Hearts 1-3 Rangers: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 20 April 2019
Result
Hearts 1-3 Rangers
Premiership · Saturday 20 April 2019, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Hearts 1-3 Rangers: match report
Hearts lost to Rangers 1-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 20 April 2019. The half-time score was 0-2.
Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Hearts's goal came from Steven MacLean (74'). Rangers scored through Jermain Defoe (15'), Ryan Jack (36') and Nikola Katic (48').
Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Rangers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Hearts were 6th on 50 points from 33 and Rangers 2nd on 66 points from 33. Hearts went on to finish that season 7th with 51 points, and Rangers 2nd with 78.
Hearts lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rangers in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hearts win, 1 draw and 8 for Rangers.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Rangers's W-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 36'Goal · Ryan Jack
- 48'Goal · Nikola Katic
- 63'Yellow card · B. Burns
- 74'Goal · Steven MacLean
- 81'Yellow card · Jermain Defoe
Head-to-head
Team news
Hearts line-up (4-2-3-1)
Zdeněk Zlámal, Michael Smith, John Souttar, Christophe Berra, Oliver Božanić, Oliver Lee, Arnaud Djoum, Jake Mulraney, Bobby Burns, Craig Wighton, Uche Ikpeazu
Rangers line-up (4-3-3)
Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Jon Flanagan, Nikola Katic, Ryan Jack, Steven Davis, Glen Kamara, Daniel Candeias, Scott Arfield, Jermain Defoe