Rangers resume their domestic duties on Sunday afternoon after the high of beating Malmo in the Europa League.
The Swedes were out-thought and outfought in the Europa League opener by an impressive Rangers performance – certainly the best of the season so far amid a rocky start.
Philippe Clement will be delighted as a result but will be expecting to see a similar display against Hibs at a full capacity Ibrox.
The Copland Road Stand will be packed out for the first time this season and it’s going to help create an intimidating atmosphere for David Gray’s side.
As far as the starting XI for Rangers is concerned, Clement is never usually one to stick with the same team in consecutive games.
With that, we expect there to be a couple of changes to the line-up that was fielded in Malmo during the week.
Jefte and Kasanwirjo to make up Rangers left side
Rangers fans are right to assume that Nedim Bajrami will play on the left again, which isn’t his favoured position despite playing well there against Malmo.
He’s much better behind the striker and with Jefte now back available and Neraysho Kasanwirjo putting in a solid full debut on Thursday, we’d like to see all three start.
Jefte isn’t the best defensively and given natural wingers Rabbi Matondo and Oscar Cortes are out injured, it’s not the worst idea to shift the Brazilian forward and utilise the athleticism of Kasanwirjo.
On the right, Ross McCausland should be rewarded with a start after his positive impact off the bench resulted in the second goal in Sweden.
With all of that in mind, here’s our Rangers predicted XI vs Hibs:
Rangers predicted XI vs Hibs
GK – Jack Butland
RB – James Tavernier
CB – John Souttar
CB – Robin Propper
LB – Neraysho Kasanwirjo
CM – Connor Barron
CM – Mohamed Diomande
CAM – Nedim Bajrami
LW – Jefte
RW – Ross McCausland
ST – Cyriel Dessers
