Rangers boss Walter Smith admits Madjid Bougherra is a major doubt for the game against Kilmarnock after Algeria were forced into a World Cup play-off. The defender faces a qualification decider against arch-rivals Egypt in Sudan on Wednesday night after his country lost 2-0 in Cairo on Saturday.
Bougherra played the full 90 minutes on his first appearance since an international against Rwanda on October 11.
The 27-year-old is now not due back to Murray Park until Friday and Smith admits the SPL clash with Kilmarnock at Ibrox may come too soon.
"It's one of those things we could have been doing without, and I dare say Madjid could be doing without it as well," Smith said of the play-off.
"I haven't heard yet how he has got through the game or if his injury has caused him any problems.
"We'll obviously have to see how he is, considering the fact he'll have been away nearly a fortnight.
"He has not played for two or three weeks prior to that. So, having two games in such a short space of time, having not played much, it might be asking a bit much of him to be involved in Saturday's game."