up, this seems rather excessive. When you compare the “Category 1” or ”elite level” referee pools in England, France, Germany, Spain and Italy they all clock in at a more reasonable 20-25 top level whistlers. This to me is a clear indication that the SFA has favoured a “quantity over quality” perspective and have ended up placing guys into situations they are not ready for, and the implementation of VAR has only made things more complicated. I was recently at Easter Road for Hibernian’s game against Livingston, where I witnessed one of the worst penalty calls I’ve ever seen when Mo Sylla quite clearly wins the ball from a challenge on Martin Boyle however referee Lloyd Wilson decides to point to the spot. It took the intervention of VAR to come to the correct outcome, however the initial decision was so poor, questions must be asked as to how he decided to call for a penalty.  Wilson is currently in his first season refereeing in the Scottish Premiership and without VAR he could have cost relegation threatened Livingston a much valuable point at a difficult away venue. It’s not just the younger, less experienced referees that are making these decisions, you have to look back no further than last Sunday when Livingston were again involved against Edinburgh opposition, this time Hearts at The Home of the Set Fare Arena where in the dying moments of the game Robbie Muirhead is clearly pulled down by Marc Leonard with no cover whatsoever. However, referee Kevin Clancy only gave a yellow card to the Hearts midfielder, again until VAR was able to bring the on-field official to the clear correct decision. Kevin Clancy made his Premiership debut in April 2012 meaning he’s been one of Scotland’s top flight officials for 14 years, yet somehow still needing the usage of the technology to find the correct decision that people in the stands and watching on TV at home can clearly see. The SFA must change the way they promote referees if they are to fix these issues, the “Category 1” pool is overcrowded with newly promoted and older headed referees who are not up to the task of refereeing at the top level. Just take the involvement of Scottish referees at international level as more evidence of this, throughout the 1990s and 2000s, referees such as Hugh Dallas, Craig Thomson and even the now head of SFA referees Willie Collum regularly officiated in the Champions League and major international competitions. However by 2020 Scotland had zero referees on UEFA’s Elite list, Nick Walsh was promoted to that list in 2025, and was the first in 13 years. Moving to VAR, I think I’m probably in the minority when I say I’m generally supportive of the implementation of VAR. Without it around 90% of the on-field decisions alone are correct, however with the technology that number goes up to 97.8% and I think with every correct decision that VAR makes, is a reason for it to be kept. Saying that, I think there’s a couple of things that could make it even better, because really when you have the luxury of watching a certain incident over and over again as much as you like, not having 100% correct decisions shows a still flawed system. I won’t explain one specific example because frankly there are too many that affect every Premiership club, but how many times have we seen the VAR team trying to draw lines to determine an offside decision and the camera angle is not in the correct position to see the players affecting the decision. It’s off to the side, at a dodgy angle and there’s a third player blocking the view of the camera to the players involved, and in one instance I remember a certain Motherwell vs Celtic game where they are trying to determine an offside from a camera on the whole other side of the pitch from the play. Simply put we need more cameras installed in stadiums to help the VAR officials with their decision making, but it’s not just offside decisions there’s other situations this could be useful. During the Scottish cup tie between Aberdeen and Motherwell where Liam Gordon was sent off for the Steelmen for denying a goal scoring opportunity in the centre circle with many teammates around him, John Beaton was then sent to the monitor to check his decision. They proceeded to show Beaton a replay of the incident from behind the goal at the beach end at Pittodrie which gave no context to the play and how close the other Motherwell players were to the play and therefore Beaton kept his original and wrong decision. It’s my opinion that if the camera angle wasn’t, as Scotland International John McGinn said on X: “From the north sea” John Beaton would have been better placed to change his mind. Again simply put, Scotland needs to put more money into VAR to help referees who clearly aren’t up to standard and until these differences are implemented, refereeing in Scotland will continue to decline.

Livingston 1-1 St Mirren: A Point Apiece For Two Strugglers In The Scottish Premiership

