An important duel in the bottom section of the Premiership, with both Hearts and Ross County experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 10th place.
Hearts and Ross County should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hearts form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Hearts have only managed 2 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Tynecastle Park. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
In their previous game, the manager D. Stendel led his Hearts to a defeat in the Premiership match away at St. Mirren. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tynecastle Park. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Motherwell that ended 1-1.
The Hearts fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Ross County form and stats
There's been little loot from Ross County's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 16 away games in the Premiership. Ross County, who have the most conceded goals (60) in Premiership, only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws.
Ross County might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Rangers proved too strong as Ross County slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Global Energy Stadium. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Motherwell wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ross County as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. Ross County have conceded 37 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Ross County - Hearts 0-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - seven - one (Hearts wins - draws - Ross County wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. McKay 7 goals |   S. Clare 4 goals |  S. Naismith 4 goals |
Hearts missing players
Ross County missing players
| Hearts | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 16 | 30 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 31 | 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 52 | 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 37 | 60 |
| 87% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 90% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 37% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 37% |
| 23% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 53% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 37% |
| 5.9 | 6.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 292 | 179 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 91 | 184 |
| 109 | 74 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 38 | 78 |
| 28% | 26% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 37% |
- Hearts has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
- Hearts has the fewest clean sheets (4)
- Hearts has the fewest points (13) at home
- Hearts has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Ross County has the fewest matches under the total-line (9)
- Ross County has the most conceded goals (37) away
- Ross County has the most conceded goals (60)
- Ross County has the most conceded goals in the second half (35)
- Ross County has the most matches over the total-line (19)
- Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-25) away
- Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-31)
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ross County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 70 | 80 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 45 | 67 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 36 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -31 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 12 | Hearts | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -21 | 23 |