Rangers make the trip to Tynecastle Park on Sunday for the Premiership showdown with hosts Hearts.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Hearts v Rangers game - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
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Hearts
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Hearts will play in this fixture after a 1-1 Scottish Cup stalemate vs St Mirren.
The only scorer from Hearts was Calem Nieuwenhof (84'). Mikael Mandron (23') scored for St Mirren. The match went to penalties and was won 4-2 by Hearts.
Their latest results shine a light on the fact that not much more can be done by the Hearts backline. Hearts have kept it tight, resulting in the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their previous 6 matches standing at 4.
Looking at their past form shows that Hearts:
- are winless against Rangers in their previous 14 league games. A shocking run, it really is.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
Rangers
WLWWWL
Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Queen's Park in Scottish Cup competition, Rangers and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Seb Drozd (69') scored for Queen's Park.
Demonstrating their partiality to action-packed matches, goals have been scored 20 times in the prior six matches in which Rangers have sent out their troops, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals per clash. Opposing teams have managed 5 from this total. That kind of trend might not follow through into this game, however.
Looking at their past form shows that Rangers:
- have left without a victory over Hearts when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
- remain unbeaten by Hearts in games played away from home for the previous 7 league matches. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
- are unbeaten in their last 4 away league matches.
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Head to head
An inspection of past results between these clubs going back to 06/12/2023 shows that these fixtures have been disappointments for Hearts. They’ve not managed to get any wins whatsoever while Rangers have managed to find a way, beating them in 67% of those games played.
A sum of 15 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 for The Jam Tarts and 12 coming from The Gers. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.
The last league meeting featuring the two was Premiership match day 12 on 10/11/2024 when the final score was Rangers 1-0 Hearts.
That day, Rangers managed 50% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was Cyriel Dessers (6').
On the other side, Hearts had 5 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.
The referee was Matthew MacDermid.
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Team News: Hearts
Stephen Kingsley (Hamstring muscle injury) and Frankie Kent (Torn muscle bundle) will be missing for Hearts manager Neil Critchley.
It looks as if The Jam Tarts will possibly employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Craig Gordon, Adam Forrester, Lewis Neilson, Jamie McCart, James Penrice, Cameron Devlin, Beni Baningime, Musa Drammeh, Blair Spittal, Elton Kabangu and Lawrence Shankland.
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Team News: Rangers
We reckon that The Gers will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with Jack Butland, James Tavernier, John Souttar, Clinton Nsiala, Jefte, Mohamed Diomande, Nicolas Raskin, Vaclav Cerny, Nedim Bajrami, Ianis Hagi and Hamza Igamane.
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Prediction
Our thinking is that Hearts may not find it easy to score against this Rangers side who should do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.
We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought 0-1 advantage for Rangers at the end of this one.
Hopefully it’s a good one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
In terms of the bookies’ odds in the win-draw-win market, putting your money on Hearts is available for 5, going for the draw is 4 & staking on victory for Rangers can be had at 1.62. Those are the best returns that can be secured at the moment.
Andre Moura,
05:03 12/02/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Hearts
Formed: 1874
Stadium: Tynecastle Park (19,852)
Captain: Lawrence Shankland
Chairman: Ann Budge
Manager: Neil Critchley
Competitions: Premiership position 7, Scottish Cup (Quarter-Finals), Europa League Qualifiers (Play-Offs)
⭐ Star Man: James Wilson
Generally taking up the Striker position, James Wilson was born in Scotland. After having made a senior debut playing for Hearts in the 2023 - 2024 season, the talented Forward has struck 4 league goals in the Premiership 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in 13 appearances.