Porteous sent off after ugly lunge and items thrown at victim Barisic from stand
Coaches Potter & Culshaw sent to stand as tempers flare
Incident came moments after Defoe cut inside and slid third past Marciano
Rangers two up inside eight minutes
Kent crashed after Marciano scuffed clearance, then Aribo guided in fine finish
Rangers looking to narrow five-point gap to Celtic at top
Hibernian 0-2 Rangers
Rangers' pressing of Hibs is proving really effective. Whenever the home defenders are in possession, they can't plot a route to a team-mate, their options extinguished by the red jerseys flying across the paddock.
Hibernian 0-2 Rangers
Gary Caldwell
Former Scotland defender on Sportsound
Quote MessageRyan Kent has been unplayable. He's picking up the ball in so many dangerous areas because he isn't being predictable. Borna Barisic could probably be moving forward more and causing issues down the left but Kent has been superb.
Hibernian 0-2 Rangers
And now it really should be 3-0. More sumptuous interplay puts Joe Aribo through on goal, but Ofir Marciano gets out and gets down to block the shot with his legs.
Rangers are running Hibs ragged here. They're classier, faster, hungrier and exploiting gaps all over the park.
Hibernian 0-2 Rangers
Rangers within a whisker of a third goal. Ryan Kent's driven low shot from the edge of the box has real venom, but Ryan Porteous sticks out a leg to divert it wide and Hibs get rid of the corner.
Hibernian 0-2 Rangers
A rare foray forward for Hibs results in Borna Barisic wildly hacking down Martin Boyle. Stevie Mallan lines up the free-kick from around 25 yards, just right of centre, but swings his effort well wide.
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Neil McCann
Former Hearts & Rangers winger on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessageThe early goal blew Hibs to bits. The passing game from Rangers has been superb. The movement has been brilliant.
Hibernian 0-2 Rangers
Gary Caldwell
Former Scotland defender on Sportsound
Quote MessageRangers have been outstanding. To come away from home in a high-pressure game and play the way they have is just outstanding. They just look so hungry. Ryan Kent in particular.
Hibernian 0-2 Rangers
The away end is rocking, the home stands deathly silent. Rangers are just waltzing through Hibs at will here. The hosts can't get out of their own box.
Jermain Defoe has a pot-shot from 20-odd yards that gets deflected behind and Hibs just about clear from the corner that follows.
Hibernian 0-2 Rangers
Neil McCann
Former Hearts & Rangers winger on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessageIt's a stunning goal from Rangers. Paul Hanlon is the deepest one for Hbs and was playing Ryan Jack onside. Joe Aribo just drifted in. It's a lovely little pull back and if the first finish was good the second one is even better.
Joe Aribo
Just like that, it's 2-0! Rangers are flying. If the first goal was a gift, the second is gloriously worked.
Joe Aribo plays in Ryan Jack up the right flank, the midfielder caresses back to his unmarked colleague who steers a fantastic shot high into the top corner with his left foot.
That was a cracking bit of play. Hibs could be in for an absolute hiding here.
Image source, BBC SportHibernian 0-1 Rangers
Neil McCann
Former Hearts & Rangers winger on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessageKent has stepped up tonight. We've been talking about him so much and he's already made his mark. A really impressive finish.
Hibernian 0-1 Rangers
A rousing response to that early shocker from Hibs, Flo Kamberi twisting into the box and blasting off the near post from a very acute angle.
Then Scott Allan weaves his way to the edge of the box but drags his shot well wide.
Hibernian 0-1 Rangers
Gary Caldwell
Former Scotland defender on Sportsound
Quote MessageIt's a disaster for Hibs. A terrible mistake from Marciano. The ball got played back to him and he thought he had more time. The finish from Kent is outstanding. It wasn't easy.
Ryan Kent
Oh my. Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. What a howler from Ofir Marciano.
If Ryan Kent wanted a Christmas present, the big Hibs goalkeeper has gift-wrapped one inside four minutes.
The stopper gets caught in possession under no pressure, Joe Aribo blocks his clearance, and Kent calmly and neatly steers in the opening goal first-time from the edge of the box. It's a blunder of apocalyptic proportions.
Image source, BBC SportEnd-to-end stuff in the opening couple of minutes. Joe Aribo picks up possession on the angle of the Hibs box but is well tackled by Paul Hanlon.
That sets up a Hibs counter with Martin Boyle scampering up the right. His deep, floated cross is easily gobbled up by Allan McGregor.
We're off! Scott Allan gets the game under way. What does this typically feisty fixture have in store for us tonight?
Here we go, then. Out come the teams, Hibs in their green, Rangers in their red change strips.
Hibernian v Rangers (19:45)
Inevitably, Steven Gerrard is asked how his team will cope without the suspended Alfredo Morelos.
"I'm sure the media and everyone out there are waiting for it. We're aware of that. But if we can go and put in a good team performance and individuals can step up and execute in the final third without Alfredo then people may have to wait and not write the headlines they want to write."
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Rangers manager Steven Gerrard expects a "different challenge" from the 6-1 thumping his team administered to 10-man Hibs early in the campaign.
"When we played them at Ibrox they didn't have much confidence about them and we obviously won the game very comfortably," he tells BT Sport.
"They're a different team under the new manager and that will certainly give them a lift. They've picked a very bold, attacking team so the threat is certainly there. If we can handle that then I'm sure our opportunities will come."