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Hearts 2-5 Glasgow Rangers - December 20, 1997 / Premier Division 1997/1998

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Premier Division 1997/1998 - Round 18

Tynecastle Park - Edinburgh - Scotland

December 20, 1997

17 092

Hearts

2 - 5

Glasgow Rangers

John Robertson

17'

Jim Hamilton

88'

Gordon Durie

34'

Gordon Durie

69'

Marco Negri (penalty)

78'

Jörg Albertz

86'

Gordon Durie

logo Heart of Midlothian HM

6' - Goal Gordon Durie

17' - Goal John Robertson17

34' - Goal Gordon Durie

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69' - Goal Marco Negri photo Gennaro Gattuso

69' - Red card Gennaro Gattuso

71' - Substitution Neil Pointonis substituted by Jose Quitongo71

78' - Goal Jörg Albertz

80' - Substitution Colin Cameronis substituted by Thomas Flögel photo Jim Hamilton

80' - Substitution Stéphane Adamis substituted by Jim Hamilton80

83' - Substitution Marco Negriis substituted by Brian Laudrup

86' - Goal Gordon Durie

88' - Goal Jim Hamilton88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Hearts

2 - 5

Glasgow Rangers

Hearts Glasgow Rangers

Team line-ups

Hearts

Rousset

Gilles Rousset

France

B.date22/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

Weir

David Weir

Scotland

B.date10/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Ritchie

Paul Ritchie

Scotland

B.date21/08/1975

Age22 years

positionDefender

Pointon71

Neil Pointon

England

B.date28/11/1964

Age33 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Salvatori

Stefano Salvatori

Italy

B.date29/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cameron80

Colin Cameron

Scotland

B.date23/10/1972

Age25 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Fulton

Stephen Fulton

Scotland

B.date10/08/1970

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Locke

Gary Locke

Scotland

B.date16/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

McCann

Neil McCann

Scotland

B.date11/08/1974

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Adam80

Stéphane Adam

France

B.date14/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionForward

Robertson17

John Robertson

Scotland

B.date02/10/1964

Age33 years

H1m68

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gilles Rousset		34	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Weir		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Ritchie		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Pointon	71	33	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stefano Salvatori		29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Cameron	80	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Fulton		27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Locke		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil McCann		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stéphane Adam	80	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson	17	33	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Glasgow Rangers

Snelders

Theo Snelders

Netherlands

B.date07/12/1963

Age34 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Björklund

Joachim Björklund

Sweden

B.date15/03/1971

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Porrini

Sergio Porrini

Italy

B.date08/11/1968

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Stensaas

Stale Stensaas

Norway

B.date07/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Cleland

Alex Cleland

Scotland

B.date10/12/1970

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Gattuso69

Gennaro Gattuso

Italy

B.date09/01/1978

Age19 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ferguson

Ian Ferguson

Scotland

B.date15/03/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McCall

Stuart McCall

Scotland

B.date10/06/1964

Age33 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Albertz78

Jörg Albertz

Germany

B.date29/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m84

positionLeft Midfielder

Negri6983

Marco Negri

Italy

B.date27/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Durie63486

Gordon Durie

Scotland

B.date06/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Theo Snelders		34	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joachim Björklund		26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sergio Porrini		29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stale Stensaas		26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Cleland		27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gennaro Gattuso	69	19	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Ferguson		30	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart McCall		33	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jörg Albertz	78	26	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marco Negri	6983	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Durie	63486	32	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Thomas Flögel	80	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jim Hamilton	8880	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jose Quitongo	71	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Brian Laudrup	83	28	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Ferguson

Jonas Thern

OUT

Jörg Albertz

Richard Gough

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Jefferies

112

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Jefferies vs Glasgow Rangers

3 victories

4 draws

17 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Jefferies vs Smith

3 victories

4 draws

17 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Walter Smith

337

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

65 %

Smith vs Hearts

19 victories

6 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Smith vs Jefferies

17 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Referee

Hugh Dallas

5 victories	1 draw	9 losses	Hearts15 matches	General total	Glasgow Rangers37 matches	25 victories	5 draws	7 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Hearts1 match	Season total	Glasgow Rangers6 matches	4 victories	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 02, 2005					Latest figure on May 01, 2005

Videos

March 21, 2013

Comments

Key figures

Hearts keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win running (since 09/12/1997).

