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Richie Mills

Sun 3 May 2026 17:10, UK

Hearts have the chance to end Rangers‘ Scottish Premiership title hopes when they lock horns on Monday at Tynecastle Stadium.

Heading into the post-split fixtures, Rangers were just one point behind Hearts as Danny Rohl‘s team appeared to be timing their title push to perfection.

However, Motherwell tore up the Gers’ script with a superb 3-2 win at Ibrox last time out, while Hearts came from behind to beat rivals Hibernian 2-1.

Rangers are four points off top spot with four games to go.

Both Rangers and Hearts have some injury concerns ahead of this pivotal contest, something Ibrox News has rounded up.

Rangers hopeful on duo but Hearts have limited options

Heading into the fourth encounter between Hearts and Rangers this season, the Jambos lead this head to head 2-1.

To make matters worse for the Gers, this one is on Hearts’ home turf. They are unbeaten at Tynecastle in the league this season, with 13 wins and four draws.

Rangers do have the best away record in the division but are likely to be without Tuur Rommens (quad) and Ryan Naderi (muscular), although they are making progress.

Rohl said, “Tuur is back in training, which is a good sign, but of course, after four weeks, let’s see how strong the week goes now and how the reaction is. I think this is crucial, but yesterday was the first training session that was good.

“Ryan looks good as well, still some doubts for the Monday game, but good information since three weeks ago, it looks much better now, and this is a good sign. Let’s see how the squad is on Monday.”

For Hearts, Oisin McEntee (hamstring) and Tomas Magnusson (thigh) are out for the season, while Calem Nieuwenhof (hamstring) and Eduardo Ageu (thigh) are unavailable.

Craig Gordon won’t be available due to illness but one of Cammy Devlin (lower leg issue) or Harry Milne (calf) could feature.

McInnes added, “Craig’s had a wee bit of a virus thing that one or two have had that this week. He’s going to go out and do a bit of handling today. Hopefully, he trains fully next week.

“Cammy and Harry are both progressing really well. I can’t say with any certainty if both will be ready for Monday. We’re confident we can get one of them there. I just don’t want to say what one.”

Do or die for Rangers at Tynecastle

Rangers cannot afford to slip up at Hearts; else their chances of winning their first league title since 2021 will be over.

Rohl has done a stellar job since replacing Russell Martin in October, with no other side picking up more points than Rangers since then.

But questions have been asked over whether or not this Rangers side can deliver under intense pressure.

They did throw away a 2-0 lead over Celtic in March and dropped points against the likes of Motherwell (twice) and Livingston.

At Hearts, though, they need to be at their very best. If not, it may be a two-horse race between defending champions Celtics and the Jambos.

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