Hearts have now won all four of their matches against Celtic and Rangers this season as their quest to end the Glasgow giants’ 40-year monopoly of the Scottish top flight continues to gather pace. Gers – unbeaten in the league since losing at home to Hearts in mid-September – made three changes to the team that started Monday’s win over Hibernian as Nasser Djiga, Chermiti and Findlay Curtis made way for James Tavernier, Nico Raskin and Bojan Miovski. But Hearts started to gain a foothold and they made the breakthrough in the 38th minute with another of their well-worked set-piece routines. Within four minutes, Hearts doubled their lead. Substitute Chermiti capitalised on a mix-up in the home defence to pull one back with the last kick of the match but it mattered little as Hearts moved 12 points clear of fourth-placed Gers.

Source: Express December 21, 2025 15:46 UTC