The last time Hearts has conceded at least 5 goals in Premiership, It was on the 23/03/1996 (vs )

Only back at the time of David White head of Glasgow Rangers (01/07/1967-01/07/1969), you can see a manager go over Walter Smith with 66% of wins in Premiership (72%).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LHeart of Midlothian 1-2 Celtic Glasgow18/10/1997

VHeart of Midlothian 3-1 Dunfermline Athletic29/10/1997

VHeart of Midlothian 2-0 Hibernian08/11/1997

VHeart of Midlothian 2-1 St. Johnstone15/11/1997

VHeart of Midlothian 5-3 Kilmarnock23/11/1997

VHeart of Midlothian 2-0 Motherwell06/12/1997

Overall

VHeart of Midlothian 2-0 Hibernian08/11/1997

VHeart of Midlothian 2-1 St. Johnstone15/11/1997

VHeart of Midlothian 5-3 Kilmarnock23/11/1997

VHeart of Midlothian 2-0 Motherwell06/12/1997

DDundee United 0-0 Heart of Midlothian09/12/1997

LCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Heart of Midlothian13/12/1997

Current form

Away

VHibernian 3-4 Glasgow Rangers04/10/1997

LDundee United 2-1 Glasgow Rangers25/10/1997

DAberdeen 1-1 Glasgow Rangers15/11/1997

DCeltic Glasgow 1-1 Glasgow Rangers19/11/1997

DMotherwell 1-1 Glasgow Rangers22/11/1997

DDunfermline Athletic 0-0 Glasgow Rangers13/12/1997

Overall

DAberdeen 1-1 Glasgow Rangers15/11/1997

DCeltic Glasgow 1-1 Glasgow Rangers19/11/1997

DMotherwell 1-1 Glasgow Rangers22/11/1997

VGlasgow Rangers 3-2 St. Johnstone29/11/1997

VGlasgow Rangers 1-0 Hibernian07/12/1997

DDunfermline Athletic 0-0 Glasgow Rangers13/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	9	1
Scoring streak	10	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	4	8
Winless streak	5	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
12	Victories (Competition total)	10
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	6
0	Draws (Home / Away)	4
4	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
2.18	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.47
2.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.63
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.06
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	28
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	27 goals	Marco Negri
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Marco Negri
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Marco Negri
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Marco Negri
-	The fittest player	27 goals during the last 17 matches	Marco Negri

Historical head to head

Home

120 matches

34 v

30 d

56 l

149 gf

187 ga

Away

125 matches

23 v

17 d

85 l

135 gf

284 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

0 v

1 d

5 l

7 gf

15 ga

Total

251 matches

57 v

48 d

146 l

291 gf

486 ga

Historical head to head

Home

125 matches

85 v

17 d

23 l

284 gf

135 ga

Away

120 matches

56 v

30 d

34 l

187 gf

149 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

5 v

1 d

0 l

15 gf

7 ga

Total

251 matches

146 v

48 d

57 l

486 gf

291 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 25, 1905
Home	3 - 0	November 16, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 22, 1972
Away	5 - 0	March 27, 1963

Latest head to head

August 04, 1997 - Premier Division 1997/1998

Glasgow Rangers

3 - 1

Hearts

May 10, 1997 - Premier Division 1996/1997

Hearts

3 - 1

Glasgow Rangers logo Glasgow Rangers

February 01, 1997 - Premier Division 1996/1997

Glasgow Rangers

0 - 0

Hearts

December 21, 1996 - Premier Division 1996/1997

Hearts

1 - 4

Glasgow Rangers logo Glasgow Rangers

November 24, 1996 - Scottish League Cup 1996/1997

Glasgow Rangers

4 - 3

Hearts

Best historical scorers against Glasgow Rangers

John Robertson	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Graham Shaw	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Stephen Fulton	1 goal	1996 - 1996
John Colquhoun	1 goal	1996 - 1996
David Weir	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Hearts

Ally McCoist	4 goals	1993 - 1996
Paul Gascoigne	4 goals	1996 - 1996
Gordon Durie	4 goals	1996 - 1996
Brian Laudrup	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Jimmy Millar	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Derek Johnstone	2 goals	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Glasgow Rangers

Gilles Rousset	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Neil Pointon	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Pasquale Bruno	2 matches	1996 - 1996
John Robertson	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Paul Ritchie	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Gary Mackay	2 matches	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Hearts

Andy Goram	6 matches	1996 - 1997
Brian Laudrup	6 matches	1996 - 1997
Ally McCoist	6 matches	1993 - 1997
Alex Cleland	6 matches	1996 - 1997
Paul Gascoigne	5 matches	1996 - 1997
Richard Gough	5 matches	1996 - 1997