Scottish Premiership

Rangers vs Heart of Midlothian, 2025-26 Scottish Premiership

· Scottish Premiership
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  • 21': Lawrence Shankland
  • 82': Lawrence Shankland

Russell Martin on brink as Rangers lose to Hearts at Ibrox

Furious Rangers fans again turned on Russell Martin after a 2-0 defeat to Hearts at Ibrox left the Glaswegian side still looking for their first Scottish Premiership win after five games.

Match Commentary

  • 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

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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 5
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 5
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 Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Heart of Midlothian 5 +6 13
2 Celtic 4 +6 10
3 Hibernian 4 +1 6
4 St Mirren 5 0 6
Full Standings

Line-Ups

RAN Rangers (4-2-3-1)

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

HOM Heart of Midlothian (4-3-3)

No. Name
25 Alexander Schwolow (GK)
19 Stuart Findlay Yellow Card
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

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