Sunday 22 November 2015 12:14, UK
Jason Cummings struck his 14th goal of the season to secure Hibernian a 1-0 win at bottom club Alloa and move them level on points with Scottish Championship leaders Rangers.
The three points puts Hibs alongside Rangers on 37 points, although the Ibrox side, who were held to a 1-1 draw at Livingston, have a game in hand as well as a superior goal difference.
Cummings netted the only goal for Hibernian on the hour-mark but the visitors spurned plenty of other chances while Alloa, for whom defender Dougie Hill was sent off, remain without a home win this season.
Hibernian defender Darren McGregor headed wide in the 13th minute and Alloa had their best chance of the first half five minutes later when Michael Chopra's shot flew the wrong side of the post.
Visiting striker Dominique Malonga spurned an opportunity as he pulled his close-range effort wide and midfielder John McGinn's shot forced Alloa goalkeeper Andy McNeil to parry.
Liam Fontaine forced a fine save from Alloa's substitute goalkeeper David Crawford and Hibs took a deserved 60th-minute lead soon after when Cummings drilled home a low shot from inside the area.
Hibs threatened again through David Gray's header and Cummings' header was then fumbled by Crawford before Hill was sent off in the 79th minute for his second bookable offence.
The 10 men almost conceded a second before the end when Hibs midfielder Fraser Fyvie crashed his shot over the crossbar.
Falkirk remain in third place but they are now six points adrift of the top two after their four-match winning run was halted by a 2-2 draw at Queen of the South.
Will Vaulks put the visitors ahead in the 17th minute at Palmerston Park with a header from Craig Sibbald's cross but Derek Lyle levelled from the penalty spot in the 35th minute.
Substitute Lee Miller looked to have won it for Falkirk with a header in the 83rd minute only for Ryan Russell to reply just a minute later.
Raith threw away a 3-0 lead in the last 10 minutes to draw 3-3 at Dumbarton and miss the chance to move into the play-off places.
James Craigen gave Raith the lead after three minutes with a shot from close range after being set up by Craig Wighton.
The visitors went further ahead just before half-time with a close-range right-footed shot from Mark Stewart from a Ryan McCord corner and Scott Robertson made it 3-0 after 55 minutes.
Steven Saunders started Dumbarton's comeback with nine minutes left and added a second two minutes later.
A Gary Fleming penalty in the 87th minute earned the home side an unlikely draw.
