The visiting Motherwell side should be favourites in this visit to Hearts, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Hearts nor Motherwell 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's results here at Tynecastle Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 2 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Hearts are returning here after visiting Hibernian in a Premiership game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Sean Clare, Oliver Božanić and Conor Washington scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Rangers.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hearts handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and four defeats.
There will be little rest for Hearts after this match as they are travelling to St. Mirren for a Premiership game in only four days.
Hearts has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
Motherwell form and stats
7 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Motherwell playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
The supporters enjoyed Motherwell's previous game versus Ross County (placed 9th), a Premiership 4-1 win played at home. A 1-2 loss hosting St. Mirren before that.
Motherwell are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of six matches.
Motherwell have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Motherwell have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Motherwell - Hearts 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Hearts wins - draws - Motherwell wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 L. Donnelly 7 goals |  C. Long 6 goals | A. Campbell 5 goals |
Hearts missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Hearts | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 30 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 40 |
| 50 | 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 37 |
| 86% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 90% |
| 71% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 57% | 72% |
| 54% | 43% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 62% |
| 39% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 24% |
| 25% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 54% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 45% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 46% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 28% |
| 6 | 6.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 5 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 278 | 169 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 107 | 286 |
| 105 | 72 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 46 | 116 |
| 29% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | 34% |
- Hearts has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
- Hearts has the fewest clean sheets (4)
- Hearts has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Motherwell is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| 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 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 65 | 77 |
| 2 | Rangers | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 44 | 64 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 29 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 42 |
| 5 | Livingston | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 37 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 33 |
| 9 | Ross County | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 59 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -30 | 29 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 26 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -21 | 24 |
| 12 | Hearts | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -20 | 22 |