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Where to watch Hearts vs. Rangers live stream, TV channel, start time for Scottish Premiership match
Here’s how to watch the Scottish Premiership match on TV and live stream. The Sporting News takes you through all the information you need to follow the game.
Hearts head coach Derek McInnes thought his side "were good value for the two-goal victory" before Rangers' late consolation as the Edinburgh side consolidated their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership. "Obviously you've got to keep doing the right things and we're a little bit annoyed with the goal we lost," he told BBC Scotland.
Not since Aberdeen in 1993 has a non-Old Firm side been at the summit of Scotland's top flight on December 25, and not since 1985 have a team won four games in a row against the two Glasgow giants, but that's exactly what Hearts have done in the first half of this potentially momentous campaign.
Scottish Premiership leaders Heart of Midlothian welcome Rangers to Tynecastle Park on Sunday.Hearts sit six points clear at the summit, with fourth-placed Rangers nine points adrift. Rangers will
Dreams of a first Hearts title since 1960 are very much alive after Rangers were beaten 2-0 at Tynecastle
Speaking to Hearts supporters before the game, the fear was that in-form Rangers striker Bojan Miovski, rumoured to be struggling to be included due to a fitness problem, might prove the difference following confirmation he had made the starting XI.
Heart of Midlothian beat Rangers FC 2-1 in a match corresponding to matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Scottish Premiership. Thanks to this victory, the Hearts earned three important points and remain at the top of the table.
With Christmas just around the corner, Hearts supporters are craving the early present of three points against Rangers at a packed Tynecastle. For the first time in recent memory, the bookmakers have Hearts as favourites - and it's hard to argue.
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'Miles off it': Hearts duo have expose Rangers fatal flaw as 129-goal Ibrox hero slams blunted trio
German boss Danny Rohl saw his eight-game unbeaten run in the Scottish Premiership come crashing to a halt in Gorgie, as two first-half goals in four minutes from Stuart Findlay and Lawrence Shankland ensured the league leaders took all three points in the capital.
Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Premiership clash between Hearts and Rangers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
They include former Inverness Caledonian Thistle defender Jamie McCart, who came on as a substitute for Stephen Kingsley in Hearts’ 2-1 win over Rangers this afternoon.