Rangers take advantage of Ryan Strain's early red card to beat St Mirren and leapfrog their hosts into second place in the Scottish Premiership.
James Tavernier scored twice as managerless Rangers took advantage of Ryan Strain's early red card to beat St Mirren and leapfrog their hosts into second place in the Scottish Premiership.
That was enough to end St Mirren's six-game unbeaten home run since the start of the season and take the Ibrox side above them and into second place on goal difference.Both managers had opted for speed up front, with 17-year-old Zak Lovelace given a first Rangers start and Toyosi Olusanya coming in for the hosts.
Sima failed to bury it at the far post, but replays showed that it had been diverted on its way to the on-loan Brighton & Hove Albion forward by the hand of the backtracking Strain. However, the visitors could only rest easy when Raskin rolled into the path of Sima on the break to fire his seventh goal of the season and Tavernier added some late gloss.On a day when nobody stood out for Rangers in general play, Tavernier again made the difference with his finishing and leadershipDavis had reacted to the Europa League defeat away to Aris Limassol in his debut as caretaker by making four changes to his starting line-up.
Even with St Mirren down to 10 men, the hosts looked every bit as capable of scoring the next goal as Rangers until tiring late on.
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