A important game in Premiership as both sides are battling for the top league positions. With Hearts in 3rd place and Rangers at 1st, this has all the looks of an exciting meeting. Read on to learn more!
- Hearts have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rangers have the most points from losing position (16) in Premiership
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was also an away game, at Olympique Lyonnais. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts have performed here at Tynecastle Park this season with 5 wins from 8 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. In general it's been a long time since Hearts tasted defeat here at Tynecastle Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Hearts enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Livingston's place. The match ended 1-0 with Boyce scoring. Hearts goalkeeper Gordon did an outstanding job against Livingston with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Craig Gordon, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.43 out of 10 in that game. Gordon stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Celtic.The Hearts manager Neilson has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Hearts have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 21 points collected from 8 Premiership games. 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. Things are running smoothly for Rangers who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Dundee United.
Rangers have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Allan McGregor. It's been 240 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.
Rangers has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Olympique Lyonnais for a Europa League game that ended a draw (1-1). John Lundstram got a match rating of 7.23 in that game, top player of the team. Lundstram hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 56 successful passes (of 66 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Dundee.After this away game Rangers return home for a Premiership game against St. Johnstone. That game is only three sleeps after this.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Rangers are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the teams played each other previously this season; Rangers - Hearts 1-1. Hearts-Rangers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hearts two wins, Rangers six wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Boyce 7 goals |   K. Roofe 6 goals |  J. Aribo 5 goals |
Hearts missing players
Rangers missing players
| Hearts | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 19 | 36 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 75% |
| 35% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 12% | 6% |
| 5.3 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 14 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 18.8 | 20.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
| 37% | 41% | 78% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 13.6 | 11.6 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
- Hearts have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rangers have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most points (21) away in Premiership
- Rangers have the most points from losing position (16) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most scored goals (19) away in Premiership
- Rangers have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premiership
- Rangers have the the best goal difference (+12) away in Premiership
- Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Celtic | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 35 |
| 3 | Hearts | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 25 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 17 |
| 9 | Livingston | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 16 |
| 10 | Dundee | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -15 | 16 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Ross County | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 11 |