Stephen Robinson has warned Rangers that the shackles are off for St Mirren in pursuit of a "marquee" result.

The Buddies manager insists St Mirren have "everything to gain" after securing a second consecutive top-six finish and with the possibility of European football next term.

The Paisley side currently sit fifth in the league table - two points above Dundee - and would enter the Europa Conference League qualifying rounds next season if they hold onto the league position.

And ambitious boss Robinson is targeting an upset against Rangers to boost their continental hopes in the first post-split matchday this weekend.

On Sky Sports, Robinson said: “For a club of our size, top six is a really big achievement. Now we’ve got here we have everything to gain.

“We sit in a European spot at the moment and it’s up to us to pursue that and go and play without any fear. We’ve had a lot of good performances (against the Old Firm) without the end product of a result. Our previous game against Celtic we were excellent for the first half but their subs changed the game and wore us down.

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“It’s about trying to produce those performances over the course of a whole game and not just in periods. We believe we can do that. We can take the shackles off, we have achieved our first goal and now it’s about trying to achieve European football."

Robinson was in attendance at Hampden on Sunday when Rangers booked their spot in the Scottish Cup final with a 2-0 win over Hearts.

The St Mirren boss was again made acutely aware of the threat Rangers pose but insists his squad have what it takes to achieve a result having matched both Celtic and Rangers for spells this season.

“Rangers have an abundance of talent and players who can win games on their own," said Robinson. "I was at the semi final on Sunday and they have quality in all areas of the pitch. We have shown in stages we can match that and it’s about what we can do defensively - we have to be secure but when we land on the ball be brave and take the game to Rangers.

“We are at home, we have a very good record there and it will be a full house. We are looking forward to it. We will take this game in isolation, try and put a performance on and try to get a result. We have got close but we’ve not quite had that marquee result this season that perhaps we had last year against Celtic.”