Rangers vs Hearts; Scottish Premiership
Rangers vs Hearts. Scottish Premiership.
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Rangers v Hearts preview: Hosts at full strength afrer Ryan Jack's red card is rescinded
Saturday 19 August 2017 23:17, UK
Ryan Jack will be free to face Hearts on Saturday after the Rangers midfielder had his controversial weekend red card overturned on appeal.
The former Aberdeen skipper was sent off during Saturday's drama-filled defeat to Hibernian after appearing to motion his head towards Leith frontman Anthony Stokes - but the dismissal has now been wiped by Hampden disciplinary chiefs.
Captain Lee Wallace, meanwhile, could return from his thigh complaint for the Ladbrokes Premiership visit of his former side after boss Pedro Caixinha reported his squad was at full strength.
Isma Goncalves is set to retain his spot in the Hearts side for their trip to Ibrox.
The striker also successfully appealed against a red card shown in the win over Kilmarnock last weekend, while Jamie Walker is also pushing for a start against the club who have tried to sign him this summer.
Don Cowie and Jordan McGhee are available after injury but Lewis Moore (knock) and Ashley Smith-Brown (ankle) are out.
Rangers have had a mixed start to their Premiership campaign, beating Motherwell 2-1 on the opening day before a 3-2 defeat by Hibernian at Ibrox on Saturday.
Hearts bounced back from a 4-1 opening-day defeat by Celtic to beat Kilmarnock 1-0 on Saturday, giving interim boss Jon Daly his first win in charge.
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Rangers have lost just one of their previous 19 home games against Hearts in the Scottish Premiership (W14 D4).
Hearts won two of their four league meetings with Rangers last season (L2), however, both wins were recorded at Tynecastle.
Despite registering a joint league-high eight shots in his first two games, Josh Windass is yet to register a goal, with only one shot being on target.
After scoring in his first three competitive fixtures for Hearts (all League Cup), Kyle Lafferty, who had a four-year spell at Ibrox, has now gone three games on the bounce without registering a goal.