Rangers take on Hearts in the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday night at Tynecastle, with Derek McInnes returning to his former club.

The 55-year-old may receive a tricky reception a few months after parting ways with them to move to Ibrox.

Life has been topsy-turvy at Rangers, but he did guide them to seven straight wins recently, and he’ll be looking to go on another winning run by beating Hearts in the league.

Derek McInnes provides pre-game injury update

McInnes‘ team news update was undoubtedly a positive one for the Light Blues as he stated that there were no fresh injury concerns. Rangers have been ravaged by fitness issues this season, and while there remain players out with injury, there are no new players joining that list.

He also revealed that Lawrence Shankland is ahead of schedule in terms of his recovery, and he’s expected back before the end of the year. Cammy Devlin, too, will return in December and thus miss this game.

Daisuke Yokota, Youssef Chermiti and Jose Cifuentes continue to miss out for the Ibrox outfit, while Tuur Rommens has shown that he is ready to play more minutes in games following his groin injury.

Rangers could have James Penrice in midfield against Hearts

James Penrice has shown his quality in midfield and McInnes could ask him to play alongside Nicolas Raskin on Wednesday. Penrice and Rommens, both left-backs by trade, were on the pitch after the 69th minute against St Johnstone, and the Gers looked menacing going forward.

They looked very fluid during their build-up as well, and the Rangers boss could look for something similar against Hearts. While Dan Neil has been decent this season, putting Penrice in midfield will give the visitors more solidity in the central areas.

Minsu Kim and Badredine Bouanani have proven to be vital assets out wide, and there is no reason to drop them for either Findlay Curtis or Djeidi Gassama. The duo could be utilised as Plan B and C in the second half, but it makes little sense to have them starting.

The rest of the side will pretty much pick itself, and there is a likelihood of McInnes going two up top against his former side.

How to watch Hearts vs Rangers?

The game will be shown live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Ultra HDR. Live coverage starts at 7:30 pm, which is half an hour before kick-off.