Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hearts & Rangers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Rangers played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match. That game was also an away game, at Sporting Braga. 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 was eliminated in the final last season in the Scottish Cup.The spoils were shared in Hearts's previous game, also at home. Visiting Hamilton Academical travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Celtic (0-5).
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Hamilton Academical as Craig Halkett's goal in the 87th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.
The manager D. Stendel will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hibernian in only three days.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals replays.Two travels in a row for Rangers, whose manager S. Gerrard could celebrate last time after the Europa League win against Sporting Braga. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to St. Johnstone.
After this away game Rangers return home for a Premiership game against Hamilton Academical. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Rangers played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match Rangers scored 6 and conceded 1 goal.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Hearts victory, one draw and eight Rangers wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Defoe 13 goals | A. Morelos Aviléz 12 goals | R. Kent 6 goals |
Hearts missing players
Rangers missing players
| Hearts | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 21 | Scored | S | 25 | 51 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 13 | 19 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 261 | 176 | Total Shots | T S | 170 | 351 | ||
| 109 | 81 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 144 | ||
| 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||