Livingston and St Mirren played out a 1-1 draw at the Home of the Set Fare Arena, a point that is massive for both teams as they look to avoid relegation. Livingston came into this one off the back of three defeats and two draws in their last five, with their last result being a valuable point against Rangers. Livingston were bottom of the table with 13 points from 28 games and without a win in 26 league games. St Mirren had lost three and won two of their last five, however were dismantled 5-0 at home to Motherwell in their last match, they sat in 10th place with 23 points from 27 games as they look to avoid any relegation battles. Livingston made just one change coming into this one, as Cristian Montano who was sent off against Rangers last week was replaced by Babacar Fati. Stephen Robinson made six changes to the team that lost to Motherwell as Richard King, Declan John, Jacob Devaney, Roland Idowu, Conor McMenamin and Jake Young were replaced by Jayden Richardson, Scott Tanser, Mikael Mandron, Dan Nlundulu, Marcus Fraser and Keanu Baccus. The First real change fell to Livingston as they countered after a good run by Lewis Smith and his cross was almost perfect but Scott Pittman wasn’t able to convert St Mirren were quick to get a chance of their own as Jaden Richardson connected to a great cross but it was knocked onto the crossbar by Livingston keeper Jerome Prior. St Mirren would have another shot at goal through KIllian Phillips but Brooklyn Kabongalo took one in the face to stop his team conceding. Just after the quarter hour mark, Livingston struggled to play out from the back presenting a chance to Mikael Mandron but his shot went over the bar. Livingston would get another chance just before 20 minutes as a misread of the situation by Marcus Fraser allowed the ball to bounce to Robbie Muirhead but he rushed the shot and it went over the bar. Mark O’Hara was next to try his luck for St MIrren, as his looping shot bounced off the top of the net, as it had Prior backtracking. Livingston would fashion another chance for themselves down the left hand side eventually ending a shot by Pittman but it was wide. Marvin Bartley’s team would get another soon after, Smith again looking threatening and his powerful shot was well saved by St Mirren keeper Shamal George. As we approached half-time the deadlock was broken as Dan Nlundulu’s header from a Mikael Mandron cross was floated into the corner of the goal past Prior, that was his fourth of the season. St Mirren threatened from a corner early on in the second half with Phillips and Nlundulu having shots that were blocked by the Livingston defenders. Stephen Robinson’s team got quickfire double chances from both Mandron and Nlundulu, both were blocked by the scrambling Livingston defense. Another chance for St MIrren as this time it was Mark O’Hara who rifled a shot just wide of the goal after a cross was headered away. The game went into a lull where no team was really creating much, Livingston made subs to try and have an impact on the game but it was working as they wanted. Babacar Fati was able to get a shot away for Livingston but it wasn’t troubling George who watched it sail over. Livingston would get their equaliser as substitute Barrie McKay’s cross was headed in a similar fashion to Nlundulu in the first half by Kabongolo, it’s his second in two games after his strike opened the scoring last week against Rangers. Substitute Joel Nouble was able to get a shot away for Livingston but his shot went harmlessly over the bar. Livingston were the ones pushing to win the game. There were six minutes added. They had a few corners but just couldn’t find the magic touch that could win the game for them. There was then a fair bit of confusion as Mikael Mandron was injured and then substituted off before running back on the park and playing as a 12th man for around 30 seconds, he left the field of play and was booked.  The game came to an end all square as the teams continue their fight to avoid relegation as remain in the league. Livingston’s next game is against Hibernian at Easter Road next Saturday which looks to be a tricky test for the team from West Lothian. As for St Mirren they have a much quicker turnaround as they play Dundee United on Tuesday night as they look to pull away from Kilmarnock who currently sit in the relegation play off. Livingston Jerome Prior, Babacar Fati, Ryan McGowan, Scott Pittman (Mo Sylla 86), Robbie Muirhead (Joel Nouble 68), Lewis Smith (Barrie McKay 59), Daniel Finlayson, Emmanuel Danso (Jeremy Bokila 59) , Brooklyn Kabongolo, Macaulay Tait, Danny Wilson.   St Mirren Shamal George, Jayden Richardson, Scott Tanser, Mark O’Hara, Mikael Mandron, Alex Gogic, Dan Nlundulu, Miguel Freckleton, Marcus Fraser, Keanu Baccus, Killian Phillips.

Igor Tudor Takes the Reigns at Tottenham

Croatian coach Igor Tudor has taken interim charge of Tottenham Hotspur after Thomas Frank was sacked earlier this week. Frank left the club in 16th place just five points above the relegation places, leaving Spurs with no choice but to sack their Danish manager. Tottenham were looking for a coach with a track record of producing an instant turnaround in form and Tudor does have previous experience of doing exactly that. Tudor, who got 55 caps for Croatia as a player, took charge of both Lazio and Juventus at similar stages of the last two seasons and was able to turn their fortunes around quickly. His latest stint as a head coach was at Juventus after finishing fourth at the end of last season he was given a two-year contract, however was sacked four months later. Tudor does have plenty of coaching experience, since 2013 he’s worked at clubs such as Galatasaray, Udinese and Marseille along with the aforementioned Lazio and Juventus. It’s a tough start to life at Spurs for the Croatian as his first game is the North London derby against Arsenal at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium on 22nd February. He also has a trip to Anfield to play Liverpool and the first leg of the Champions League last 16 tie within his first five games in charge. Spurs will be hoping Tudor can produce what he has in Serie A over the past few years and pull them out of the position they’re in before they fall into serious contention of relegation. Read our article detailing Thomas Frank’s departure from Tottenham here: https://snnsports.co.uk/thomas-frank-sacked-as-tottenham-hotspur-manager/

