Pressley rested for Hearts

Hearts captain Steven Pressley will be rested for the Bank of Scotland Premier League trip to Rangers on Sunday.

Hearts captain Steven Pressley will be rested for the Bank of Scotland Premier League trip to Rangers on Sunday.

The Scotland international has been struggling with a back injury in recent weeks but, after the Jambos sealed second place this week, the defender will miss out.

But fellow centre-half Andy Webster is still out with an Achilles injury, while goalkeeper Craig Gordon and midfielder PaulHartley are carrying knocks and may not feature.

Mirsad Beslija, Juho Makela and Lee Johnson are all added to the squad.

Provisional squad: Gordon, Neilson, Fyssas, Tall, Aguiar, Cesnauskis, Hartley, Skacel, Mikoliunas, Jankauskas, Bednar, Pospisil, Banks, Berra, Wallace, Barasa, Beslija, Makela, Johnson.

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