Premiership: Rangers capable to win home game versus Hearts

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ibrox Stadium (50817 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's starring characters are Rangers and Hearts, victory is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • Rangers is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Hearts have not yet lost a game.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Rangers form and stats

The story so far in the Premiership for Rangers at their home stadium (Ibrox Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

The Rangers supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hibernian in Premiership and win 2-1. John Lundstram (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Lundstram hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 99 successful passes (of 104 total).

Heartbreak before that as Rangers lost 0-1 at Sparta Praha's place.

A decent goal production from Rangers in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Rangers have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Hearts form and stats

Hearts are happy with their away performances in the Premiership so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. Things are running smoothly for Hearts who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Queen of the South.

The Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Hearts go into this game after a win, the home game against Motherwell that ended 2-0. Goalkeeper Craig Gordon was absolutely vital in the Hearts victory against Motherwell, making seven saves. Craig Gordon (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.21. Gordon stopped the opponent with seven saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Livingston.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Hearts are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Hearts have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these squads: Rangers won seven, Hearts triumphed in two and we saw one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HeartsL. Boyce
L. Boyce
6 goals
RangersK. Roofe
K. Roofe
3 goals
RangersJ. Aribo
J. Aribo
2 goals

Rangers missing players

Hearts missing players

Rangers Hearts
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 3 8
6 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
14 7 3 Scored S 0 6 14
6 2 2 Conceded C 0 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 88%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 88%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 50%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
38% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 50%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
8.9 9 12.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.3 5.5
3.4 2.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.1
1.6 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18.1 19.2 23 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 12.4
5 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.3 4.2
35% 32% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 46% 41%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Hearts's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hearts have not yet lost a game.
  • Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hearts have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Hearts have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rangers have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (6) in Premiership
  • Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rangers is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 8 6 1 1 14 6 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 3 0 1 7 4 8 19
2 Hearts 8 5 3 0 14 5 5 3 2 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 9 18
3 Hibernian 8 4 3 1 14 8 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 6 6 6 15
4 Motherwell 8 4 2 2 11 9 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 2 14
5 Dundee United 8 4 2 2 5 5 4 3 0 1 3 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 0 14
6 Celtic 8 4 1 3 19 6 4 3 1 0 16 1 4 1 0 3 3 5 13 13
7 St. Mirren 8 2 4 2 9 14 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 5 10 -5 10
8 St. Johnstone 8 2 3 3 6 6 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 9
9 Aberdeen 8 2 2 4 9 11 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 8
10 Livingston 8 1 1 6 3 13 4 1 0 3 3 5 4 0 1 3 0 8 -10 4
11 Ross County 8 0 3 5 6 16 3 0 2 1 4 6 5 0 1 4 2 10 -10 3
12 Dundee 8 0 3 5 5 16 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 0 0 4 1 11 -11 3

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.