Rangers v Hearts injury latest: Seven out and two doubts for the Scottish Cup semi-final

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com— Rangers and Hearts meet in the second of this weekend’s Scottish Cup semi-finals on Sunday at Hampden Park, and both managers have key decisions to make. Steven Naismith must decide whether to reinstate first-team regulars like Stephen Kingsley and Kenneth Vargas, whilst his Ibrox counterpart Philippe Clement needs to generate a response to two poor results against Ross County and Dundee. The two teams will be without some experienced and influential figures for the tie. Here is the latest...

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com—Hearts report and player ratings v Rangers as two men score 7/10 in the Scottish Cup semi-final. Cyriel Dessers’ two goals saw Rangers knock Hearts out of the Scottish Cup at the semi-final stage. This was the fifth meeting of the season between these clubs and the Ibrox side have a 100 per cent record after securing their place in next month’s cup final. Dessers struck inside the opening five minutes and then claimed a late second to thwart any prospect of a Hearts equaliser at Hampden Park. The Edinburgh club competed better in the second half than the first without creating many real...

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com—Kilmarnock v Hearts injury latest: Four out and two doubtful for the match at Rugby Park. Kilmarnock and Hearts both put together impressive runs of form earlier in the season to ensure they would participate in the Premiership’s top six. That begins on Saturday when the teams meet at Rugby Park in the first of their five post-split fixtures. Respective managers Derek McInnes and Steven Naismith both have injury concerns ahead of the match, although those have eased slightly in recent weeks. Kilmarnock are on a run of only three defeats in their last 21 games and enjoyed a break last...

The Guardian—Dessers double breaks Hearts and sets up Rangers v Celtic Scottish Cup final. It is difficult to get away from the analogy of two bald men fighting over a comb when it comes to Celtic, Rangers and this curious Scottish season. A day after Celtic lumbered past Aberdeen, Rangers were only marginally more impressive when seeing off Heart of Midlothian.A team with more punch and vigour than that managed by Steven Naismith would have increased the sense of panic around Ibrox. Instead, Rangers know that regardless of what happens over the closing weeks of the Premiership season...