Hibernian 2-3 Rangers: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 19 April 2009

Result

Hibernian 2-3 Rangers

Premiership · Sunday 19 April 2009, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Hibernian 2-3 Rangers: match report

Hibernian were beaten by Rangers 2-3 in the Premiership on Sunday 19 April 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Steven Whittaker opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Hibernian's goals came from Steven Fletcher (34') and J. Rankin (84'). Rangers scored through Steven Whittaker (2'), Andrius Velička (52') and Maurice Edu (72').

Discipline: Hibernian received 2 yellow cards; Rangers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Hibernian were 6th on 42 points from 32 and Rangers 2nd on 70 points from 32. Hibernian went on to finish that season 7th with 47 points, and Rangers 1st with 86.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hibernian wins, 2 draws and 6 for Rangers.

Going into the match Hibernian's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Rangers's W-W-W-D-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Steven WhittakerRangers · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · Steven FletcherHibernian · 1-1
  • 52'Goal · Andrius VeličkaRangers · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Lewis StevensonHibernian
  • 72'Goal · Maurice EduRangers · 1-3
  • 84'Goal · J. RankinHibernian · 2-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Rob JonesHibernian

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hibernian 2, draws 2, Rangers 6.

Team news

Rangers expected line-up (4-5-1)

Ronald Waterreus, Alan Hutton, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Julien Rodriguez, Fernando Ricksen, Hamed Namouchi, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Barry Ferguson, Brahim Hemdani, C. Burke, Ian Murray