Josh Mulligan is set to end a four-month absence from the Hibs squad in Wednesday night’s crucial game at Rangers.
The key midfielder has been out with ankle injury since the Scottish Cup defeat at Dunfermline in January.
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Mulligan, 23, has been back in training since last month and is ready for the squad after not being risked on Falkirk’s artificial pitch last weekend.
“He’s never done any rehab on that surface and we didn’t know how it would react, so given that he hadn’t played any minutes at all and had been out for a long time, we didn’t feel it was a risk we could take,” head coach David Gray told Hibs TV.
“As a result of that, he’s had more training over the weekend, and he’s fully fit and available if selected and falls into contention for the squad tomorrow night with it being on a grass surface.
“What that does as well is give everybody a lift. I’ve seen that in the last 10 days. We’ve got competition for places and he certainly adds freshness as well.”
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Hibs have the chance to seal fifth place – which will be enough to earn a Conference League qualifier if Celtic beat Dunfermline in the Scottish Cup final – while they will also be eyeing a victory to potentially move within striking distance of fourth-placed Motherwell prior to their final-day home match with the Steelmen.
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