Hearts are expected to freshen up their starting line-up for Saturday’s Premiership trip to Kilmarnock. With a chance to confirm third place and a £5m European bounty for next season, the Tynecastle squad will be utilised at Rugby Park. Last week’s Scottish Cup semi-final loss to Rangers at Hampden Park ended any hope of silverware coming to Edinburgh this season. However, Hearts’ stated aim in the league was to finish third and they are now within touching distance of that achievement. Here is...
Hearts and Rangers met in the semi-final of this season’s League Cup at Hampden Park and will clash again in the last four of the Scottish Cup this weekend. A 3-1 victory for the Glasgow club last November took them into the final, and is one of four wins from four encounters against Hearts in the current campaign. Clearly, there is room for improvement for the Tynecastle side as they prepare to return to Hampden on Sunday. Their last major trophy success came in the Scottish Cup but that was 12...
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Kilmarnock and Hearts both put together impressive runs of form earlier in the season to ensure they would participate in the Premiership’s top six. That begins on Saturday when the teams meet at Rugby Park in the first of their five post-split fixtures. Respective managers Derek McInnes and Steven Naismith both have injury concerns ahead of the match, although those have eased slightly in recent weeks. Kilmarnock are on a run of only three defeats in their last 21 games and enjoyed a break last...