Philippe Clement appears to be well-versed in the history of Scott Brown and Rangers.

Ahead of this weekend's Scottish Cup fifth-round tie between the Ibrox club and Ayr United, the Belgian has stated Celtic hero Brown 'doesnt really like Rangers'.

The former Scotland international will return to Ibrox for the first time as a manager on Saturday evening as the Championship side aims to pull off an almighty cup upset.

Broony replaced Lee Bullen at Somerset Park a fortnight ago with the Honest Men struggling toward the foot of the table.

Now, they will prepare for their huge game at Ibrox in front of the TV cameras - and Clement is excited to come up against Brown.

He told Rangers TV: "I'm looking forward to the weekend fixture, yeah, of course.

"Again a challenge in a competition where it is in or out against a manager that doesn't really like Rangers. So it is going to be an interesting game to play."

Meanwhile, confident Clement insists Rangers can win the title after going joint-top of the Premiership with Celtic.

His side defeated Aberdeen 2-1 at Ibrox last night in what could turn out to be a huge night in the race for the league come the end of the season.

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Todd Cantwell scored a second-half winner for the hosts after Rabbi Matondo's early opener was cancelled out by prolific Dons frontman Bojan Miovski.

When Clement took over from Michael Beale in October Celtic were seven points ahead of their arch-Glasgow rivals. Now, after last night's win, they're level on points, with the champions only ahead on goal difference.

Brendan Rodgers' side travel to Edinburgh to play Hibernian this evening and will aim to go three points ahead having played a game more than Rangers.