Mendes out for Rangers

Pedro Mendes has been ruled out of Rangers’ lunchtime trip to Hamilton due to a thigh injury.

The Portugal midfielder, who turned 30 on Thursday, had been troubled by the problem in the build-up to last week’s Kilmarnock match but played a full 90 minutes.

He will miss out today but the Murray Park medical team believe he will be okay for Wednesday night’s match against Inverness.

The loss of Mendes will cause some disruption for manager Walter Smith today.

He may decide to bring Steven Davis into a central role and use a more attacking player on the right side or he could draft in Maurice Edu to partner Barry Ferguson.