Rangers FC vs Heart of Midlothian FC, Premier League 2026 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

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Premier League · 2026

Rangers FC

2 – 2

Full Time

Heart of Midlothian FC

Wed 24 May 2023 · 18:45 UTC Ibrox Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Allan McGregor 38' Y

Y 44' Steven Naismith

Y 45' Josh Ginnelly

Ridvan Yilmaz 55' Y

Alfredo Morelos 58' Y

Alfredo Morelos 59' Y

Y 63' Kye Rowles

Y 80' Michael Smith

Overview

Match Preview

Rangers FC vs Heart of Midlothian FC — Premier League at Ibrox Stadium.

Rangers FC 7 games · 16 pts (2026/27)
Heart of Midlothian FC 7 games · 13 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Celtic FC	7	18
2	Rangers FC	7	16
3	Heart of Midlothian FC	7	13
4	Dundee FC	7	10
5	St. Mirren FC	7	10
6	St. Johnstone FC	7	8
7	Aberdeen FC	7	8
8	Motherwell FC	7	8
9	Dundee United FC	7	8
10	Hibernian FC	7	7
11	Falkirk FC	7	6
12	Kilmarnock FC	7	5

Head-to-Head

Rangers FC 25 games · Avg 3.2 goals Heart of Midlothian FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-05-24 Rangers FC 2–2 Heart of Midlothian FC 2023-02-01 Heart of Midlothian FC 0–3 Rangers FC 2022-11-09 Rangers FC 1–0 Heart of Midlothian FC 2022-10-01 Heart of Midlothian FC 0–4 Rangers FC 2022-05-14 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–3 Rangers FC

Recent Form

Rangers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 May	Heart of Midlothian FC	H	2–2	D
21 May	Hibernian FC	A	3–1	W
13 May	Celtic FC	H	3–0	W
07 May	Aberdeen FC	H	1–0	W
23 Apr	Aberdeen FC	A	0–2	L
15 Apr	St. Mirren FC	H	5–2	W

Heart of Midlothian FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 May	Rangers FC	A	2–2	D
20 May	Aberdeen FC	H	2–1	W
13 May	St. Mirren FC	A	2–2	D
07 May	Celtic FC	H	0–2	L
22 Apr	Ross County FC	H	6–1	W
15 Apr	Hibernian FC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Rangers FC		Heart of Midlothian FC
#2	Position	#3
16	Points	13
7	Played	7
5 / 1 / 1	W / D / L	4 / 1 / 2
8	Scored	14
4	Conceded	8
+4	GD	+6
2.29	PPG	1.86
71%	Win %	57%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

67% Clean Sheets
Rangers FC this season

14% Clean Sheets
Heart of Midlothian FC this season

Rangers FC are 2nd (16 pts). Heart of Midlothian FC are 3rd (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Rangers FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/–

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Heart of Midlothian FC

0-15

4/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

1/2

61-75

2/1

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Rangers FC

Lawrence Shankland	3 G
Ryan Naderi	2 G	1 A
Miguel Chaiwa	1 G	1 A
Thelo Aasgaard	1 G

