Rangers sit nine points off the pace in the Scottish Premiership after 11 games but have made a successful start to the revamped Europa League.

The Ibrox club have seven points from four outings in the competition this season with just one loss coming to Lyon.

In an impressive start to European competition, Rangers are also unbeaten away from home in the Europa League earning a win over Malmo and then a draw with Olympiacos.

Despite the promising results and performances, pundit Kris Boyd has suggested there is one glaring worrying aspect to the situation.

For Boyd, it's baffling to see Rangers perform away from home in Europe but suffer dropped points on their travels in Scotland against Celtic, Aberdeen and Kilmarnock.

Speaking exclusively to Gambling.com, the former Ibrox striker said: "In Europe, so far Rangers have been a different story.

"They seem to get themselves up for it and have had some decent performances and results, especially away from home.

"It’s worrying that they can do it in Europe, considering that Rangers have lost at Aberdeen, Celtic and Kilmarnock - all away from home.

"But yet are still undefeated on the road in Europe. So that would be a worry. And you would ask, ‘why is that the case?’"

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Boyd also reckons there have been "a lot of excuses" from Philippe Clement as he questioned whether progress has been made this season.

He added: "Philippe Clement has spoken about progression, but I haven't seen it. You can understand it [their poor start in the league] if it's a new team, and there's a lot of bodies to fit in and get used to the way that Rangers play. But you only need to go back a few weeks ago to the Aberdeen game and eight of that starting 11 were there last year as well. So he's saying that it's a new team, I don't think it is. There's some new bodies in it.

"He keeps speaking about a young team, I don't really see that either. There seems to have been a lot of excuses [from Philippe Clement]. At the end of the day, you need to get a team on the pitch that’s capable of winning games of football."