Rangers 2-0 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 16 August 2008

Result

Rangers 2-0 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 16 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Rangers · Hearts · Premiership predictions

Rangers 2-0 Hearts: match report

Rangers beat Hearts 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 16 August 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Kyle Lafferty opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Rangers's goals came from Kyle Lafferty (37') and Kris Boyd (90'). Hearts did not score.

Discipline: Rangers received 1 yellow card; Hearts received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Rangers went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Hearts 3rd with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Rangers wins, 2 draws and 1 for Hearts.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Laryea KingstonHearts
  • 21'Yellow card · Kevin ThomsonRangers
  • 37'Goal · Kyle LaffertyRangers · 1-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Saulius MikoliunasHearts
  • 74'Second yellow · Saulius MikoliunasHearts
  • 90'Goal · Kris BoydRangers · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rangers 7, draws 2, Hearts 1.

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