Heart of Midlothian FC

James Wilson	3 G
Claudio Braga	2 G	2 A
Joshua McPake	1 G	1 A
Calvin Miller	1 G
Tom Renaud	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Ibrox Stadium as Rangers FC face off against Heart of Midlothian FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
1' GOAL! Lawrence Shankland scores on 1.
3' Lawrence Shankland makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and Heart of Midlothian FC are in front.
8' Rangers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
13' The energy levels are beginning to show. Steven Naismith might look to freshen things up shortly.
18' Heart of Midlothian FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
23' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Rangers FC and Heart of Midlothian FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
28' Uganda international Toby Sibbick has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
33' Rangers FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
38' It’s a booking for Rangers FC player. Allan McGregor gets a Yellow card.
43' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
44' Steven Naismith catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 44.
45' Josh Ginnelly was booked on 45.
47' Magnificent from Fashion Sakala! That is 54 goals in 165 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
48' A goal from the England international Todd Cantwell! He fires home on 45 to make it 2-2!
49' The England Todd Cantwell breaks the deadlock on 45 minutes. 3-2!
54' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Heart of Midlothian FC that had 311 games and scored 332 goals.
55' Rangers FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
58' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Alfredo Morelos.
59' A moment of madness from Alfredo Morelos on 59 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Rangers FC will be frustrated.
61' Time for substitution for Heart of Midlothian FC. Yutaro Oda is replaced by Michael Smith.
63' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Kye Rowles.
66' Rangers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Scott Arfield is hanging Glen Kamara on the field on 66 minute.
70' Time for substitution for Heart of Midlothian FC. Cameron Devlin is replaced by Barrie McKay.
75' Heart of Midlothian FC is showing some good football. However, Heart of Midlothian 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' A moment of madness from Michael Smith on 80 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Heart of Midlothian FC will be frustrated.
81' Ryan Jack is replacing Nicolas Raskin for the Rangers FC side.
82' The Rangers FC manager makes a substitution. Alfredo Morelos departs to be replaced by Scott Wright.
83' The supporters are chanting for Garang Kuol. He replaces Alan Forrest on 83 minute.
88' Leon King needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
90' Another change for Rangers FC made on 90 minute. Fashion Sakala leaves to be changed by Alex Lowry.
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Rangers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Ianis Hagi
31
Borna Barisic
23
Scott Wright ↑ 82'
37
Scott Arfield ↑ 66'
8
Ryan Jack ↑ 81'
28
Robby McCrorie
17
Rabbi Matondo ↑ 66'
51
Alex Lowry ↑ 90'
44
Adam Devine

Coach Michael Beale

Heart of Midlothian FC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Toby Sibbick
30
Josh Ginnelly
72
James Hill
14
Cameron Devlin ↓ Barrie McKay 70'
15
Kye Rowles
5
Peter Haring ↓ Orestis Kiomourtzoglou 83'
28
Zander Clark
12
Nathaniel Atkinson
88
Yutaro Oda ↓ Michael Smith 61'
17
Alan Forrest ↓ Garang Kuol 83'
9
Lawrence Shankland

Bench

Coach Steven Naismith

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alfredo Morelos	10
Lawrence Shankland	5
Ryan Kent	4
Scott Arfield	3
Cyriel Dessers	3
Malik Tillman	3
Connor Goldson	2
Todd Cantwell	2

Head to Head

Rangers FC Form

2023-05-24 Rangers FC 2–2 Heart of Midlothian FC D 2023-05-21 Hibernian FC 1–3 Rangers FC W 2023-05-13 Rangers FC 3–0 Celtic FC W 2023-05-07 Rangers FC 1–0 Aberdeen FC W 2023-04-23 Aberdeen FC 2–0 Rangers FC L 2023-04-15 Rangers FC 5–2 St. Mirren FC W

Heart of Midlothian FC Form

2023-05-24 Rangers FC 2–2 Heart of Midlothian FC D 2023-05-20 Heart of Midlothian FC 2–1 Aberdeen FC W 2023-05-13 St. Mirren FC 2–2 Heart of Midlothian FC D 2023-05-07 Heart of Midlothian FC 0–2 Celtic FC L 2023-04-22 Heart of Midlothian FC 6–1 Ross County FC W 2023-04-15 Hibernian FC 1–0 Heart of Midlothian FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.8 Rangers FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.97 Heart of Midlothian FC xG

I would bet for: Rangers FC to win 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Rangers FC57% Draw24% Heart of Midlothian FC19%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Rangers FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Heart of Midlothian FC

43%

Rangers FC or Heart of Midlothian FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Rangers FC39% Draw45% Heart of Midlothian FC16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.8%

1 – 0

10.5%

2 – 0

10%

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

8.1%

3 – 0

5.9%

3 – 1

5.7%

0 – 1

5.2%

1 – 2

5.1%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

2.9%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Rangers FC

Handicap	Rangers FC covers	Push	Heart of Midlothian FC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	17%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	23%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	12%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

Heart of Midlothian FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.