A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Hearts fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Queen of the South's 8th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Hearts is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Queen of the South has the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Championship
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This pitch has grass, which is not Queen of the South's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Queen of the South have performed like this: Played 32 matches resulting in 8 wins, 10 draws and 14 defeats with the goal stats 35-48 (scored/conceded).
Hearts form and stats
As mentioned below, Hearts are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Championship games. Hearts are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Craig Gordon not having conceded a league goal in 216 minutes.
Happy days for Hearts in their previous game, a Championship match away at Greenock Morton (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. A League Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Alloa Athletic (after extra-time).
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Hearts is on fire here. A stunning 11 from 3 league matches. On the other hand, Hearts have conceded 3 goals.
Queen of the South form and stats
The Championship season is young and Queen of the South have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Inverness CT with 0-3 on the scoreboard. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Alloa Athletic.
Queen of the South have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored. The Queen manager A. Johnston has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's four Hearts victories, one draw and one Queen of the South win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Dobbie 4 goals |   M. Smith 2 goals |  J. Walker 2 goals |
Hearts missing players
Queen of the South missing players
| Hearts | Queen of the South | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 12.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.3 | 10.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 61% | 85% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 40% | 35% |
- All of Hearts's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Queen of the South's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hearts has the most scored goals (11) at home in Championship
- Hearts has the the best goal difference (+10) in Championship
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hearts have scored in all their matches so far.
- 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)
- Queen of the South has the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Championship
- Queen of the South have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Queen of the South have yet to win a game away.
- Queen of the South 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Dundee | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -11 | 1 |