Robbie Neilson named four changes after Hearts' heavy 4-1 defeat to Celtic at Parkhead, before their midweek match against Motherwell at Fir Park that ended in a 2-1 loss to the Steelmen. Ross Stewart replaced club captain Craig Gordon in goal. Stephen Kingsley made way for Andy Halliday to come back into midfield. Michael Smith and John Souttar were on the bench, as they make their recoveries from injury. Gary Mackay-Steven replaced Barrie McKay, who was omitted from the matchday squad entirely. Ellis Simms sat on the bench as Ben Woodburn took his place with Liam Boyce starting as the Jambos' sole striker on Wednesday. Giovanni van Bronckhorst made seven changes after Rangers clinched a 2-0 win in Govan against Dundee United at the weekend, before making it back-to-back Ibrox victories with a 4-1 demolition of Ross County on Wednesday night. Amongst those seven changes, Allan McGregor returned in goal. Calvin Bassey and Borna Barisic were reinstated in defence. John Lundstram, Glen Kamara and Alex Lowry made up the midfield. In attack, Ryan Kent and Joe Aribo joined Scott Wright. With RB Leipzig in the Europa League final sandwiching Hearts here and in the Scottish Cup final, we may see something closer to the same eleven as was selected against Dundee United last Sunday.
It's a dress rehearsal of the Scottish Cup final next weekend, with Hearts and Rangers finishing third and second in this season's Scottish Premiership respectively. All in all, it's been a great season for newly-promoted Hearts, Robbie Neilson guiding the Jambos to being 'the best of the rest' by quite some distance. A Scottish Cup final on the horizon, against this weekend's opponents Rangers, a ninth triumph in Scotland's premier cup competition would be a wonderful way to finish the season and have the men in maroon being back to where they believe they belong. With the league title having slipped away from Rangers in midweek, their season now rests upon two huge matches directly after this one. In midweek, they take on German side Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League final with a chance to claim a European trophy and a spot in next season's Champions League. Following that, they take on Hearts at Hampden as they look to end a 13-year wait for the Scottish Cup. Both sides' attention is entirely elsewhere, with this match of a real insignificance in comparison to next week's Scottish Cup final between the two teams after Rangers compete for the Europa League. 1:2
Robbie Neilson named four changes after Hearts' heavy 4-1 defeat to Celtic at Parkhead, before their midweek match against Motherwell at Fir Park that ended in a 2-1 loss to the Steelmen. Ross Stewart replaced club captain Craig Gordon in goal. Stephen Kingsley made way for Andy Halliday to come back into midfield. Michael Smith and John Souttar were on the bench, as they make their recoveries from injury. Gary Mackay-Steven replaced Barrie McKay, who was omitted from the matchday squad entirely. Ellis Simms sat on the bench as Ben Woodburn took his place with Liam Boyce starting as the Jambos' sole striker on Wednesday. Giovanni van Bronckhorst made seven changes after Rangers clinched a 2-0 win in Govan against Dundee United at the weekend, before making it back-to-back Ibrox victories with a 4-1 demolition of Ross County on Wednesday night. Amongst those seven changes, Allan McGregor returned in goal. Calvin Bassey and Borna Barisic were reinstated in defence. John Lundstram, Glen Kamara and Alex Lowry made up the midfield. In attack, Ryan Kent and Joe Aribo joined Scott Wright. With RB Leipzig in the Europa League final sandwiching Hearts here and in the Scottish Cup final, we may see something closer to the same eleven as was selected against Dundee United last Sunday.
It's a dress rehearsal of the Scottish Cup final next weekend, with Hearts and Rangers finishing third and second in this season's Scottish Premiership respectively. All in all, it's been a great season for newly-promoted Hearts, Robbie Neilson guiding the Jambos to being 'the best of the rest' by quite some distance. A Scottish Cup final on the horizon, against this weekend's opponents Rangers, a ninth triumph in Scotland's premier cup competition would be a wonderful way to finish the season and have the men in maroon being back to where they believe they belong. With the league title having slipped away from Rangers in midweek, their season now rests upon two huge matches directly after this one. In midweek, they take on German side Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League final with a chance to claim a European trophy and a spot in next season's Champions League. Following that, they take on Hearts at Hampden as they look to end a 13-year wait for the Scottish Cup. Both sides' attention is entirely elsewhere, with this match of a real insignificance in comparison to next week's Scottish Cup final between the two teams after Rangers compete for the Europa League. 1:2
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