Rangers remain undefeated in the Scottish Premiership under Danny Rohl as they go looking for a third win over Hibernian this season.
The German has brought stability, served up with a dollop of pragmatism, after the freewheeling chaos and acrimony of the brief Russell Martin reign.
He has delivered five wins from seven in the league, which is as many as the team managed in their prior 18 outings.
Rangers have also kept four clean sheets in their past six top-flight matches, which is as many as they did in their previous 28.
Rohl rarely gives an interview without using the phrase “step forward” and those figures scream progress, although the bar had been set low and there have been recent disappointments in Europe.
Rangers sat sixth in the table when Rohl arrived, 13 points behind leaders Hearts. Now in fourth place, the gap is 12 but the Edinburgh side have played two games more.
This is not the one or two-horse race Scottish Premiership onlookers have been accustomed to, with Hearts losing just once in 17 outings, Motherwell showing remarkable consistency in a nine-game unbeaten league run, while champions Celtic are six points in front of their Old Firm rivals but enduring a major wobble under new boss WIlfried Nancy.
If Rangers can do an Edinburgh double over Hibs and Hearts in the next six days, they could go into 2026 revitalised and very much in the title mix.
Monday’s game is an opportunity to nudge into third but playing catch-up is a high-wire act for Rohl, who cannot afford to lose ground.
