Rangers 2-0 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 24 February 2018

Result

Rangers 2-0 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 24 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rangers 2-0 Hearts: match report

Rangers defeated Hearts 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 24 February 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jamie Murphy opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Rangers's goals came from Jamie Murphy (41') and Russell Martin (88'). Hearts did not score.

Discipline: Rangers received 1 yellow card; Hearts received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 52 points from 27 and Hearts 5th on 38 points from 27. Rangers went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Hearts 6th with 49.

Rangers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hearts in a 5-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Rangers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Hearts.

Going into the match Rangers's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Hearts's D-W-L-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Joaquim AdaoHearts
  • 41'Goal · Jamie MurphyRangers · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · A. McDonaldHearts
  • 76'Yellow card · Christophe BerraHearts
  • 87'Yellow card · John SouttarHearts
  • 88'Goal · Russell MartinRangers · 2-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · J. CummingsRangers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rangers 5, draws 2, Hearts 3.

Team news

Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wes Foderingham, James Tavernier, David Bates, Russell Martin, Declan John, Daniel Candeias, Sean Goss, Greg Docherty, Josh Windass, Alfredo Morelos, Jamie Murphy

Hearts line-up (5-4-1)

Jon McLaughlin, Michael Smith, John Souttar, Aaron Hughes, Christophe Berra, R. Callachan, Demetri Mitchell, Harry Cochrane, Joaquim Adao, Kyle Lafferty, Euan Henderson