Now it's Rangers' turn to be frustrated by a decision. Ryan Kent dribbles into the box, jinks past Loic Damour who then blocks the Rangers winger's path to the ball. No penalty.

Greg Stewart then finds himself through, but takes too long to shoot, cuts inside and the chance is snuffed out by Clevid Dikamona.

Bit of a bizarre decision by Steven McLean. Rangers defender Conor Goldson slips and cleans out Sean Clare as he was running on to the ball, but there's no free-kick given.

Boos ring around Tynecastle.

James Tavernier gets to the bye-line but his cross is cut out.

Moments later, Ryan Kent sears past Michael Smith and fires a great ball across the goal, but there are no takers in blue.

Scott Arfield is down, looks like he's going to come off. Sheyi Ojo is about to come on.

Allan Preston
BBC Scotland summariser on Sportsound

Hearts go close again! Michael Smith does well to jink past his marker and swings in a cross, which Conor Washington heads over from around eight yards out.

That's a great chance for the Northern Irishman. Hearts need to take one of these.

Neil McCann
Former Hearts & Rangers winger on BBC Sportsound

Allan McGregor springs into action to tip Steven Naismith's header over the bar!

Ryan Jack is booked for a heavy challenge on Michael Smith. Some might view that as a sending off, it's really late. The Hearts fans certainly thought so.

Hearts are on top here, but the final product is lacking. Rangers are slipping back into their domestic slumber at the moment.

Nice intricate passing from Hearts gives Lewis Moore space just inside the box to check that Allan McGregor's still awake.

The Rangers goalkeeper is, by the way, and saves pretty comfortably.

Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Tynecastle

George Edmundson had a full grip of Steven Naismith's shirt there. Whether it was enough for him to go down or not, I don't know.

Scrappy game so far, with an odd atmosphere. Tynecastle is usually rocking on occasions like this, but it's all a bit flat.

Meanwhile, George Edmundson does some cleaning up for Rangers as he holds off Steven Naismith in the box. The big Englishman was brilliant in Braga on Wednesday.

Neil McCann
Former Hearts & Rangers winger on BBC Sportsound

It's a real shame for John Souttar, could it be his achilles again? Hopefully not. He's a talented young player who keeps getting bad injuries. Clevid Dikamona is set to replace him as the stretcher comes on.

This season just gets tougher and tougher for Hearts.

Hearts defender John Souttar has gone down with a problem, he looks in some pain. I think his game is done...

Ooft, Hearts are not happy as Ryan Jack lunges in on Oli Bozanic. Referee Steven McLean awards them the free-kick, but Steven Naismith wanted the advantage because he'd slipped Conor Washington through on goal...

Allan Preston
BBC Scotland summariser on Sportsound

Tynecastle is sparsely populated by home fans tonight, which is unlike them. Hard to blame them given their team's form and the weather, and the fact it's on TV.

On the pitch, Rangers earned a corner but it came to nothing. On we go...

It's been fairly frantic opening on a boggy pitch at Tynecastle. Hearts looking to play out from the back, Rangers looking to press high up the pitch. Could be intriguing.

In the first 20 seconds, Hearts defender John Souttar clatters into Greg Stewart, Could be an interesting battle!