Hearts hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 11th position in the Premiership table. Visiting Kilmarnock holds 7th place with 26 pts.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Kilmarnock play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Kilmarnock when playing on grass are 15 wins, 12 draws and 14 defeats from 41 matches. They have scored 44 goals and conceded 49 times in these games.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts's results here at Tynecastle Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 2 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Hearts, facing St. Johnstone in a game that ended 3-3. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Rangers.
A goal frenzy last time out for Hearts, with a total of 6 goals in the match against St. Johnstone. Fun stuff to watch!
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hearts have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost three.
The manager D. Stendel will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Falkirk in only three days.
Hearts has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Hearts's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kilmarnock form and stats
There's been little loot from Kilmarnock's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 12 away games in the Premiership. Kilmarnock only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing five defeats in a row for Kilmarnock in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Hibernian.
The supporters enjoyed Kilmarnock's previous game versus Ross County (placed 9th), a Premiership 3-1 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Kilmarnock manager A. Dyer faced defeat when travelling to St. Johnstone and losing 1-2.
Kilmarnock are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Scottish Cup trip to Aberdeen.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Kilmarnock have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kilmarnock - Hearts 3-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hearts won three games, one match ended with a draw and Kilmarnock has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  E. Brophy 5 goals |   S. Naismith 4 goals |  C. Burke 4 goals |
Hearts missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| Hearts | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 23 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 39 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 30 |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 58% | 58% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 50% | 42% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.7 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 230 | 135 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 87 | 197 |
| 82 | 55 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 32 | 71 |
| 28% | 25% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 31% |
- Kilmarnock have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Kilmarnock haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 50 | 61 |
| 2 | Rangers | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 44 | 57 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 41 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 5 | Livingston | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 30 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 26 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -21 | 24 |
| 9 | Ross County | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 29 | -27 | 22 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 21 |
| 11 | Hearts | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 18 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 18 |