GLASGOW. Rangers crushes Hearts 5-0 with goals of Mohammed Diomande (2′), Oscar Cortés (37′), Cyriel Dessers (44′), Cyriel Dessers (48′) and Fábio Silva (65′).

The match was played at the Ibrox Stadium stadium in Glasgow on Saturday and it started at 9:00 am local time. In front of 50,354 spectators.​ The referee was Nick Walsh assisted by Frank Connor and Alastair Mather. The 4th official was Iain Snedden. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.65 degrees Celsius or 43.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Rangers was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Hearts that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Hearts was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Rangers managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Rangers shot 17 times, 12 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hearts shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Rangers received 2 yellow cards (Nicolas Raskin and John Souttar). Talking about the opposition, Hearts received 2 yellow cards (Lawrence Shankland and Macaulay Tait).

Standings

After this contest, Rangers has 67 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Hearts will stays with 51 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Rangers will play away against Kilmarnock on the 28th of February with a 30-9 head to head stats in favor of Rangers (7 draws).

Hearts will host Hibernian on the 28th of February with a 23-12 head to head in favor of Hearts (18 draws).

Rangers – Formation

Rangers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Philippe Clement decided to play with the following team: Jack Butland (8.1), James Tavernier (8.7), Connor Goldson (8.1), John Souttar (8.1), Rıdvan Yılmaz (7.8), Mohammed Diomande (7.7), John Lundstram (8.1), Dujon Sterling (6.7), Tom Lawrence  (7.3), Oscar Cortés (7.9) and Cyriel Dessers (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Fábio Silva (7.1), Scott Wright (7.0), Kemar Roofe (6.8), Ben Davies, Leon Balogun, Robby McCrorie, Borna Barišić, Nicolas Raskin (6.4) and Ross McCausland (6.8).

Substitutions

Rangers made 5 changes: Dujon Sterling for Ross McCausland (56′), Tom Lawrence  for Fábio Silva (56′), Cyriel Dessers for Kemar Roofe (79′), Oscar Cortés for Scott Wright (71′) and Mohammed Diomande for Nicolas Raskin (71′).

Player of the match: James Tavernier​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rangers was James Tavernier even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.7 with 57 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

Hearts – Formation

Hearts started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Steven Naismith played with: Zander Clark (7.0), Stephen Kingsley (6.6), Frankie Kent (6.6), Kye Rowles (6.6), Nathaniel Atkinson  (5.6), Calem Nieuwenhof (7.0), Beni Baningime (6.8), Jorge Grant (7.5), Alex Cochrane  (6.4), Lawrence Shankland (7.3) and Kenneth Vargas (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Craig Gordon  , Cammy Devlin (6.8), Alan Forrest (7.0), Toby Sibbick, Aidan Denholm, Macaulay Tait (6.4), Scott Fraser (6.7), Kyosuke Tagawa (6.7) and Dexter Lembikisa.

Substitutions

Hearts made 5 changes: Kye Rowles for Alan Forrest (46′), Beni Baningime for Cammy Devlin (61′), Kenneth Vargas for Kyosuke Tagawa (62′), Lawrence Shankland for Scott Fraser (79′) and Calem Nieuwenhof for Macaulay Tait (82′).

Player of the match: Jorge Grant​

The most impressive player for Hearts was Jorge Grant.

His rating is 7.5 with 52 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​

• St. Mirren – St. Johnstone – 2-0
• Ross County – Livingston – 3-2
• Rangers – Hearts – 5-0
• Kilmarnock – Aberdeen – 2-0
• Hibernian – Dundee – 2-1