Heart of Midlothian finished the Scottish Premiership 2023/24 campaign in third place, however have endured a difficult start to the current season. Steven Naismith and his players are yet to register a win four games in.  

The Scottish Premiership is the top tier in the four professional SPFL leagues. Celtic are the reigning champions.

Although the name has often been changed over the years, it first launched in 1890 as the Scottish Football League. Between 1998 and 2013, it was known as the Scottish Premier League before rebranding to the Scottish Premiership that summer.

Read on for our Scottish Premiership profile - everything you need to know.

Scottish Premiership standings

Here are the Scottish Premiership standings four games into the 2024/25 fixture schedule.

Scottish Premiership fixtures

The fixture list for the 2024/25 Scottish Premiership season has been released. Here is every Hearts fixture for the upcoming league campaign.

  • Celtic v Hearts – 14 September
  • Hearts v Ross County – 28 September
  • Aberdeen v Hearts – 5 October
  • Hearts v St Mirren – 19 October
  • Hibernian v Hearts – 26 October
  • Hearts v Kilmarnock – 30 October
  • St Johnstone v Hearts – 2 November
  • Rangers v Hearts – 9 November
  • Hearts v Celtic – 23 November
  • Hearts v Aberdeen – 30 November
  • St Mirren v Hearts – 4 December
  • Hearts v Dundee – 7 December
  • Kilmarnock v Hearts – 14 December
  • Hearts v St Johnstone – 21 December
  • Hearts v Hibernian – 26 December
  • Ross County v Hearts – 29 December
  • Hearts v Motherwell – 2 January
  • Dundee United v Hearts – 5 January
  • Aberdeen v Hearts – 11 January
  • Hearts v Kilmarnock – 25 January
  • Dundee v Hearts – 1 February
  • Hearts v Rangers – 15 February
  • St Johnstone v Hearts – 22 February
  • Hearts v St Mirren – 26 February
  • Hibernian v Hearts – 1 March
  • Hearts v Ross County– 15 March
  • Celtic v Hearts – 29 March
  • Hearts v Dundee United – 5 April
  • Motherwell v Hearts – 12 April

Post-split fixture dates

  • 26 April
  • 3 May
  • 10 May
  • 14 May 17/18

Scottish Premiership top scorers 2024/25

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Scottish Premiership games – how many are there?

The Scottish Premiership is comprised of 12 clubs competing in a 38-game season. Each club faces the others three times before a split is enacted after 33 games.

The top six and bottom six then play each other team in their half one more time. The top four qualify for Europe the following season (with the potential for the fifth-placed team to also qualify, depending on who wins the Scottish Cup) while in the bottom half the twelfth-placed team is relegated to the Scottish Championship, and the club in eleventh enters a relegation play-off.

When is the next Hearts v Hibernian game?

Hearts and their rivals Hibs met three times in the 2023/24 season for the Edinburgh Derby, with Hearts winning one encounter and the other two matches ending as draws.

The last meeting between the two sides on 28 February 2024 finished as a 1-1 draw at Tynecastle Park. The next Edinburgh derby will take place at Easter Road on Saturday, October 26.