Hearts and Celtic have been ranked among the pass masters in world football.
The Scottish Premiership clubs have been included in the top ten for successful passes with statistics compiled in the 432nd CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post.
The data produced by Wyscout has been analysed to determine the most dominant clubs across 69 leagues worldwide.
While Hearts and Celtic don't top the charts in the overall dominance score, the two clubs do feature in the top ten of the successful passes column.
Ligue 1 giants Paris St-Germain top the successful passes table with a score of 3.18 from the Football Observatory stats.
Spanish second-tier club FC Andorra are second with 3.07, with Crvena Zvezda third on 2.82.
Barcelona are fourth in the rankings with a 2.74 score with Levski Sofia at 2.50, Olympiacos on 2.35, Panathinaikos scoring 2.34 and Chelsea at 2.33.
Then, Hearts feature in ninth in the statistics with a score of 2.27 with Celtic behind in tenth on 2.25.
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If the statistics are narrowed down to Scottish top-flight clubs alone then Rangers rank third in Scotland with a 2.06 score.
Hibs score 1.28 in the latest statistics with Aberdeen in fifth on 0.87. Motherwell and Kilmarnock both scored 0.84, St Mirren are ranked eighth with a 0.70 score and Livingston have 0.64.
Ross County and St Johnstone both scored 0.59 in the statistics with Dundee the bottom club in the successful passes ranking with a 0.51 score.
The data has been produced by comparing the number of passes completed compared with the number conceded by each team.
Successful passes CIES Football Observatory statistics
Paris St-Germain (FRA) 3.18
FC Andorra (ESP 2) 3.07
Crvena Zvezda (SRB) 2.82
FC Barcelona (ESP) 2.74
Levski Sofia (BUL) 2.50
Olympiacos FC (GRE) 2.35
Panathinaikos FC (GRE) 2.34
Chelsea FC (ENG) 2.33
Heart of Midlothian (SCO) 2.27
Celtic FC (SCO) 2.25
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