Giovanni Van Bronckhorst waits on fitness of John Lundstram and Filip Helander

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst emerged from a convincing 4-0 win at St Mirren sweating on the fitness of John Lundstram and Filip Helander ahead of a crunch week for Rangers.

Kemar Roofe headed the Light Blues in front in the second minute and then nodded in again in four added minutes at the end of the first half by which time the Gers had lost Lundstram and Helander to injury.

The former Leeds striker completed his hat-trick  five minutes into the second half and Joe Aribo’s terrific finish on 76 minutes took the Ibrox outfit back to six points behind Celtic at the top of the cinch Premiership.

Rangers will prepare for the Old Firm Scottish Cup semi-final clash at Hampden Park next Sunday after they take on Braga in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final at Ibrox on Thursday night looking to overcome a 1-0 deficit from during the week, albeit Helander is not in the Gers Euro squad.

Van Bronckhorst told Sky Sports Scotland: “Lundstram felt a little bit in his groin so we have to assess it in the next days how he is.

“Hopefully he can make it for Thursday. Helander fell a bit awkward so he is having a scan now. Hopefully today or tomorrow we will know his injury.”

The Gers boss believes Roofe’s hat-trick – which helped towards a convincing win following two defeats – will give Rangers confidence for Thursday night.

He said: “- “I am very happy for him. We said before the game we needed to win this game and get back  to winning ways and we did.

“We won 4-0, no goals against us and I think it gives us confidence for Thursday and the games ahead.

“But we’re also confident that we can get a win at home in Europe like we’ve showed in the past.

“There’s everything to play for, the semi-final of a European competition,