Killie manager Lee Clark will be a happy man after seeing his team dominate the visitors in the first half.

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Stevie Smith goes into the wee black book for sending Rangers midfielder Barrie MacKay up in the air with a late challenge form behind.

Harry Forrester twists and turns and finds enough space to clip a cross into the box but it's more a hit-and-hope effort than anything decisive. Killie are standing firm.

Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald and Dundee counterpart Paul Hartley are watching the match at Rugby Park.

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Joe Garner takes his eyes off the ball at the last minute and slams into Jonathan Burn, Killie's 21-year-old on loan centre-half. Both players receive treatment but it's the home defender who looks the groggier.

Rangers midfielder Joey Barton is booked for a rather lazy trip on Greg Kiltie.

“Very sloppy defending by Rangers. Kiltie ran away from Joey Barton with the ball. It shows Joey Barton doesn’t have the legs to follow Kiltie with the ball, he had the ball and he ran away from him. He slips Kris Boyd in and Kris Boyd just needs half a yard, everybody knows that, and he’ll put the ball away. 

"It’s a fantastic finish and it’s no more than Killie deserve.”

Former Rangers striker Peter Lovenkrands on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound

James Tavernier has barely featured as an attacking force for Rangers in this match. Joe Garner sets up the full-back who blasts the ball over the bar from 18 yards.

Some stats from my estimable colleague John Barnes: "Rangers' last league visit to Rugby Park was in November 2011. On that occasion, they lost 1-0 to a Manuel Pascali goal.

"Killie have won only three home games out of 14 in 2016."

Tom English
BBC Sport Scotland at Rugby Park

"Killie are the better team here; more dangerous, hungrier, quicker tempo. Rangers' use of the ball is really poor and I know Joey Barton is out there but it's hard to find him sometimes. His influence on the game so far has been negligible. It'll be interesting to hear Mark Warburton's take on the Joe Dodoo injury later. The Rangers manager has been very critical of Killie's plastic pitch in the past."

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Luke Hendrie gets on the end of a corner from the right, nodding towards the Rangers goal. And the Killie right-back is first to pounce on the loose ball when it's only half cleared but his shot is blocked bravely by Joey Barton...possibly with an arm.

Former Rangers winger Peter Lovenkrands: "It's very difficult for Rangers to play their way through. Kilmarnock have started the better team."

Stevie Smith, Killie's craggy defender/midfielder, turns Barrie MacKay's Rangers jersey into a rather fetching crop top as he gets to grip with his opponent. The Killie fans roar their approval.

Greg Taylor clips in a ball for Kris Boyd from out on the left but the big striker makes a meal of it, with the ball coming off his calf and trundling out for a goal kick.

It's a sad sight as the former Leicester City striker Joe Dodoo is stretchered off. Let's hope it's not a serious injury; he did not appear to be in too much pain. In his place, making his debut, is Joe Garner.

Rangers forward Joe Dodoo is receiving treatment on his knee, by the look of it. It's not looking like he'll continue, certainly not immediately.

As Killie build in confidence, Gary Dicker cracks a left-footed drive that goes just a foot or so past Wes Foderingham's right-hand post. The home fans are enjoying this.

Tom English
BBC Sport Scotland

"Kilmarnock have 12 players aged 21 or under in their match day squad here at Rugby Park. Four teenagers in the starting line-up. Lee Clark is a disciple of Ossie Ardiles and Kevin Keegan from his Newcastle playing days but there's obviously a touch of the Amarillo Slim about him as well. All these youngsters? What a gamble."