Niemi wants to prove a point to Rangers

Player of the Month Antti Niemi is hoping to get one over on his old club Rangers on Saturday - at the seventh time of asking.

The Hearts goalkeeper has been on the losing side in all six occasions he has faced his former employers.

Niemi said: "I have got a lot of friends there but every time I have played against them we have never even got a point."

His second game after a £400,000 switch in December 1999 saw him return to Ibrox and suffer a 1-0 reverse.

The 1999-2000 season saw two more defeats - 2-1 at Tynecastle and another 1-0 Ibrox setback - and this term has seen the Jambos beaten by the only goal twice and 2-0 on the second trip to Ibrox.

Robert Tomaschek returns to the side after suspension as the Jambos look to catch Kilmarnock to clinch the final Uefa Cup spot.

Ibrox midfielder Giovanni van Bronckhorst is hoping to end his injury hell with an appearance against the Tynecastle side.

The Dutchman has spent most