It's a new Premiership campaign and Hearts are eager to get started here at Tynecastle Stadium. Rangers are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Hearts form and stats
Last season, Hearts's league statistics were 12 wins, 13 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Premiership. Over these 38 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 39. Playing at home last season Hearts managed 1-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 3 goals and 4 conceded.
Rangers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Rangers performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 76 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 6/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Rangers - Hearts 3-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Hearts won 1, Rangers won 8 and 1 draw.Top Goalscorers
 
A. Morelos
17 goals / 4 assists
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J. Tavernier
11 goals / 14 assists
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S. Naismith
10 goals / 3 assists
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Hearts missing players
Rangers missing players
| Hearts | Rangers | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 33 | 17 | Played | 17 | 33 |
| 38 | 21 | Scored | 33 | 73 |
| 41 | 14 | Conceded | 17 | 24 |
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | 94% | 94% |
| 67% | 65% | Over 1.5 | 82% | 79% |
| 52% | 47% | Over 2.5 | 59% | 55% |
| 18% | 6% | Over 3.5 | 24% | 30% |
| 12% | 6% | Over 4.5 | 24% | 18% |
| 42% | 53% | Both teams to score | 59% | 48% |
| 36% | 41% | Clean Sheet | 29% | 42% |
| 30% | 24% | Failed To Score | 18% | 15% |
| 4.8 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | 5.9 | 7.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 5 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 5 | 7 |
- Rangers is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
