Rangers take on Ross County tonight with the sole purpose of winning the game and collecting three points.
Fans, and Philippe Clement, know what winning by three goals does but the Gers boss will let those who pack Ibrox think about that as he focusses his squad on nothing more than the 90 minutes ahead.
Rangers made seven changes at the weekend and there are fresh legs in the line-up to face Ross County with the team news now confirmed.
Rangers v Ross County – Team news confirmed
It was a surprise to see Jack Butland between the sticks against Ayr United but with the club putting a £10-15m price tag on his head, his importance in the title race can’t be underestimated.
In defence, options are a bit more limited with Ben Davies only just back in contention and Leon Balogun’s protective face-mask needing to be adjusted, although a return for the big Nigerian is imminent.
John Souttar has been our stand-out centre-half recently but Clement will be wary of how many games that the Scotland international has played recently.
Who partners John Lundstram seems to be the most competitive battle in the squad as Ryan Jack, Nicolas Raskin, Tom Lawrence and Mohamed Diomande fight for the place.
The older of the two are on personal fitness training programmes but their qualities continue to be recognised by the manager.
Having depth isn’t a bad problem to have though.
Oscar Cortes has also brought a new dilemma to the forward line.
It now looks like three into two for the wide positions but the Colombian has made an immediate impact.
Fabio Silva and Cyriel Dessers have been rotated but with five substitutes at his disposal, Clement can give them all plenty of minutes.
This is who Philippe Clement has gone with as he attempts to take Rangers to the top of the league for the first time in two years:
Three points is all that matters, however, the psychological boost that the players and fans would get from topping league would be huge – even if Clement thinks otherwise.
