Rangers boss Michael Beale confirmed that forward Danilo will have surgery this evening after suffering a fractured cheekbone during the 2-0 victory over St Johnstone.
The Brazilian headed his side into the lead in Perth as he turned home a James Tavernier cross after 16 minutes.
Danilo outjumped Liam Gordon but suffered a nasty head knock in the process as a result of an accidental collision with the St Johnstone captain.
The striker stayed on the ground and was quickly assessed by Rangers medical staff who deemed he was unable to continue.
Beale said: "It was a great finish from Danny [Danilo] and obviously, with the injury to the two players, the game stopped for a long time.
"Danilo has fractured his cheekbone so we have to see how long he is out. He is away (to hospital) and hopefully he will be operated on this evening.
“I just asked the doctor and he gave me the news which is not great news to receive but you could see from the swelling right away that it was a bad one.
“It is a really disappointing moment for the team. Danilo had had a couple of things going on, he took a few weeks to get fit, then he scores.
“After the injury the game got a bit stuffy and in the second half we made more chances than we took.
“The game was scrappy at times, we still have work to do but it was a 2-0 win and it was comfortable."
The Ibrox side's next fixture is against Real Betis in the Europa League and Beale is hoping his side can put in a positive performance for the fans.
"Every team needs their fans. In the two home European games so far this season we’ve scored four goals against Servette and PSV.
“In both games, we felt we had chances to score more. We’re against a team who were sixth in La Liga and who have a manager who’s been around a long time.
“They’re a good side. Look at the players in their team and what they’ve done in their careers. It’s important that we’re up and at them – and that the fans are with us.
“We’ve got four home games in 10 days now across three competitions. Our focus is on Real Betis which will be a completely different challenge, a different style, a different pressure.
“But we always need our fans. They were excellent for the team today so well done to them because it hasn’t been a nice couple of weeks for them.”
