Rangers v Hearts

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If Rangers are to close the gap on Celtic and Aberdeen at the top of the Scottish Premiership table then the hosts must make the most of home advantage when they entertain lowly Hearts at Ibrox on Sunday evening.

Defeats away from home at Kilmarnock and Aberdeen have resulted in The Gers losing ground on their old rivals Celtic as well as surprise package, Aberdeen, but the hosts at least have a golden opportunity to extend their winning streak on home soil at Ibrox on Sunday.

Indeed, Rangers have won all five of their home games so far in this season's Scottish Premiership having recorded important victories against Motherwell 2-1, Ross County 6-0, Hibernian 1-0, St Johnstone 2-0 and St Mirren 2-1 respectively, so this will give Philippe Clement's side plenty of confidence and belief heading into this upcoming encounter.

The bigger picture represents an even more impressive set of results at Ibrox for Rangers as the hosts have suffered just one defeat within their previous 20 home games in the Scottish Premiership whilst recording no fewer than 18 wins in the process.

In addition, the goals market also appeals as 15 of these 18 home games have also resulted in Over 2.5 goals as well, thus making this upcoming fixture a potentially lively one.

Hearts also picked up all three points in last weekend's domestic top flight action by way of a welcome 2-1 victory away from home at St Johnstone, but the visitor's exploits have been more modest than that of their illustrious hosts so far this season.

Last weekend's win became only a second victory this season for Hearts who had previously gained all three points via a comprehensive 4-0 rout over St Mirren at home but otherwise, Hearts have struggled to produce any sort of consistent set of results so far in this season's campaign.

Indeed, having managed to capture just two wins within their opening 12 games of this Premiership season, Hearts find themselves in somewhat unfamiliar territory as The Jambos currently occupy second from bottom place in the Scottish domestic top flight table.

Seven defeats within their 12 matches played to date underline the problems that Hearts have experienced so far this term and no fewer than five of these seven losses have been incurred away from home with losses dealt out to Neil Critchley's side by Dundee, Motherwell, Celtic, St Mirren and Aberdeen respectively.

Along with just one win from their last 10 away games, seven of these outings have also resulted in Over 2.5 goals as well.

Rangers v Hearts Verdict

Goals have been a feature of previous exchanges between Rangers and Hearts as six of the last nine meetings have produced three goals or more.

Therefore, our main bet will be Over 2.5 goals @ 1.57

Other side bets worth considering:

Rangers win & Over 2.5 goals @ 1.95

Correct Score: Rangers 3-0 @ 10.00