Thomas Frank Sacked as Tottenham Hotspur Manager

Tottenham Hotspur have announced that manager Thomas Frank has been sacked after just eight months in charge. Frank was given the position in June 2025 after Ange Postecoglou was sacked just weeks after winning the Europa League with Spurs. Frank leaves the club in 16th position in the Premier League with 29 points after 26 games, far away from where the club expect themselves to be. Despite some good results in Europe and wins over Manchester City and Everton, there have just been too many poor results to keep Frank in the job for the Spurs board. What happened to be the final straw for the club board was last night’s 1-2 home loss to Newcastle United. In a statement the club said: “results and performances have led the Board to conclude that a change at this point in the season is necessary.” As we head into the last few months an interim as the club looks for the next man to try and make them a force in the Premier League again. Early favourites to take over include Robert de Zerbi who has today left French club Marseille, John Heitinga currently head coach of Ajax, and sensationally Mauricio Pochettino is tipped to make a potential return after spending five years there from 2014-2019.

Gaps Plugged but is it Enough? – Rangers Transfer Window Review

Rangers had a fairly busy but certainly expensive January transfer window, spending £12million, more than any other club in the league. They’ve strengthened in areas that were needed and will hope that it will be enough to give them the boost towards the league title. Looking over the four players they did sign, you can evaluate their chances of hitting their target of a first league title since 2020/21. Tochi Chukwuani Chukwuani came to Rangers early in the window for around £3.5million, filling a pivotal part of the Rangers squad playing in the number six position. Nico Raskin had been filling in that part of the Rangers team, but with little success, and is clearly more suited to a number eight, box-to-box type of midfield role. Chukwuani can play that role much more efficiently, sweeping across the back line to cover gaps defensively, and he may prove invaluable during the run-in of the season. Tuur Rommens The Belgian U-21 international signed from Westerloo in the Belgian Pro League, managed by former Rangers coach Issame Charaï. Left back was another position Rangers were short in cover, as the only natural left back they had was Jayden Meghoma, and it’s not viable to expect to win a league with just one player for any position. As modern full-backs go, his real strengths come from attacking. However, Rommens, from his left back position, enjoys making runs into the inside left channel, something Rangers have been missing for a while. It adds another dimension to the Rangers’ attack that they can use to break stubborn defences down. Andreas Skov Olsen The Danish international winger has joined from Wolfsburg to a lot of fanfare. He was on fire at Club Brugge, but his move to Germany hasn’t worked out as he expected. Here you have a player who will be desperate to get his form back, not just for his new club but for his nation’s World Cup playoffs in March. A left-footed winger who can play on both wings but seems to prefer the right wing to cut inside and get shots away, he can beat players in 1v1 situations. He definitely can be a game-changer and is also the most exciting of the Rangers’ signings of this window. Ryan Naderi Rangers were left to sweat until the final minutes of the window to get Naderi in the door. It was of great importance for them to get a striker in as Bojan Miovski and Youssef Chermiti haven’t hit the goal-scoring heights needed to be the number nine Rangers require. Naderi has eight goals and four assists in 18 games for Hansa Rostock in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. Despite the seemingly low level he’s come from, you’d back fellow German and Rangers head coach Danny Röhl to know whether or not Naderi is worth the reported €5.5million (£4.7million) to bring him in now instead of in the summer, like Rostock were insisting. If he gets going, he could be pivotal if the Rangers are to win the league. This transfer window can be seen as a relative success. Being really picky, you’d maybe think Rangers are short of a creative midfielder, as Thelo Aasgaard has struggled to really prove himself so far, and a central defender, as injury-prone John Souttar, currently injured, Derek Cornelius and struggling Nasser Djiga could use extra help. However, the areas Rangers did strengthen were very necessary and should stand Rangers in good stead as the Scottish Premiership title race looks to be going to the wire.

Rangers Finally Get Their Man Naderi

As the clock ticked down to the final seconds of the transfer window, Rangers finally announced the signing of German striker Ryan Naderi from 3.Liga club Hansa Rostock. The 22-year-old striker has 12 goal involvements in the 18 games he’s played in Germany’s third tier this season. Danny Röhl would have been desperate to get a striker in as goals from open play have been scarce for Rangers, with a big reason for that being a lack goals from strikers. With Youssef Chermiti and Bojan Miovski unable to be that focal point in the Rangers attack, Röhl will be hoping Naderi can bring his good form to Ibrox. With a reported fee of €5.5million, much higher than originally expected, it’s believed the extra money is to make sure Rangers get their man now instead of the summer. Hansa Rostock were adamant that the striker stayed with them until the summer, as they are currently in a fight to get promoted to Bundesliga 2 in Germany. However, Rangers in their hunt for the Scottish Premiership title, Andrew Cavanagh and the 49ers Enterprises have put their hands in their pockets to get their man in this window. This is the most expensive transfer out of the third tier of German football ever, and Naderi will have a lot of pressure on his shoulders. However, with Danny Röhl’s knowledge of German football, it’s obvious the Rangers boss has faith in his new acquisition.

