Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson is positive the battling draw with Dundee will prove a turning point ahead of their trip to Rangers on Boxing Day.

The 1-1 draw at Fir Park ended a run of four consecutive Scottish Premiership defeats and was achieved in challenging circumstances.

Robinson's side finished the game with 10 men after both Chris Cadden and Elliott Frear went off with hamstring injuries, the latter after all three substitutes had been used.

Defender Peter Hartley and goalkeeper Trevor Carson both played through the pain barrier in the closing stages and the latter secured a point deep in stoppage time when he produced a brilliant one-handed stop to deny Josh Meekings.

Robinson said: "We are positive that has turned the tide. It's easy to get into the habit of losing games, as it is getting into the habit of winning games. We need to get back to that.

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"We have stopped the rot and we know what we need to do in both boxes. You need to defend properly like we did and we need to take our chances at the other end."

Graeme Murty's first match as full-time Rangers boss ended in defeat as they were beaten 2-1 by Kilmarnock.

"It's not the way I wanted to celebrate a new contract," said defender Declan John, who struck Gers' opener just before half-time.

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"Wednesday's game is now a must-win for us ahead of the Celtic game, we must bounce back. We will have to put in a good performance at home and obviously we've then got the big game against Celtic."

Rangers travel to leaders Celtic on Saturday, live on Sky Sports.

Team news

Motherwell have no fresh injury concerns but Louis Moult is unavailable due to a hamstring injury.

Ryan Jack returns from suspension for Rangers while Jordan Rossiter, Lee Wallace, Kenny Miller and Graham Dorrans are out.

Opta stats

• Rangers are unbeaten in 38 matches against Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership (W28 D10); in fact, the Gers have lost just three of their 54 top flight matches against Motherwell (W40 D11), with their last defeat against the Steelmen coming back on Boxing Day in 2002 (0-1).
• Rangers are unbeaten at Ibrox against Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership (W24 D4), failing to score in just one of the 28 matches played there in the competition; however, the Steelmen have held Rangers to a draw in two of their last three such visits.
• Alfredo Morelos has netted three goals in his last four Scottish Premiership appearances, with two of those coming at Ibrox.
• Craig Tanner has been directly involved in three goals in his last four games in the competition, scoring twice and assisting another.

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