Hearts 0-2 Rangers: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 23 October 2011
Result
Hearts 0-2 Rangers
Premiership · Sunday 23 October 2011, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Hearts 0-2 Rangers: match report
Hearts were beaten by Rangers 0-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 23 October 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.
S. Naismith opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Hearts did not score. Rangers scored through S. Naismith (21') and Nikica Jelavić (74').
Discipline: Hearts received 4 yellow cards; Rangers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hearts were 5th on 18 points from 11 and Rangers 1st on 29 points from 11. Hearts went on to finish that season 5th with 52 points, and Rangers 2nd with 83.
Hearts lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rangers in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hearts win, 2 draws and 7 for Rangers.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Rangers's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Steven Whittaker
- 21'Goal · S. Naismith
- 31'Yellow card · Daniel Grainger
- 45'Yellow card · Ryan Stevenson
- 69'Yellow card · D. Goian
- 74'Goal · Nikica Jelavić
- 83'Yellow card · Ian Blackstone
- 90'Yellow card · Marius Zaliukas
Head-to-head
Team news
Hearts line-up (4-3-3)
Marián Kello, Daniel Grainger, Eggert Gunnthor Jonsson, Andy Webster, Rudolf Skacel, Marius Zaliukas, Adrian Mrowiec, Jamie Hamill, Ian Blackstone, David Templeton, Ryan Stevenson
Rangers line-up (4-1-4-1)
Allan McGregor, Sasa Papac, Steven Whittaker, Carlos Bocanegra, Maurice Edu, Steven Davis, Kyle Lafferty, Steven Naismith, Dorin Nicolae Goian, Lee McCulloch, Lee Wallace