Hibernian 0-0 Rangers: Both Teams Fire Blanks in the Capital

A blow to Rangers title hopes as they lose ground on Hearts at the top of the table as they played out an entertaining scoreless draw with Hibernian. Hibs came into this one off the back of a few poor results against Falkirk and in the cup against Dunfermline, with only two wins in their last five. Rangers are on a run of seven wins domestically and only lost their first game in nine away to Porto midweek as they were looking to continue their title push. There were two changes for Hibs as they looked to bounce back from a 4-1 loss at Falkirk, now departed Kieron Bowie and Jamie McGrath dropped out for Elle Youan and Joe Newell. As for Rangers they made five changes from the midweek loss to Porto, James Tavernier, Max Aarons, Nasser Djiga, Mohammed Diomande and now away Findlay Curtis are out for Dujon Sterling, Andreas Skov Olson, Tochi Chukwuani, Thelo Aasgaard and John Souttar. First action came for Rangers, a good ball from Djedi Gassama found Aasgaard in space on the edge of the area, but his shot was blocked for a Rangers corner. That corner was a good one onto the head of John Souttar, but his header flew over the bar and Hibs received a goal kick. As we reached the mid-way point of the first half, Rangers were consolidating possession but lacked directness in their play, Hibs were defending well but struggled to really test the Rangers defence. First real chance for Hibs came when Youan got a good cross in for Hibs skipper Joe Newell who found himself in space near the penalty spot, but his header went wide. Youan again looking lively as he beat Souttar to a high ball he managed to get into the area but his shot was beaten away by Rangers keeper Jack Butland Butland again was called into action after a good run by sub Kai Andrews found Youan and the Rangers keeper tipped the ball over the bar. A great ball in by Gassama was played back across goal by Skov Olsen and it had Jack Iredale panicking but the Hibs defender was able to clear before any Rangers players arrived. A good free kick in by Jordan Obita was cleared by the Rangers defence for a corner as Martin Boyle was lurking to try and get his toe on it. A ball through to Boyle is missed by Emmanuel Fernandez and he was through one on one with Butland but the keeper was able to save. Another Hibs chance followed as some good play finally released Obita on the left and his cross got to Youan at the back post and his header was wide when it really should have been a lot better. First shot of the second half came from Rangers as Fernandez wins the ball on the edge of the area and his deflected shot goes way over for a corner. Another headed chance for Hibs and Youan went over the bar once again after good running from Boyle kept the move alive. Another shot from outside the box from Fernandez is deflected and this time Raphael Salinger has to knock it behind for another corner. Good running from new signing Dane Scarlett won Hibs a first corner of the second half as they tried to put Rangers under some pressure again. Mikey Moore had the ball in the net but the flag went up, after a VAR review the decision was upheld and it stayed 0-0. Hibs went straight up the park after that and managed to get a shot away with Kanayo Megwa but Jack Butland was able to catch. As we went into the last 10 the game had opened up and both teams were attacking with intensity knowing one goal would likely win it. After a counter attack the ball fell to another new HIbs player Owen Elding but his shot was easy for Butland. Nedim Bajrami got the ball a bit of space and shaped to shoot, but his shot went way over the goal. Hibs win a corner in the last minute as Scarlett has a close range chance blocked by Souttar but the corner comes to nothing. A spectacular last minute overhead kick attempt by Bojan Miovski was saved by Raphael Salinger as the final whistle was blown. Next up for Hibs is another home game, this time they face Dundee United on Wednesday night where they’ll look to finally get back to winning ways. As for Rangers they’re also at home on Wednesday night against Kilmarnock who won their first game since the 4th October this weekend. Hibernian Raphael Salinger, Grant Hanley (Nicky Cadden 70), Elle Youan (Dane Scarlett 70), Martin Boyle (Owen Elding 66), Joe Newell (Rudi Molotnikov 66), Miguel Chaiwa (Kai Andrews 10), Jack Iredale, Jordan Obita, Dan Barlaser, Kanayo Megwa, Rocky Bushiri. Rangers Jack Butland, John Souttar, Andreas Skov Olsen (Nedim Bajrami 70), Youssef Chermiti, Thelo Aasgaard (Bojan Miovski 86), Dujon Sterling (Max Aarons 86), Djedi Gassama (Mikey Moore 56), Jayden Meghoma, Emmanuel Fernandez, Tochi Chuckwuani (Mohammed Diomande 70), Nicolas Raskin.