Rangers vs Heart of Midlothian, 2025-26 Scottish Premiership

· Scottish Premiership

Rangers

FT
0 - 2

Heart of Midlothian

21': Lawrence Shankland
82': Lawrence Shankland

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Match Timeline

21': Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) Goal at 21'
45': Derek Cornelius (Rangers) Substitution at 45'
45': Oliver Antman (Rangers) Substitution at 45'
56': Joe Rothwell (Rangers) Substitution at 56'
62': Michael Steinwender (Heart of Midlothian) Substitution at 62'
67': Youssef Chermiti (Rangers) Substitution at 67'
68': James Tavernier (Rangers) Yellow Card at 68'
70': Stuart Findlay (Heart of Midlothian) Yellow Card at 70'
77': Tómas Magnússon (Heart of Midlothian) Substitution at 77'
77': Elton Kabangu (Heart of Midlothian) Substitution at 77'
77': Jamie McCart (Heart of Midlothian) Substitution at 77'
77': Nedim Bajrami (Rangers) Substitution at 77'
82': Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) Goal at 82'
82': Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) Penalty - Saved at 82'
84': John Souttar (Rangers) Yellow Card at 84'
90'+3': Blair Spittal (Heart of Midlothian) Substitution at 93'

Statistics

HOM		RAN
9	Fouls	13
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	9
5	Saves	2
33.5	Possession	66.5
12	SHOTS	14
5	ON GOAL	6
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
4	Blocked Shots	4
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Venue: Ibrox Stadium
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Attendance: 50,697

SPFL Premiership Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Heart of Midlothian	12	+19	30
2	Celtic	11	+12	23
3	Hibernian	12	+7	18
4	Rangers	11	+5	18

Full Table

Line-Ups

Rangers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Jack Butland (GK)
5	John Souttar
24	Nasser Djiga
30	Jayden Meghoma
2	James Tavernier
11	Thelo Aasgaard
10	Mohammed Diomande
8	Connor Barron
28	Bojan Miovski
47	Mikey Moore
23	Djeidi Gassama

Rangers Substitutes:

Liam Kelly, Joe Rothwell, Oliver Antman, Derek Cornelius, Nedim Bajrami, Youssef Chermiti, Danilo, Max Aarons, Findlay Curtis.

Heart of Midlothian (4-3-3)

No.	Name
25	Alexander Schwolow (GK)
19	Stuart Findlay
4	Craig Halkett
3	Stephen Kingsley
31	Oisin McEntee
6	Beni Baningime
14	Cameron Devlin
18	Harry Milne
9	Lawrence Shankland
89	Alexandros Kyziridis
10	Cláudio Braga

Heart of Midlothian Substitutes:

Pierre Landry Kabore, Michael Steinwender, Sabah Kerjota, Elton Kabangu, Jamie McCart, Tómas Magnússon, Zander Clark, Alan Forrest, Blair Spittal.

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