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Shankland’s Brace Secures Victory for Heart of Midlothian Against Rangers at Ibrox
Glasgow, Scotland – Heart of Midlothian stunned Rangers at their own Ibrox Stadium with a hard-fought victory in a Scottish Premiership match dominated in possession (67%) by the home side, but with lethal efficiency from the visitors. The hero of the day was undoubtedly Lawrence Shankland, who scored two goals.
Shankland opened the scoring in the 21st minute, finishing off a good team move assisted by C. Braga. Despite Rangers’ territorial dominance, with 13 shots (5 on target) and 9 corner kicks, Heart of Midlothian remained solid in defense, looking for their opportunities on the counter-attack. In the 79th minute, Shankland missed a penalty, but he redeemed himself a minute later, scoring his team’s second goal, unassisted.
Rangers searched relentlessly for a goal, but the Heart of Midlothian defense proved too strong. The match was characterized by intensity, reflected in the 22 fouls committed (13 by Rangers and 9 by Heart of Midlothian) and the two yellow cards received by Rangers, for J. Tavernier and J. Souttar. Heart of Midlothian received one yellow card. Ultimately, Heart of Midlothian took all three points, proving that effectiveness can outweigh possession.
Substitutions rangers: at minute 46 M. Moore came in and O. Antman went out., at minute 46 N. Djiga came in and D. Cornelius went out., at minute 56 C. Barron came in and J. Rothwell went out., at minute 67 J. Meghoma came in and Chermiti went out., at minute 85 J. Rothwell came in and N. Bajrami went out.
Substitutions heart of midlothian: at minute 62 O. McEntee came in and M. Steinwender went out., at minute 76 A. Kyziridis came in and T. Magnusson went out., at minute 77 C. Braga came in and E. Kabangu went out., at minute 77 S. Kingsley came in and J. McCart went out., at minute 90 L. Shankland came in and B. Spittal went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Rangers
Heart Of Midlothian
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