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Hearts prepare to entertain Glasgow Rangers at Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday evening, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, winning just 33 of the 137 games played, and losing 69.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Tynecastle Stadium was less than a year ago, in May 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sun 18 May | Hearts | 0-2 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Feb | Rangers | 1 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 04 Feb | Hearts | 0 - 1 | Rangers | SLC |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 01 Dec | Hearts | 0 - 4 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 11 Sep | Rangers | 2 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 07 Apr | Rangers | 2 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 09 Feb | Hearts | 0 - 2 | Rangers | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart Of Midlothian have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Jambo's in those games, with 3 conceded.
Rangers's away form is equally impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. Those games have seen the The Gers pummel 13 goals, and let in 6.
Hearts are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 12 points from 5 games. Rangers are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 5 games giving them a return of 15 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| Rangers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Hearts are starting to turn Tynecastle Stadium into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occassion. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Won 4 successive home games. 12 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 10 . |
| Rangers | 3 successive away victories. 4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |