Hearts - Ross County. 3rd spot versus 10th spot. Nothing is certain - get a broad game guide here!
- Hearts have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Premiership
- Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only four days ago. That game, against St. Johnstone, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ross County.
Hearts form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tynecastle Park as Hearts have scored 16 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Hearts enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Dundee's place. The match ended 1-0 with Walker scoring. Manager Neilson felt very clever after Walker scored the winning goal against Dundee, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 58th minute. Defender Souttar got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Souttar won 7 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Rangers with the scoreline 0-2.A decent goal production from Hearts in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Hearts have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ross County form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ross County so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
County play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting St. Johnstone (placed 12th). The 2-1 victory against St. Johnstone could easily have been bigger as the victors made a valiant effort at breaking the goal posts, hitting them four times. Midfield player Charles-Cook was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Charles-Cook scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Livingston.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far County have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. County have conceded 16 goals in these games. County has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other already this season, with the match result Ross County - Hearts 2-2 written in the official records. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Hearts won one game, eight matches ended with a tie and Ross County managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  L. Boyce 7 goals |   R. Charles-Cook 6 goals |  S. Kingsley 4 goals |
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| Hearts | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 27 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | 33 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 79% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 63% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 37% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 32% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 63% |
| 37% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 26% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 7.8 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 14.2 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.3 | 11.2 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | 4 |
| 34% | 33% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | 34% |
| 13.1 | 11.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 16.2 | 14.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 4.9 |
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Hearts have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Premiership
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
- Ross County have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premiership
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | Celtic | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 28 | 42 |
| 3 | Hearts | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 28 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 25 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Livingston | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 19 |
| 10 | Ross County | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Dundee | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 14 |
