Charlie Adam is a surprise addition to the Rangers squad for Motherwell's visit having previously been ruled out for the season through injury.

Fellow midfielders Lee McCulloch and DaMarcus Beasley are likewise close to fitness but miss out against Well along with injured goalkeeper Allan McGregor.

Ross McCormack, Stephen Hughes and Simon Lappin are likely to return to Motherwell's starting line-up Ibrox.  However, captain Paul Quinn misses the rest of the season with a broken jaw.

Rangers are undefeated against Motherwell this season, winning two and drawing one. Both teams are in need of the points, so a tight game is expected. Rangers must be careful not to incur too many bookings or injuries, as they have 2 tough games coming up in the next seven days.

On Saturday they face Dundee United at home (a team also chasing the Eufa spot), then 4 days later face Zenit St Petersburg in the Uefa Cup final in Manchester.

Motherwell have only won 2 (one of those against Celtic) of their last 7 games and drawn 1. Scoring has been proving a problem with only four goals scored and 11 conceded.

Rangers have not had an easy time of late. Back to back defeats to Celtic, a disappointing performance against Hibernian and long drawn out games against St Johnstone and Fiorentina (both games going to penalties) are surely taking their toll on the Ibrox side. However, they're on a high: two cup finals coming up, and a strong possibility of winning the league.

I predict a Rangers win: 2-0