Few European soccer leagues are as top-heavy as the Scottish Premiership, which has been won by either Celtic or Rangers since 1985, with Celtic winning 12 of the last 13 titles.

But this year, the Scottish league is on the verge of a historic result: With three matches left, Edinburgh-based club Heart of Midlothian F.C. are in position to win the league for the first time since 1960.

• The Scottish league is essentially a duopoly. The two big Glasgow clubs, Celtic and Rangers — a fierce, often violent rivalry known as the Old Firm — have combined to win 110 of 129 league championships.

• The last non-Old Firm team to win the league was Aberdeen in 1985. Their manager, Alex Ferguson, left that year for Manchester United, like a coach leaving a mid-major for Final Four favorite.

• Somebody new winning the Scottish Premiership is so rare that seemingly everybody’s on board with Hearts. Scottish tennis legend Andy Murray chimed in, saying that “I personally think it’s a good thing for Scottish football” … even though he’s a fan of Hearts’ big cross-town rival, Hibernian. “I’ll probably get hammered for this.”

• Now it’s three games to glory. Hearts have three points and a healthy goal differential advantage over Celtic. Realistically, they can clinch the league by winning their next two matches against Motherwell and Falkirk. If they drop points in either of those two matches, the Premiership could come down to the season finale against Celtic. For the first time in a long time, people will be watching.