Match Report
| Heart of Midlothian | Heart of Midlothian |  |  | Rangers | Rangers | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Matthew Dominey | Matthew Dominey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlos Bento | C. Bento |  | 70 | G |  | 1 | | G | 76 |  | Eben Gargo | E. Gargo | |||||||||
| David Mcallister | D. Mcallister |  | 61 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 72 |  | Luigi Marcolin | L. Marcolin | |||||||||
| Alejandro Pascual | A. Pascual |  | 58 | D | | 3 | | D | 70 | | Garry Elliott | G. Elliott | |||||||||
| Stan Deane | S. Deane |  | 58 | D | | 4 | | D | 51 |  | Theo Koeman | T. Koeman | |||||||||
| Scott Souness | S. Souness | | 58 | D | | 5 | | D | 64 | | Jason Burgess | J. Burgess | |||||||||
| Callum Rae | C. Rae | | 74 | M | | 6 | | M | 69 |  | Rigobert Job | R. Job | |||||||||
| Stuart Greig | S. Greig | | 69 | M | | 7 | | M | 67 | | Nuno Pinheiro | N. Pinheiro | |||||||||
| Diego Bayle | D. Bayle |  | 61 | M | | 8 | | M | 66 | | Juan Fuentes | J. Fuentes | |||||||||
| Kevin Collins | K. Collins | | 57 | M | | 9 | | M | 54 | | Colin Niven | C. Niven | |||||||||
| Neil Souness | N. Souness | | 62 | A | | 10 | | A | 70 | | Tomas Breda | T. Breda | |||||||||
| Gary Brady | G. Brady | | 60 | A | | 11 | | A | 63 | | Sergio Faria | S. Faria | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Tynecastle where Heart of Midlothian play host to Rangers. A crowd of 17,863 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Heart of Midlothian and Rangers are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Heart of Midlothian and Rangers are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Rangers kick off!
2.26
0-0Theo Koeman deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Nuno Pinheiro. Nuno Pinheiro makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tomas Breda. Tomas Breda shoots from 20 yards. It curls slightly but Carlos Bento manages to gather it comfortably.
6.20
0-0Nuno Pinheiro threads the ball through to Tomas Breda. Tomas Breda shoots from distance but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
9.38
Nuno Pinheiro makes a probing pass to Sergio Faria. Sergio Faria sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
14.25
Nuno Pinheiro makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tomas Breda. Tomas Breda shoots from long range but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
16.41
1-0Stan Deane knocks the ball to his team mate, Kevin Collins. Kevin Collins threads the ball through to Neil Souness. Neil Souness whips in a cross ball towards Gary Brady. Gary Brady heads the ball goalwards. It's there!! Eben Gargo has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
20.03
1-0Diego Bayle catches Juan Fuentes on the ankles. Diego Bayle is given a warning by the referee! Juan Fuentes runs off the knock.
26.03
1-0Stan Deane decides to run forward with the ball. Stan Deane passes the ball forward to Gary Brady. Gary Brady knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Jason Burgess.
39.13
Stuart Greig makes a simple pass to Gary Brady. Gary Brady knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
Nuno Pinheiro deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Tomas Breda. Tomas Breda controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
Heart of Midlothian kick off and get the second half underway!
48.15
Stuart Greig passes the ball forward to Neil Souness. Neil Souness shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
59.12
1-0Heart of Midlothian are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
63.24
Diego Bayle makes a simple pass to Gary Brady. Gary Brady knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Jason Burgess.
65.03
Colin Niven knocks the ball forward to Tomas Breda. Tomas Breda knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Scott Souness.
66.35
Rigobert Job knocks the ball to his team mate, Sergio Faria. Sergio Faria shoots from long range. Carlos Bento easily smothers it.
69.42
Colin Niven makes a probing pass to Sergio Faria. Sergio Faria knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Scott Souness.
79.41
Tomas Breda hacks David Mcallister from behind! The referee calls over Tomas Breda and warns him to calm down! David Mcallister hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
1
3
Shots off Target
1
3
Offsides
0
2
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
57.8%
42.2%
Play Area
31.3%
48.2%
20.5%
Scorers
| Gary Brady 16 |