Derbies & festive schedule - Hearts' standout games
The first Edinburgh derby of the 2025-26 Scottish Premiership season will take place on Saturday, 4 October. Derek McInnes' side welcome Hibernian to Tynecastle for a 15:00 BST kick-off.Hearts' first trip to Easter Road in the league is set to be a festive cracker on Saturday, 27 December at 12:30.One week before that, Hearts host Rangers in their final league outing before Christmas and the Tynecastle men round off 2025 with a trip to newly-promoted Falkirk.The final derby of the pre-split season is pencilled in for Wednesday, 11 February at 19:45 in Gorgie.Hearts complete the pre-split campaign at home to Motherwell on Saturday, 11 April.Looking at the fixture list, where do you think Hearts will be after 10 games? Have your say here.
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