Premiership 25/26 · 13 Sep 2025

Rangers 0–2 Heart of Midlothian

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Rangers favourites at 57%.

Heart of Midlothian won and made the better chances: 2.4 xG to 1.1.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Lawrence Shankland, 67.1 in 89′.

Well above their usual level: Lawrence Shankland +22.8, John Souttar +9.2, Mohammed Diomande +9.0.

Well below it: Stuart Findlay −17.2, Oliver Antman −11.5, Jack Butland −11.4.

Each side's last five results before this match.

31 Aug 2025	D 0–0	v Celtic Scottish Premiership
27 Aug 2025	L 0–6	at Club Brugge KV Champions League
24 Aug 2025	D 1–1	at St. Mirren Scottish Premiership
19 Aug 2025	L 1–3	v Club Brugge KV Champions League
12 Aug 2025	L 1–2	at FC Viktoria Plzeň Champions League

30 Aug 2025	W 2–1	at Livingston Scottish Premiership
23 Aug 2025	D 3–3	v Motherwell Scottish Premiership
10 Aug 2025	W 3–2	at Dundee United Scottish Premiership
4 Aug 2025	W 2–0	v Aberdeen Scottish Premiership

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
John Souttar Defender	90	–	64.2	+9.2
Nasser Djiga Defender	45	–	59.2	+6.0
James Tavernier Defender	90	0.03	54.7	+1.6
Mohammed Diomande Midfielder	90	0.09	51.1	+9.0
Connor Barron Midfielder	56	–	48.5	–
Thelo Aasgaard Midfielder	90	0.22	45.0	+3.3
Joe Rothwell Midfielder	21	–	44.2	–
Djeidi Gassama Midfielder	90	0.27	41.7	−5.3
Jack Butland Goalkeeper	90	–	41.4	−11.4
Jayden Meghoma Defender	67	0.02	39.0	−4.1
Bojan Miovski Forward	90	0.37	38.7	−1.4
Derek Cornelius Defender	45	0.05	36.7	–
Oliver Antman Midfielder	45	0.06	35.7	−11.5
Youssef Chermiti Forward	23	–	31.4	–
Mikey Moore Forward	45	–	26.8	–
Nedim Bajrami Midfielder	13	–	23.4	–

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Jamie McCart Defender	13	0	0	–	83.0	–
Blair Spittal Midfielder	1	0	0	–	71.5	–
Lawrence Shankland Forward	89	2	0	1.71	67.1	+22.8
Alexander Schwolow Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	65.2	–
Elton Kabangu Forward	13	0	0	–	55.3	–
Craig Halkett Defender	90	0	0	0.18	53.7	−3.5
Cameron Devlin Midfielder	90	0	0	0.05	51.8	+2.3
Stuart Findlay Defender	90	0	0	0.11	45.6	−17.2
Harry Milne Defender	90	0	0	0.02	44.7	−7.4
Cláudio Braga Forward	77	0	1	–	44.6	−7.5
Beni Baningime Midfielder	90	0	0	–	42.9	–
Oisin McEntee Defender	62	0	0	–	40.8	+2.4
Alexandros Kyziridis Midfielder	77	0	0	0.11	38.6	–
Michael Steinwender Defender	28	0	0	–	32.3	–
Tomas Magnusson Midfielder	13	0	0	0.19	30.5	–
Stephen Kingsley Defender	77	0	0	–	25.0	–