📊 Form Guide

Rangers

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Rangers go into this fixture following a 0-0 Premiership drawn result versus Dundee.

In that match, Rangers had 65% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For their opponents, Dundee got 5 shots on goal with 1 on target.

Matches involving Rangers have tended to be lively affairs recently with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, a total of 22 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 12 of those being chalked up by Rangers.

Hearts

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Hearts will go into the clash after a 4-2 Premiership win vs Livingston in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Hearts had 62% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Hearts, the goals were scored by Jorge Grant (29'), Yutaro Oda (32'), Cammy Devlin (40') and Lawrence Shankland (45'). Livingston got 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Stephen Kelly (10', 22') scored for Livingston.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen clashes, Hearts have amassed the sum of 11 goals. Hearts have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. During that period, their defenders have had 6 goals scored by their opponents. Let’s find out if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 01/02/2023 shows that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Hearts. They’ve not been able to come away with any wins whatsoever whereas Rangers have been superior, getting wins in 83 per cent of those ties.

An aggregate of 20 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 16 of them for The Gers and 4 being from The Jam Tarts. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 27 on 24/02/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Rangers 5-0 Hearts.

That time, Rangers managed 53% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. The goalscorers were Mohamed Diomande (2'), Óscar Cortés (37'), Cyriel Dessers (44', 48') and Fábio Silva (65').

At the other end, Hearts got 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

The referee was Nick Walsh.

📋 Team News: Rangers

Ryan Jack (Muscle injury), Kieran Dowell (surgery), Rıdvan Yılmaz (Hamstring injury) and Óscar Cortés (Muscle injury) are unavailable for Rangers manager Philippe Clement.

📋 Team News: Hearts

Hearts manager Steven Naismith has some current player fitness concerns. Craig Halkett (Knee problems), Liam Boyce (Hamstring injury), Calem Nieuwenhof (Hamstring strain) and Peter Haring (Knee surgery) miss out here.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Hearts will likely create enough chances to find the back of the net against this Rangers side, however that probably won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We are anticipating a narrow 2-1 win for Rangers after the 90. It really should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 13:04 21/04/2024