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Scottish League News :: Rangers win 4-1 at Hibernian to restore four point lead in Scotland

Posted on 2009-12-27 by Gooner

Rangers restored their four-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League after recovering from an early setback at Hibernian.

Hibs had the ball in the net within 13 seconds through Anthony Stokes.

Kenny Miller restored parity with a composed effort and a poacher's strike by Kris Boyd put Rangers ahead before the half-time interval.

Nacho Novo grabbed a fortunate third for the visitors and Miller's second completed the scoring on 66 minutes.

The win means Rangers will finish 2009 as league leaders, regardless of what happens in Wednesday's home clash with Dundee United, while third-place Hibs remain four points behind Celtic.

Full Scottish Premier table

  Team          Pl  GD Pts
 1 Rangers      17 +28  40
 2 Celtic       17 +18  36
 3 Hibernian    17 +11  32
 4 Dundee Utd   16  +6  28
 5 Hearts       17  -3  20
 6 Motherwell   17  -7  20
 7 St Johnstone 17  -6  19
 8 Aberdeen     16  -6  18
 9 Hamilton     16 -11  16
10 St Mirren    16  -7  14
11 Kilmarnock   17 -10  14
12 Falkirk      17 -13  12

Sourced From : BBC Sport

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