KRIS BOYD will today contest his two-game ban for allegedly headbutting Jordon Forster, the Hibernian defender, amid a warning from Easter Road that he is likely to be left disappointed.
The Rangers striker refused to accept a suspension from the Scottish Football Association over the incident in last Monday's 3-1 league defeat and left himself free to play in his side's weekend win at Livingston, in which he missed a glorious chance from close-range during the second half. His case will be re-examined at Hampden Park this afternoon.
Scott Allan, part of that victorious Hibernian team at Ibrox, points out that he has no problem with Boyd over the nature of the altercation with Forster, but knows how keen the SFA are to crack down on such on-field behaviour these days.
"In nearly every game you see, someone goes head to head," said Allan. "For me, it was one of those things that happens. To be fair, it is not allowed now so a ban is a ban, I suppose. For the players, though, it is one of those things that is finished with as soon as the game is over."
Allan remains more concerned with the need for Hibernian to return to winning ways and haul themselves up the SPFL Championship table after following up that terrific victory at Ibrox with a 1-1 draw at home to Raith Rovers.
"Rangers was just another three points, to be honest, and we would have liked to build on that on Saturday, but it wasn't to be," he said.
"In the Rangers game, we showed what we can do when we play as a team. Rangers had started the game well, but got into it and we looked dangerous on the counter. We took our chances, which is something we haven't been doing in a lot of other games.
"We need to be more clinical. "We need to find people with passes and take our chances. If we do that, we would be a match for anyone and we should win most of our games."
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