Nicky Law grabbed a double as Rangers ended the festive period with a 2-0 victory against Stenhousemuir and another red card.
Law struck in either half of the Scottish League One clash that saw Arnold Peralta sent off shortly before the interval.
This was the fourth game in 11 days for the Glasgow team, a fixture schedule that had prompted complaints from boss Ally McCoist.
Richard Foster and Andy Little both made their first starts for Rangers since November after recovering from their respective injuries.
The home side would have been ahead after 18 minutes had it not been for the efforts of Cammy Bell.
Sean Higgins pounced on a poor pass-back from Sebastien Faure to take him one on one with the Rangers goalkeeper, who raced off his line and did well to block, before swatting Sean Dickson’s rebound shot to safety.
At the other end, a mistake by Nicky Devlin gifted Lee Wallace a decent chance on goal but the left-back was denied the opener as his ferocious strike crashed off the crossbar.
Law succeeded where Wallace failed by leaving the net bulging with 36 minutes on the clock. A Foster cross was nodded down by Jon Daly into the path of Law who lashed beyond the grasp of goalkeeper Chris Smith.
However, Rangers were dealt a blow four minutes before the break when they were reduced to 10 men after Peralta was dismissed for an ill-timed challenge on Eddie Malone.
The visitors were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers but could have added to their goal tally shortly after the restart.
Little was felled 25 yards out and Wallace stepped up for the resultant free-kick only to drill straight at the goalkeeper.
Fraser Aird eventually resorted to a shot from distance that was comfortably claimed by Stenny goalkeeper Smith as Rangers attempted to make their lead a more comfortable one.
Perhaps taking inspiration from the last-gasp draw Stranraer earned at Ibrox recently, Stenhousemuir pushed forward in search of a late leveller.
But clear-cut chances proved hard to come by and it was Rangers who struck again on the 90th minute. Law drove into the box before rifling a half volley into the roof off the net to wrap up the points.