Scottish Premiership title odds as Hearts enter commanding position with Celtic lurking and Rangers in Siberia
Here are the latest odds when it comes to Hearts winning the Premiership ahead of Celtic and Rangers.
There’s three games to go and Hearts can just about touch the Premiership trophy for the first time since 1960 after Monday’s seismic win over Rangers.
Goals from Stephen Kingsley and Lawrence Shankland sealed a 2-1 success for boss Derek McInnes over the Light Blues for a third time this campaign, all but ending chances of Danny Rohl’s men rivalling them for glory, as they stand seven off the Jambos with nine points to play for. Hearts have a firm grim on first with Celtic three off their pace ahead of Sunday’s Old Firm.
Victory at Motherwell on Saturday for McInnes and co would pile huge pressure on the defending champions to win their derby, however, league sponsors William Hill are firmly in the maroon camp when it comes to who they now think will win the Premiership. Their latest odds have emerged ahead of Motherwell vs Hearts and Celtic vs Rangers this weekend.
Derek McInnes on Hearts 2-1 Rangers
The Jambos are 4/6 favourites to scoop glory within the next fortnight, taking on Falkirk and Celtic to close out the term, while the latter club mentioned are 5/4 to topple Hearts’ lead. Rangers’ defeat on Monday coupled with losing to Motherwell previously means they’re now all but out of proceedings at 50/1 amid a need for three wins and both rivals collapsing.
McInnes said on Sportsound of Monday’s win for Hearts: "The way the players dug that out, the result, second half - magnificent. The two goals were magnificent. Lawrence comes up with the big moment. The finish is sublime, it's so pure, it's full of class and everything that he is. For half-an-hour, Rangers were way ahead of us. We were second best. Thankfully, it was only 1-0.
“There was a change of approach, there's a change of mindset that we had it all to do at half-time. It couldn't have come as quickly as it came for us. We needed a big half-time. Thankfully, we organised ourselves enough to get a bit more confidence in the game. We asked the players to show more responsibility. We're not top of the league without cause and we needed to start showing that we were the team at the top of the league. I don't think anybody could deny that, second half, we were the better team and very strong and showed a bit more like ourselves. The crowd were magnificent. The start of the game was pure theatre. What a noise it was."
What are the latest Scottish Premiership title odds?
Hearts: 4/6
Celtic: 5/4
Rangers: 50/1
Title to be decided by goal difference: 7/4
Hearts to go unbeaten for the remainder of the season: 2/1
(Odds correct at time of publishing. 18+. Gamble responsibly.)