Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, February 24, 2018
Heart of Midlothian DLWWD 0
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Rangers WLWWW 2
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HOM000
RAN112
Ibrox Stadium · 49,927 att.

Match Report

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Rangers beat Hearts to close gap on leaders Celtic

Rangers closed to within six points of Premiership leaders Celtic with an impressive 2-0 win over Hearts at Ibrox.

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Head to Head

RAN leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

RAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wes FoderinghamG
  2. 33Russell MartinCD-L
  3. 24David BatesCD-R
  4. 3Declan JohnLB
  5. 2James TavernierRB
  6. 11Josh WindassAM
  7. 27Sean GossLM
  8. 48Greg DochertyRM
  9. 20Alfredo MorelosF
  10. 28Jamie MurphyAM-L
  11. 21Daniel João Santos CandeiasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Jason HoltSUB
  2. 25Jak AlnwickSUB
  3. 22Bruno AlvesSUB
  4. 26Jason CummingsSUB
  5. 16Andy HallidaySUB
  6. 15Eduardo HerreraSUB
  7. 9Kenny MillerSUB

HOM · 5-4-1

  1. 1Jon McLaughlinG
  2. 5Aaron HughesCD
  3. 6Christophe BerraCD-L
  4. 4John SouttarCD-R
  5. 24Demetri MitchellLB
  6. 2Michael SmithRB
  7. 47Harry CochraneCM-L
  8. 66Joaquim AdãoCM-R
  9. 43Euan HendersonLM
  10. 20Ross CallachanRM
  11. 9Kyle LaffertyF

Substitutes

  1. 46Anthony McDonaldSUB
  2. 8Prince BaubenSUB
  3. 28Marcus GodinhoSUB
  4. 16Connor RandallSUB
  5. 13Jack HamiltonSUB
  6. 41Andrew IrvingSUB
  7. 14Steven NaismithSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Joaquim Adao (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Goal! Rangers 1, Heart of Midlothian 0. Jamie Murphy (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Greg Docherty.
  3. 45' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Prince Buaben replaces Joaquim Adao.
  4. 60' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Anthony McDonald replaces Euan Henderson.
  5. 67' Anthony McDonald (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 73' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Steven Naismith replaces Harry Cochrane because of an injury.
  7. 75' Substitution, Rangers. Jason Cummings replaces Alfredo Morelos.
  8. 76' Christophe Berra (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Rangers. Jason Holt replaces Greg Docherty.
  10. 87' John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 88' Goal! Rangers 2, Heart of Midlothian 0. Russell Martin (Rangers) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Candeias.
  12. 90'+1' Jason Cummings (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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