Rangers' Europa League foes Slavia Prague continued their march to their domestic title by seeing off Mlada Boleslav in a 3-0 victory.
The Ibrox side had a week off domestic action as they prepare to finish the job this week with an away goal in hand from Thursday's 1-1 draw over in the Czech capital.
But Steven Gerrard's last 16 opponents, like their Glaswegian counterparts, are in fine fettle in their own league.
And they continued an unbeaten season in the top flight by cruising to victory against the relegation battlers on Sunday evening.
City rivals and Celtic's conquerors Sparta, who have two games in hand due to a Covid-19 outbreak, had momentarily eaten into their lead during the week but the latest win saw Slavia restore a 14-point advantage.
Romanian playmaker Nicolae Stanciu opened the scoring against the Scottish Premiership champions during the week and he was central to the win with two beautiful first-half strikes.
He opened the scoring with a beautiful curled free-kick struck from some distance.
And he then added a sensational second five minutes before the break by smashing home from a tight angle after coasting past several Mlada Boleslav defenders.
Despite a solid defensive record in the first half of the campaign, Slavia have been leaking goals in domestic action in recent months.
But Jindrich Trpsovsky's back-line was rock solid as the home side were limited to a single shot on target.
With star forward Abdullah Sima rested, Stanislav Tecl started the match up top but it was substitute Abdullah Yusuf Helal that added the final blow from the penalty spot eight minutes from time
