Rangers and Hearts face off at Ibrox on Sunday in a huge Scottish Premiership showdown, with just five points between them at the top of the table and 11 league games left to play.
Rangers head into the match after a disappointing 1-1 draw away to 10-man Motherwell, a result that stopped them from eating further into Hearts’ advantage in the title race.
Over the season as a whole, Rangers have drawn 10 of their 26 Premiership fixtures, the most stalemates among the contenders, but they remain second with 14 wins, 10 draws and only two losses, giving them 52 points and a goal difference of +24.
Rangers team news
Head coach Danny Rohl has stayed tight-lipped about his selection plans, explaining that he has “learned not to talk about availability too early” following criticism of his team choices for that 1-1 result at Fir Park.
Max Aarons sat out the Motherwell game, while longer-term injuries continue to keep Connor Barron and Derek Cornelius on the sidelines, and midfielder Bailey Rice is also unavailable.
Even with those absences, Rangers are expected to set up positively as they try to reduce Hearts’ lead, with Jack Butland likely to start in goal, James Tavernier continuing at right-back, and attacking threats such as Mohamed Diomande, Mikey Moore and Bojan Miovski in line to feature from the outset.
Rohl has underlined how important this fixture is, noting that turning a 13-point deficit when he arrived into the possibility of trimming it to just two represents a “significant opportunity” and insisting that a victory over Hearts would be “huge” for Rangers’ campaign.
Rangers predicted lineup
Possible Rangers starting XI: Butland; Tavernier, Souttar, Djiga, Meghoma; Raskin, Chukwuani; Gassama, Diomande, Moore; Miovski.
When will the match kick off?
The match will kick off at 4:30pm BST on Sunday, 15th February.
How to watch Rangers vs Hearts?
In the UK, the game will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football.
Read Also – VAR vindicated? Newcastle win over Villa marred by refereeing errors
See More – Salah calls Liverpool teammate ‘one of the best in the world’
