Hearts
- Derek McInnes took over at Hearts in May 2025 and has instilled a pragmatic, disciplined and data-driven approach to the team’s performances.
- They play with two strikers and look to get the ball forward to wide areas quickly, where their energy and movement can create problems and exploit gaps between the lines.
- Claudio Braga is their talisman, he has scored eight goals in 17 league games and bagged two in his last five for Hearts.
- Lawrence Shankland remains a threat up front and his movement and ability to link play creates space for others or drags defenders out of position, a key part of Hearts’ overall attacking structure.
- Hearts have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five games.
- They come into this one fresh off the back of two consecutive wins and only a draw against Kilmarnock in their last home game.
Rangers
- Rangers are coming into this off the back of one win, one draw and a defeat in their last three away games in all competitions, bouncing back from a Europa League defeat with a narrow win at home to Hibernian FC.
- Röhl has brought intensity and structure to Rangers’ pressing play, with a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 system focused on coordinated pressing triggers and rapid regain-to-possession sequences that set them apart from Hearts.
- Bojan Miovski has bagged three of their last seven goals and offers a different dynamic to James Tavernier, who leads the scoring charts with four goals in 16 appearances.
Head-to-Head
Hearts Of Midlothian FC took Rangers by surprise when they came to Ibrox three months ago and secured a stunning 2-0 win.
Key Players
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Hearts:
- Claudio Braga is their talisman, he has scored eight goals in 17 league games and bagged two in his last five for Hearts.
- Lawrence Shankland remains a threat up front and his movement and ability to link play creates space for others or drags defenders out of position.
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Rangers:
- Bojan Miovski has bagged three of their last seven goals and offers a different dynamic.
- James Tavernier leads the scoring charts with four goals in 16 appearances.
Betting Insights
- Hearts are favored at 2.14 to Rangers’ 3.31, which seems right given they are top of the league and in good form at home.
- A wager on Over 2.5 goals at 1.89 is the play.
