Greeting visitors in their own stadium is comfortable and friendly for Motherwell, but Hearts are fully intent and qualified to win. Who wins the prize?
- Motherwell have the fewest points (9) at home in Premiership
Little time to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a Premiership match only four days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus St. Mirren, was also a home game here at Fir Park. The away team is better rested.
Motherwell form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Motherwell have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Fir Park.
Motherwell's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus St. Mirren (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. This was their first victory after eleven straight league games without winning! The host team have an in-form goalscorer in van Veen, having scored in three consecutive matches. Midfield player Johnston got a match rating of 7.51 in that game, the max score being 10. Johnston scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup.
Sports bettors should know that 9 of the most recent 12 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded. When Motherwell hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Kilmarnock, Ross County and Dundee United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Hearts form and stats
The visitors are W3-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. Visiting Hearts has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Two travels in a row for Hearts, whose boss Neilson could celebrate last time after the Scottish Cup win against Hamilton Academical.
Before that, Hearts secured a home win against Dundee United with the score 3-1.Hearts have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 14 goals have been scored. 15 goals have been conceded by Hearts in these games.
Head 2 Head
Motherwell and Hearts have played each other previously this season: Hearts - Motherwell 3-2. Grant (Hearts) was sent off by the referee when these teams previously met this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Motherwell four wins, one draw and Hearts five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 17 goals |   K. van Veen 11 goals |  S. McKinstry 4 goals |
Motherwell missing players
Hearts missing players
| Motherwell | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 29 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 45 |
| 39 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 35 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 76% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 84% |
| 60% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 42% | 64% |
| 24% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 44% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 24% |
| 60% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 20% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 28% |
| 5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 3.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 11.2 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 10.1 | 12.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 2.8 | 4.2 |
| 38% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 42% | 42% |
| 11.4 | 9.5 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
- Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Motherwell have the fewest points (9) at home in Premiership
- Motherwell have the fewest scored goals (12) at home 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 | Celtic | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 60 | 70 |
| 2 | Rangers | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 35 | 61 |
| 3 | Hearts | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Livingston | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -7 | 35 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -1 | 34 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -8 | 33 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 47 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 33 | -8 | 32 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -13 | 27 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | -10 | 23 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 27 | -23 | 23 |
| 11 | Ross County | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 21 |
| 12 | Dundee United | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 20 |
