The league table in Premiership tells a story about these teams so far, with Motherwell leading Hearts by 16 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Motherwell and Hearts.
Motherwell form and stats
Overall Premiership stats at home this season for Motherwell are 5-0-3 (wins-draw-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Motherwell, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mark Gillespie not having conceded a league goal in 184 minutes.
Happy days for Motherwell in their previous game, a Premiership match away at St. Mirren (placed 12th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against St. Johnstone.
This is expected to be a close game, with Motherwell perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Motherwell as a small favourite), we find ten games. Motherwell has won 6 of these, drawn 0 and lost 4.
Motherwell can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Hearts form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hearts so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Hearts are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Hearts's last game was the home draw against Livingston (1-1). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rangers wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hearts playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were 3 Hearts wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hearts as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. For Hearts, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Motherwell and Hearts have met before this season: Hearts - Motherwell 2-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Motherwell victories, 1 draw and 5 Hearts wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Donnelly 5 goals |  D. Cole 4 goals |  A. Campbell 3 goals |
Motherwell missing players
Hearts missing players
| Motherwell | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 28 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 22 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 11 | 16 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 67% |
| 75% | 88% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 40% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 25% | 27% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 53% |
| 38% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 62% | 47% |
| 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 183 | 110 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 61 | 135 |
| 73 | 43 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 20 | 52 |
| 38% | 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 25% | 31% |
- All of Motherwell's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hearts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Motherwell have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hearts have scored away.
- Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 37 | 40 |
| 2 | Rangers | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 35 | 38 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 7 | Ross County | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 17 |
| 8 | Livingston | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Hearts | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 12 |
| 12 | St. Mirren | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 11 |