Overview
- Hearts, following Monday's 2-1 comeback over Rangers at Tynecastle, sit three points ahead of Celtic with three matches left and Rangers trail by seven.
- Two more victories would likely secure Hearts' first league title since 1960, with a win at Motherwell on Saturday potentially setting up a clinch chance at home to Falkirk on Wednesday if Celtic drop points.
- The Celtic vs Rangers match on Sunday could lock Celtic into the top two and push Rangers to third, which would reshape access to next season's Champions League qualifiers and the funding that comes with it.
- Head coach Derek McInnes praised his squad's "addiction to winning" and warned that Motherwell have posed problems this season, urging focus on organization and mentality.
- Hearts' rise has been linked to investment from Brighton owner Tony Bloom and a partnership with Jamestown Analytics, and a title would break the Old Firm's grip last interrupted by Aberdeen in 1985.