About Match
The table reads 3rd (Hearts, 12 pts) against 2nd (Rangers, 13 pts), 1 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Hearts 2.4 scored and 1 conceded per game, Rangers 1.17 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.3. A win would lift Hearts to 15 points and up to 2nd, overtaking Rangers (other results unchanged).
Hearts arrive on a run of five straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Momentum sits with Rangers, winners of their last six, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 40 games: 9 Hearts wins, 24 for Rangers, 7 draws, at 2.98 goals per meeting. 63% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
The match takes place at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh (capacity 19,852).




