How to watch Hearts v Rangers? Team news, stream details, manager comments

Everything you need to know ahead of this weekend’s match in the Capital.
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Match details

Who? Hearts v Rangers

What? cinch Premiership, matchday 38

Liam Boyce in action against Rangers in December when the Ibrox side won 2-0 at Tynecastle. Picture: SNSLiam Boyce in action against Rangers in December when the Ibrox side won 2-0 at Tynecastle. Picture: SNS
Liam Boyce in action against Rangers in December when the Ibrox side won 2-0 at Tynecastle. Picture: SNS

Where? Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

When? Saturday, 13 May. 12.15pm kick-off.

How to watch

The match is available through the Hearts pay-per-view service. This game costs £15.

Team news

Hearts boss Robbie Neilson has revealed every first-team player is in contention to play against the Ibrox side with the exception of Beni Baningime, who will remain absent until the turn of the year with a knee injury. Craig Halkett hasn’t featured since the semi-final win over Hibs, while John Souttar’s absence is even longer, having not played since the 2-2 draw with Dundee United in early March.

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Rangers will hope to have Kemar Roofe back for the Europa League final but Saturday’s game is almost certain to come too early for the striker.

Likely starting XIs

Hearts: Gordon; Sibbick, Moore, Kingsley; Smith, Devlin, Halliday, Mackay-Steven; Ginnelly, Simms, McKay

Rangers: McLaughlin; Tavernier, King, Balogun, Bassey; Davis, Ramsey, Arfield; Wright, Sakala, Diallo.

Previous meeting

Hearts were thumped 5-0 by Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men in early February. The two other matches this term were a hard-fought 2-0 win for Rangers at Tynecastle and a 1-1 draw at Ibrox earlier in the campaign.

Referee

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Kevin Clancy will take charge of his first Hearts game since the 1-0 win over Livingston in early December, where he showed a booking to head coach Robbie Neilson for dissent.

What Robbie Neilson said

“It’s a big game. Whenever the Old Firm come to Tynecastle it’s usually a full house. It’s important from not only a fitness perspective but a psychological one as well that the boys are ready and have minutes under their belt. We had a few guys come on against Motherwell and you could probably see the rustiness. We’re treating this like a normal game. 20,000 fans have paid their hard-earned money to see the team perform. It’s the last game of the season at Tynecastle in what’s been a good season – we want to go out on a high. We’re ready and looking forward to it. How Rangers approach it is entirely up to Rangers so we’ll wait and see.”

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