Rangers will face Hearts at the Ibrox on Sunday in another round of the 2024-25 Scottish Premiership campaign. The home side have had a slow start to their league campaign and are losing ground in the race for the Premiership title as they sit third in the table with 19 points, nine behind rivals Celtic at the top of the pile.
They suffered a 2-1 defeat to high-flying Aberdeen last time out in the Premiership and bounced back from that with a 2-1 win over Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup before heading to Greece for the league UEFA Europa League League Phase clash against Olympiacos which ended 1-1.
Hearts have endured a grossly underwhelming campaign, most recently suffering a 2-0 home defeat against Bundesliga side Heidenheim in the Conference League. However, they beat St. Johnstone 2-1 in their last league outing, with Kenneth Vargas scoring the crucial winner and will be looking to take inspiration from that when they return to league action on Sunday.
The visitors now sit second-to-last in the table with nine points from 12 matches and are just one point above Aberdeen at the bottom of the pile.
Rangers vs Hearts Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been 347 meetings between Rangers and Hearts. The home side have won 211 of those games while the visitors have won 71 times, with their other 65 matchups ending in draws.
- The hosts are unbeaten in their last 16 games in this fixture, a run stretching back to 2021.
- The visitors have managed just two clean sheets across all competitions since their goalless draw in this fixture on opening day.
- The Gers have conceded eight goals in the league this season. Only defending champions Celtic (3) have managed fewer.
Rangers vs Hearts Prediction
Rangers are on a run of back-to-back unbeaten outings and have lost just one of their last five games across all competitions. They have won seven of their last eight games at the Ibrox and will head into the weekend clash as clear favorites.
Hearts, meanwhile, have lost two of their last three matches and won just one of their last four. They have won just one league game on the road since early April and could see defeat here.
Prediction: Rangers 2-0 Hearts
Rangers vs Hearts Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Rangers to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Four of the hosts' last six league matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of their last five matchups)