Rangers will be relieved to put their recent league slide behind them as they concentrate only on moving on to this weekend’s Scottish Cup final.
However, Steven Naismith believes his old team has just relied on luck in their mid-season ascent to the Premiership’s summit.
Therefore, the Hearts manager believes his team has a good opportunity of eliminating the Ibrox club and adding further salt to the wounds of Philippe Clement’s struggling title-chasing team.
This season, the teams have already faced off at Hampden for the League Cup semi-finals, with Rangers emerging victorious 3-1.
It appears likely that the Light Blues will make some alterations to their starting lineup after suffering yet another defeat at Dens Park.
That game began with Kemar Roofe, and Clement gave the Jamaican forward an uncommon opportunity to make an impression.
Will he get the go-ahead once more at the top? Or, despite his recent slump in performance, will Cyriel Dessers be called upon to help the team?
Oscar Cortes, Ryan Jack, and Danilo are all anticipated to sit out this match; however, the manager will give a fitness report on his team when he addresses the media on Friday.
The visitors will undoubtedly still be missing Peter Haring and Craig Halkett. They’ve been missing for a while. Whether Liam Boyce or Calum Nieuwenhof will be well enough to participate in this main event is still up in the air.
However, Barrie McKay intensified his return to first-team action last weekend with a good performance against Livingston.
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