First Edinburgh derby of 2020 moved as TV companies select five Hearts and Hibs games

March clash moved to Tuesday night

The first Edinburgh derby of 2020 will be broadcast live on BT Sport, the SPFL have announced.

The match between Hibs and Hearts at Easter Road has been brought forward 24 hours to Tuesday, March 3.

It will be one of five fixtures involving the two Edinburgh clubs to be screened by Sky Sports and BT next year.

Hearts and Hibs will meet again at Easter Road in early March. Picture: SNS

Hearts will have four games on the box. They'll welcome Rangers and the Sky Sports cameras for a Sunday, January 26 match at Tynecastle.

There is also a Friday night trip to St Mirren and a late March journey to Livingston. Both will be shown by BT Sport.

Hibs, meanwhile, only have one other live match in addition to the derby. They'll have their trip to Kilmarnock in mid-February also broadcast by BT Sport.

Full details...

Sunday January 26, 2020

Hearts of Midlothian v Rangers

Live on Sky Sports, kick-off 3.00pm

Sunday February 16, 2020

Kilmarnock v Hibernian

Live on BT Sport, kick-off 4.30pm

Friday February 21, 2020

St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian

Live on BT Sport, kick-off 7.45pm

Tuesday March 3, 2020

Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian

Live on BT Sport, kick-off 7.45pm

Sunday March 15, 2020

Livingston v Heart of Midlothian

Live on BT Sport, kick-off 3.00pm