Hearts hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 10th position in the Premiership table. Visiting Livingston holds 7th place with 14 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.
Hearts form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Hearts have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Tynecastle Park.
Stress levels are on the rise for Hearts's attacking players as they have now played 193 minutes without scoring in a league game. J. Mulraney was their last goal scorer.
Hearts lost their last game at Rangers (placed 2nd) after a 0-5 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Hearts lost 0-3 at Kilmarnock's place.
Hearts were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 eleven games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The manager A. MacPhee will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Motherwell in only three days.
Hearts have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tynecastle Park with 10 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hearts defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Livingston form and stats
Livingston have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 1-2-5 (8 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Livingston are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The attacking players of Livingston have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 300 minutes.
There were no winners in Livingston's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 0-0 vs Hamilton Academical (placed 9th). A 0-4 defeat away at Celtic before that.
Livingston are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Livingston are hosting Kilmarnock in the Premiership only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Livingston's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Livingston have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Livingston - Hearts 0-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Hearts, 3 draws and 1 win for Livingston. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.Top Goalscorers
 
S. Lawless
5 goals
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L. Dykes
3 goals
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U. Ikpeazu
2 goals
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Hearts missing players
Livingston missing players
| Hearts | Livingston | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 25 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 23 |
| 79% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 62% | 33% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 53% |
| 21% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 40% |
| 4.9 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 118 | 57 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 65 | 123 |
| 45 | 25 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 30 | 56 |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 29% |
- All of Livingston's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Hearts has the fewest points (6) at home
- Livingston have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Livingston have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Livingston 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 36 | 37 |
| 2 | Rangers | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 35 | 37 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 7 | Livingston | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 14 |
| 8 | Ross County | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 14 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 10 | Hearts | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 11 |