DANIEL CANDEIAS FIRED Rangers to the top of the Scottish Premiership as Steven Gerrard’s side beat Hamilton 1-0, after champions Celtic crashed to a surprise 2-0 defeat at Hibernian on Sunday.
Rangers led the Scottish top-flight two weeks ago before stumbles against Aberdeen and Dundee saw them surrender top spot.
Gerrard’s men are now back in pole position, ahead of Kilmarnock on goal difference, after Candeias struck in the third minute to kill off lowly Hamilton at Ibrox.
Kyle Lafferty’s shot was blocked by Matt Kilgallon, but there was no stopping Candeias’ follow-up strike.
Candeias saw another effort blocked amid a goalmouth scramble, while Gary Woods had to pull off a smart near-post stop from Eros Grezda.
Woods’ fingertip save high to his right on 65 minutes to keep out a Lafferty save was even better.
It was the perfect response for Rangers after Thursday’s disappointing Europa League exit at the hands of Rapid Vienna.
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It would be great to get Finlay back, and great that it isn’t gonna keep him out for too long, however, Carty and Buckley being injured for the weekend is a huge loss for us.
Missing a lot a big names this week but the rest of the panel are going to have to step up, we should be beating Edinburgh at home but there was a similar hope for points in the reverse fixture last year, also with the internationals missing, and we ended shipping 50 something points