The Hearts & Dunfermline Athletic managers R. Neilson and S. Crawford are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.
- Hearts has the most scored goals (39) in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic have not yet lost a game away.
Hearts have less rest than Dunfermline Athletic in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Raith Rovers.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts, who have the most scored goals (39) in Championship, have been very solid at home in the Championship so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
Happy days for Hearts in their previous game, a Championship match away at Raith Rovers (placed 4th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Raith Rovers with the scoreline 2-3.
As mentioned above, Hearts "killed" Raith Rovers in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Hearts always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Tynecastle Park with 27 goals in 7 league games. Hearts have conceded 11 from these games.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
The visitors are W1-D5-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Dunfermline when traveling as their last five away games have all ended all square. Not since the Alloa Athletic match has the points been distributed unevenly. With three draws in a row for Dunfermline Athletic the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Dunfermline aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 247 league minutes without a goal. K. Turner was the last player to find the net. Dunfermline have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams. It's been 203 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.
Dunfermline delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Ayr United (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Championship game. A 0-0 draw at Greenock Morton's stadium before that.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Raith Rovers in just four days.
Dunfermline Athletic has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Dunfermline have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Dunfermline Athletic - Hearts 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Hearts victories, one draw and three Dunfermline Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Boyce 8 goals |   D. McManus 6 goals |  S. Naismith 5 goals |
Hearts missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Hearts | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | 27 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 31% | 57% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 69% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.2 | 13.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.3 | 9.5 |
| 6.1 | 5.7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 52% | 68% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 40% | 38% |
- All of Hearts's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Dunfermline Athletic have not yet lost a game away.
- Hearts has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
- Hearts has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Championship
- Hearts has the most matches over the total-line (11) in Championship
- Hearts has the most points (18) at home in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals (27) at home in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals (39) in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Championship
- Hearts has the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Championship
- Hearts has the the best goal difference (+22) 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Dunfermline Athletic have scored away.
- Hearts have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 30 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Dundee | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 8 | Inverness CT | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -16 | 8 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 7 |