With Rangers set to be without talismanic striker Alfredo Morelos for their crunch second leg return against Portuguese high-flyers Braga, it opens the door for someone else to step up and impress.
The Colombian forward is forced to sit out the second leg of Rangers’ round of 32 Europa League knockout tie against Ruben Amorim’s side after picking up a caution in the first leg of the tie.
A dubious yellow card for the striker in the first half of the Ibrox leg rules the competition’s top scorer out of the return leg and Rangers will need to call on reinforcements.
The Ibrox side showed their mettle when it came to the crunch against Braga and overturned a two-goal deficit to come away 3-2 winners at Ibrox.
Morelos missed a few gilt-edged chances in the match, but the striker’s enthusiasm and work rate still proved an invaluable asset to Steven Gerrard’s young and ambitious Rangers side.
The striker acts as an aggressive focal point for Rangers and when Morelos is out of the team the Ibrox club often find themselves having to adapt to deal with the situation.
Against Braga, either Greg Stewart or Hibernian loanee Florian Kamberi will be forced to lead the line.
But with both players chomping at the bit to make an impression, and Alfredo Morelos out of sorts, are Rangers really faced with a striking dilemma at all?
Or is it more an opportunity for the fringe players to make a lasting impression on a stretched Rangers forward line?
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