Adam on the double as for Rangers see off Hibs

Hibernian 0 Rangers 2

Brown watched Adam curl an early opener inside his near post from 40 yards and let the midfielder’s weak 25-yard shot slip through his legs on the hour mark.

Hibernian had decent spells of pressure after a poor start but Rangers defended stoutly to move seven points ahead of Aberdeen in the race for second place in the SPL.

Just as importantly for the Rangers fans, the win rules out the prospect of Celtic clinching the title with an Old Firm victory on Sunday.

HIBERNIAN: Simon Brown, Whittaker, Hogg, Jones, Murphy, Sproule (Zemmama 70), Beuzelin, Scott Brown, Stevenson, Sowunmi (Benjelloun 46), Fletcher.

RANGERS: McGregor, Hutton, Ehiogu, Weir, Murray, Burke, Hemdani, Ferguson, Thomson, Adam, Boyd (Prso 71).

Referee: C Richmond (Scotland).