The Premiership standings tell the truth about these contenders to this date, with Hearts ahead of Dundee United by 19 points. Get your full match preview:
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dundee United have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Hearts nor Dundee United 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
Hearts have performed here at Tynecastle Park this season with 8 wins from 12 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3.
Devlin was the last player to score a league goal for Hearts and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Hearts haven't scored in 209 minutes.
Hearts played out an unpredictable loss 0-3 against Rangers in their previous game, also played in front of their own fans. Up until that beating this club had gone nine consecutive league games without a loss. Clark had a busy but productive day in the Rangers match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Kingsley, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Kingsley won 6 of 7 duels.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Livingston the opponent.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Hearts's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 7 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Hearts can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 28 times. Hearts have conceded 19 from these games.
Dundee United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dundee United so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
Harkes was the last player to score for the away team. Dundee haven't scored a league goal in the last 240 minutes.
Dundee United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Kilmarnock (placed 9th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Celtic.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Dundee United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dundee United as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Dundee's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips. Dundee United has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Hearts have won at least one point in the last 7 games (4-3-0) against Dundee United.This was the scoreline when the squads played each other previously this campaign; Dundee United - Hearts 2-2. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 16 goals |  J. Ginnelly 4 goals |  B. McKay 4 goals |
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Dundee United missing players
| Hearts | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 42 | 28 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 34 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 40 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 70% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 45% | 52% |
| 42% | 58% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 30% |
| 25% | 42% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 13% |
| 54% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 39% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 26% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 39% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 14 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
| 4.1 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 42% | 42% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 34% | 35% |
| 14.8 | 15.3 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.7 | 15.9 | 15.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dundee United have scored away.
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 57 | 67 |
| 2 | Rangers | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 34 | 58 |
| 3 | Hearts | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 39 |
| 4 | St. Mirren | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -6 | 33 |
| 5 | Livingston | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 32 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -2 | 31 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 33 | -10 | 29 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 27 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 24 | -21 | 23 |
| 10 | Ross County | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 21 |
| 11 | Motherwell | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | -9 | 20 |
| 12 | Dundee United | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
