Only a win will satisfy the Hearts supporters in this Tynecastle Park clash with Arbroath, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship table.
- Hearts has the most scored goals (21) in Championship
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (4) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Hearts nor Arbroath as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hearts form and stats
Overall Championship stats at home this season for Hearts, who have the most scored goals (21) in Championship, are 4-0-0 (wins-draw-losses). Hearts has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Tynecastle Park. We remember; it was Motherwell. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Hearts's last game was hosting Ayr United (placed 5th) and winning 1-0.
Hearts are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew one and lost one.
There will be little rest for Hearts after this match as they are travelling to Dundee for a Championship game in only four days.
It's goals goals goals for Hearts who have scored 17 goals from 4 league home games. 4 goals have been conceded.
Arbroath form and stats
It's not happening yet for Arbroath on their Championship travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Dunfermline Athletic (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 0-0. Before that, Arbroath secured a home win against Ayr United with the score 2-1.
A new game in only four days for Arbroath, the Championship home match versus Inverness CT. Busy days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Arbroath's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. The Arbroath manager D. Campbell has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Arbroath - Hearts 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Hearts three wins, zero draws and Arbroath one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Boyce 4 goals |  J. Walker 3 goals |  M. Smith 2 goals |
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| Hearts | Arbroath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | 18 | 15 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 62% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 25% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 25% | 40% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 50% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13.1 | 11.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 3.5 | 5.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 64% | 78% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 27% |
- Arbroath has the fewest points (0) away in Championship
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (4) in Championship
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Championship
- Arbroath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Arbroath have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Arbroath have yet to win a game away.
- Hearts has the fewest conceded goals (6) in Championship
- Hearts has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Championship
- Hearts has the most points (12) at home in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals (17) at home in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals (21) in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Championship
- Hearts has the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Championship
- Hearts has the the best goal difference (+15) in Championship
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hearts have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hearts have scored more than double the goals of Arbroath.
- Hearts have won all their matches at home so far.
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hearts is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Greenock Morton | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Dundee | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 10 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 4 |