RANGERS are set to be without defensive duo Lee Wallace and Clint Hill for the Premiership clash with Kilmarnock on Wednesday night.
The pair both started against Motherwell at Ibrox but had to be withdrawn at the break with stomach and hamstring problems respectively.
Full-back Lee Hodson, who replaced the suspended James Tavernier in the Light Blues line-up, was also forced off before the second half got underway as he struggled with illness.
Boss Pedro Caixinha introduced Andy Halliday, Michael O’Halloran and Joe Garner and saw his side come from behind to earn a share of the spoils against the Steelmen.
Rangers return to top flight action at Rugby Park as they look to get back to winning ways ahead of the trip to Aberdeen on Sunday.
But Caixinha doesn’t have his injury problems to seek as Wallace and Hill get set to miss out on the meeting with Lee McCulloch’s side.
He told rangers.co.uk: “James was not only suspended but he was feeling something from the previous week.
“I’m not sure if Clint can totally recover, Lee Wallace as well, so I believe those two for sure should be out, and Lee Hodson maybe in the next couple of days, I cannot be one hundred percent but I believe at least for the game we can have him.
“I don’t know also about Jon Toral because of the surface we are going to play.
“He has had some problems with his knee, he faced some surgery on the knee, and this is the surface that normally means we need to take care of those players.
“Not only of the injured, but also the previous injuries, and of the mental approach because if they are going into the game feeling that something may happen, it’s not good.
“So we need to analyse all those points, but for sure we’ll have a strong squad, for sure we’ll have players that are looking to have that chance to say ‘I’m present, I’m capable to be a Rangers player and capable to be in the first eleven’.”
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