Both sides are vying for second spot in Scottish Championship

Stuart McCall admits he will become a Livingston fan for the day on Wednesday as he prays the Scottish Championship strugglers can do his side's play-off bid a favour.

Livingston gave Rangers a headache last week when they held them to a 1-1 draw at the Energy Assets Arena and they now take on Hibernian in midweek.

The Easter Road outfit slipped four points behind McCall's side on Saturday while they were busy getting knocked out of the William Hill Scottish Cup by Falkirk as Rangers were winning 3-1 at Dumbarton in league action.

Stuart McCall has revealed he will be cheering on Livingston during their match against Hibernian

McCall believes his side's main promotion rivals could drop points against Livingston on Wednesday

Rangers dropped points against Livingston by drawing 1-1 with the Scottish Championship strugglers

Rangers are four points ahead of Hibernian

However, Hibs can close back to within a point of second place if they win their game in hand with Mark Burchill's Livingston.

With both teams desperate to finish as runners-up to new champions Hearts and spare themselves two extra hazardous games in the play-offs, McCall is now praying Livi give Hibs as hard a time as they did his side.

He said: 'I'll be there on Wednesday with my Livingston scarf on. We played them and know what a tough game it will be. Hibs will be disappointed with what happened at Hampden but they'll now focus on promotion and we've got to focus on ourselves - we've got two big games left and want to win both.'

Rangers clinched the points at the weekend after 18-year-old striker Ryan Hardie claimed a dream double on his full debut.

Former Celtic striker Mark Wilson put the Sons ahead after just two minutes with his first goal since netting an Old Firm winner against Gers back in March 2011, but Hardie saved the day with his brace before Haris Vuckic swept home a 25-yeard beauty to put the seal on the Glasgow side's victory.

McCall was delighted for his young frontman Hardie - but was cautious when asked if the teenager could be the man to fire Rangers back to the Premiership.

'We only told Ryan at lunchtime that he was playing, we showed him the areas of the park we wanted him to get into and that's where his first goal came from,' said the Gers boss.

'The kid is a goalscorer and he's got great energy and good pace. He's very raw naturally because he's only young but you can't do much more than score two on your debut.

'I'm delighted for the kid and hopefully that's him on his way to a lot of goals for Rangers. I'm a horses for courses manager and we'll change things but Ryan did what we hoped he would do and his confidence is high so it's a nice problem for next week.'

On-loan Newcastle playmaker Vuckic's goal was a sublime strike but McCall admits he had to give the Slovenian a half-time talking to after he went missing for Wilson's opener.

Rangers' teenage striker Ryan Hardie scored a brace on his full debut against Dumbarton on Saturday

Rangers playmarker Haris Vuckic (right) has become a fans' favourite during his loan spell from Newcastle

He said: 'We were right behind Haris for his goal and as soon as he cut in on his left foot we weren't surprised to see his shot go into the net.

'He carries a goal threat and we're delighted he's doing that. He got a bit of a roasting at half-time because Mark Wilson was his man and he switched off. When you play in wide areas you've got to have the nous and desire to track back.