{"id":2721,"date":"2025-12-21T06:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2025-12-21T06:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:08:47","slug":"hearts-eye-historic-premiership-glory-as-rangers-clash-looms-at-tynecastle-live-on-spotv-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/hearts-eye-historic-premiership-glory-as-rangers-clash-looms-at-tynecastle-live-on-spotv-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts Eye Historic Premiership Glory as Rangers Clash Looms at Tynecastle, Live on SPOTV NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hearts vs Rangers<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sunday, December 21 \u2013 Tynecastle Park \u2013 13.30 GMT<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>How to Watch:<\/strong> Live streaming on SPOTV NOW (Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Macau)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Standings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hearts: 1st<\/li>\n<li>Rangers: 4th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hearts of Midlothian sit six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership, ahead of Celtic, albeit having played one game more. On Sunday, December 21, they host Rangers at Tynecastle Park with one clear objective: keep their grip on the summit.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in two decades, Hearts are mounting a genuine title challenge. The last time they finished as runners-up was in 2005-06. To find their most recent league triumph, you have to go back to 1959-60 \u2014 a different era entirely. This is unfamiliar territory for the Jambos, but they\u2019re embracing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re enjoying what we\u2019re doing right now; there\u2019s no pressure,\u201d said head coach Derek McInnes. \u201cA couple of teams, including ourselves, are probably exceeding expectations this season. The consistency we\u2019ve shown has been really pleasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LfwV63BZoFk?si=mnqZro0xEoHuVpDh\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Momentum is on their side. Hearts have just claimed back-to-back away wins against Celtic and Falkirk, and McInnes believes those results have injected extra belief ahead of Sunday\u2019s showdown.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers tell their own story: three wins from three against the Old Firm this season \u2014 two over Celtic and a memorable victory at Ibrox in September. But McInnes knows the scale of the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRangers and Celtic have huge advantages over the rest of us. They spend millions assembling squads and thousands a week on wages \u2014 levels we simply can\u2019t match,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, when you beat teams like that, you have to do a lot right. It\u2019s still three points like any other game, but if players or supporters need a bit more belief, these wins help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happens against Rangers, Hearts will become the first non-Old Firm side to lead the top flight at Christmas since 1993. McInnes wants his players to savor the moment \u2014 and keep pushing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want us to stay exactly where we are. I\u2019m enjoying this, and I keep telling the players: you\u2019ve done so well to get here. We\u2019ve done a lot right to reach this point, and now we have to do even more to stay there.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Muirhead at the double to see off Rangers \u26bd\ufe0f\u26bd\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2L7DLZYiYT\">pic.twitter.com\/2L7DLZYiYT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heart of Midlothian FC (@JamTarts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamTarts\/status\/2002363353961029801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearts vs Rangers Sunday, December 21 \u2013 Tynecastle Park \u2013 13.30 GMT How to Watch: Live streaming on SPOTV NOW (Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Macau) Current Standings Hearts: 1st Rangers: 4th Hearts of Midlothian sit six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership, ahead of Celtic, albeit having played one game more. On Sunday, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/hearts-eye-historic-premiership-glory-as-rangers-clash-looms-at-tynecastle-live-on-spotv-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hearts Eye Historic Premiership Glory as Rangers Clash Looms at Tynecastle, Live on SPOTV NOW<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,17,5],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-2721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2725,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions\/2725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}