Heart of Midlothian FC vs Rangers FC, Premier League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
Heart of Midlothian FC vs Rangers FC — Premier League at Tynecastle.
- Heart of Midlothian FC 33 games · 70 pts (2025/26)
- Rangers FC 33 games · 69 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee John Beaton
- Assistant 1 David McGeachie
- Assistant 2 Jonathan Bell (Scotland)
23 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 5.7 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Heart of Midlothian FC 33 70 2 Rangers FC 33 69 3 Celtic FC 33 67 4 Motherwell FC 33 54 5 Hibernian FC 33 51 6 Falkirk FC 33 46 7 Dundee United FC 33 40 8 Aberdeen FC 33 33 9 Dundee FC 33 33 10 St. Mirren FC 33 30 11 Kilmarnock FC 33 28 12 Livingston FC 33 16 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 May Rangers FC H 2–1 W 26 Apr Hibernian FC A 2–1 W 11 Apr Motherwell FC H 3–1 W 05 Apr Livingston FC A 2–2 D 21 Mar Dundee FC H 1–0 W 14 Mar Kilmarnock FC A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 May Heart of Midlothian FC A 1–2 L 26 Apr Motherwell FC H 2–3 L 12 Apr Falkirk FC A 6–3 W 04 Apr Dundee United FC H 4–2 W 21 Mar Aberdeen FC H 4–1 W 15 Mar St. Mirren FC A 1–0 W Season Stats
Heart of Midlothian FC Rangers FC #1 Position #2 70 Points 69 33 Played 33 21 / 7 / 5 W / D / L 19 / 12 / 2 58 Scored 66 28 Conceded 31 +30 GD +35 2.12 PPG 2.09 64% Win % 58% Key Stats
56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history44% Clean Sheets
Heart of Midlothian FC this season33% Clean Sheets
Rangers FC this seasonHeart of Midlothian FC are 1st (70 pts). Rangers FC are 2nd (69 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Heart of Midlothian FC0-15–/216-302/131-453/146-602/261-752/176+4/2■ Scored ■ ConcededRangers FC0-153/316-303/431-453/246-606/361-752/376+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Tynecastle that hosts another battle between Heart of Midlothian FC and Rangers FC.
- 5' Heart of Midlothian FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' Heart of Midlothian FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' Marc Leonard needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 23' Rangers FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Dujon Sterling on 23.
- 28' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Heart of Midlothian FC that had 302 games and scored 316 goals.
- 33' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 33 minutes.
- 37' The referee shows Heart of Midlothian FC player a card on 37.
- 38' A meaty challenge results in booking for Lawrence Shankland on 38.
- 43' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Heart of Midlothian FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 48' It looks surprising Rangers FC does not make any changes. Craig Halkett has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 53' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 3 times this season with Heart of Midlothian FC winning 66.67% of all matches.
- 54' What a strike from Stephen Kingsley! The score is 1-1.
- 59' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 64' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 69' Heart of Midlothian FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 69.
- 71' GOAL! Lawrence Shankland scores on 71.
- 72' That looks like a foul for a card for Mohammed Diomande.
- 73' Rangers FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 78' Rangers FC is showing some good football. However, Rangers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 80' It’s gonna be a card for Emmanuel Fernandez.
- 85' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 90' Heart of Midlothian FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.
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Lineups
Heart of Midlothian FC Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 6
- 3
- 25
- 19
- 4
- 9
- 49
- 15
- 89
- 10
- 99
Bench
- 2
- 30
- 17
- 5
- 16
- 23
- 29
- 11
- 74
Coach Derek McInnesRangers FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1
- 21
- 2
- 43
- 7
- 42
- 10
- 37
- 9
- 24
- 47
Bench
- 3
- 31
- 18
- 8
- 11
- 23
- 28
- 25
- 20
Coach Danny Röhl -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Alfredo Morelos 10 Lawrence Shankland 5 Ryan Kent 4 Malik Tillman 3 Scott Arfield 3 Cyriel Dessers 3 Connor Goldson 2 Todd Cantwell 2 Head to Head
Heart of Midlothian FC Form
2026-05-04 Heart of Midlothian FC 2–1 Rangers FC W 2026-04-26 Hibernian FC 1–2 Heart of Midlothian FC W 2026-04-11 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–1 Motherwell FC W 2026-04-05 Livingston FC 2–2 Heart of Midlothian FC D 2026-03-21 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–0 Dundee FC W 2026-03-14 Kilmarnock FC 1–0 Heart of Midlothian FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.69 Heart of Midlothian FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.5 Rangers FC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Heart of Midlothian FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.19Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 61% 39% ± 3.5 39% 61% ± 4.5 22% 78% Double Chance
Heart of Midlothian FC or Draw 70%Draw or Rangers FC 54%Heart of Midlothian FC or Rangers FC 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Rangers FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.3%2 – 1 Actual1 – 2 7.5%2 – 2 6.3%1 – 0 6.2%2 – 0 5.8%0 – 0 5.7%0 – 1 5.4%3 – 1 4.8%0 – 2 4.6%1 – 3 3.8%3 – 2 3.6%Asian Handicap — Heart of Midlothian FC
Handicap Heart of Midlothian FC covers Push Rangers FC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 13% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 19% 59% -0.5 41% — 59% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 17% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Heart of Midlothian FC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Rangers FC keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.