Rangers travel to McDiarmid Park on Tuesday night in the Scottish Premiership.
Consistency is expected to be the key for Rangers manager Graeme Murty as he prepares his side to face St. Johnstone at McDiarmid Park on Tuesday night in the latest Scottish Premiership encounter.
Rangers earned a third consecutive Scottish Premiership win on Saturday with three points against Craig Levein’s Hearts at Ibrox, thanks to goals from two of Murty’s January signings – Jamie Murphy and Russell Martin.
The win opens up a gap between themselves and third-placed Aberdeen, after the Dons suffered a 2-0 loss to Rangers’ bitter rivals Celtic on Sunday afternoon. Brendan Rodgers’ men reinstated their nine-point lead over Rangers.
The likes or Ryan Jack and Graham Dorrans remain sidelined for the Gers, so Murty is expected to continue with Greg Docherty in the middle of the park alongside loanee Sean Goss after the duo joined the club only last month.
Euro 2016 winner Bruno Alves returned to the Rangers bench on Saturday but remained there for the entire 90 minutes as David Bates and Martin shut Hearts out, and he may be forced to do the same on Tuesday night.
A favourite of Pedro Caixinha, who lured him to Ibrox in the summer from Serie A side Cagliari, Alves returned to the squad on Saturday after recovering from a calf problem but is unlikely to be given a start.
It will see Murty make no changes to his side, as he continues to place his faith in attacking-midfield trio Josh Windass, Daniel Candeias and Murphy to supply Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos with enough ammunition.
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