Heart of Midlothian FC vs Falkirk FC, Premier League 2025 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
Heart of Midlothian FC vs Falkirk FC — Premier League at Tynecastle.
- Heart of Midlothian FC 33 games · 70 pts (2025/26)
- Falkirk FC 33 games · 46 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Nick Walsh
- Assistant 1 Francis Connor
- Assistant 2 Daniel McFarlane
29 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.2 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Heart of Midlothian FC 33 70 2 Rangers FC 33 69 3 Celtic FC 33 67 4 Motherwell FC 33 54 5 Hibernian FC 33 51 6 Falkirk FC 33 46 7 Dundee United FC 33 40 8 Aberdeen FC 33 33 9 Dundee FC 33 33 10 St. Mirren FC 33 30 11 Kilmarnock FC 33 28 12 Livingston FC 33 16 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 May Falkirk FC H 3–0 W 09 May Motherwell FC A 1–1 D 04 May Rangers FC H 2–1 W 26 Apr Hibernian FC A 2–1 W 11 Apr Motherwell FC H 3–1 W 05 Apr Livingston FC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 May Heart of Midlothian FC A 0–3 L 09 May Hibernian FC H 1–3 L 02 May Motherwell FC H 1–0 W 25 Apr Celtic FC A 1–3 L 12 Apr Rangers FC H 3–6 L 04 Apr Motherwell FC A 3–2 W Season Stats
Heart of Midlothian FC Falkirk FC #1 Position #6 70 Points 46 33 Played 33 21 / 7 / 5 W / D / L 13 / 7 / 13 58 Scored 45 28 Conceded 48 +30 GD -3 2.12 PPG 1.39 64% Win % 39% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history44% Clean Sheets
Heart of Midlothian FC this season25% Clean Sheets
Falkirk FC this seasonHeart of Midlothian FC are 1st (70 pts). Falkirk FC are 6th (46 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Heart of Midlothian FC0-15–/216-302/131-453/146-602/261-752/176+4/2■ Scored ■ ConcededFalkirk FC0-153/316-301/431-452/546-60–/461-755/176+–/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Heart of Midlothian FC to score. At the same time, Falkirk FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' Heart of Midlothian FC looks like a favorite considering 3 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Falkirk FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 16' Heart of Midlothian FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 21' It looks like no one’s ball. Falkirk FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 26' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 29' Frankie Kent puts Heart of Midlothian FC on the lead.
- 34' Goal! Cameron Devlin scores his 6 goal in 213 matches.
- 39' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 3 times this season with Heart of Midlothian FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 44' It looks surprising Heart of Midlothian FC does not make any changes. Connor Allan has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 49' Heart of Midlothian FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 52' The referee calls foul for Calvin Miller. He receives a card.
- 57' It’s high time Derek McInnes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 62' The travelling Falkirk FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 67' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 72' Nicky Hogarth needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 76' The referee shows Falkirk FC player a card on 76.
- 81' Heart of Midlothian FC is showing some good football. However, Heart of Midlothian FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 82' A meaty challenge results in booking for Liam Henderson on 82.
- 86' Goal! Blair Spittal scores his 34 goal in 212 matches.
- With this win, Heart of Midlothian FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Heart of Midlothian FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 2
- 25
- 14
- 19
- 9
- 16
- 15
- 89
- 18
- 10
Bench
- 3
- 30
- 17
- 5
- 23
- 29
- 11
- 99
- 12
Coach Derek McInnesFalkirk FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 29
- 6
- 42
- 21
- 20
- 22
- 11
- 1
- 14
- 8
- 5
Bench
- 23
- 7
- 9
- 27
- 17
- 12
- 18
- 36
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Frankie Kent 1 Cameron Devlin 1 Blair Spittal 1 Head to Head
Heart of Midlothian FC Form
2026-05-13 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–0 Falkirk FC W 2026-05-09 Motherwell FC 1–1 Heart of Midlothian FC D 2026-05-04 Heart of Midlothian FC 2–1 Rangers FC W 2026-04-26 Hibernian FC 1–2 Heart of Midlothian FC W 2026-04-11 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–1 Motherwell FC W 2026-04-05 Livingston FC 2–2 Heart of Midlothian FC D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.4 Heart of Midlothian FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.65 Falkirk FC xGI would bet for: Heart of Midlothian FC to win 73% + Over 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Heart of Midlothian FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.05Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 58% 42% ± 3.5 36% 64% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
Heart of Midlothian FC or Draw 90%Draw or Falkirk FC 27%Heart of Midlothian FC or Falkirk FC 82%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Heart of Midlothian FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 13.5%1 – 0 11.2%3 – 0 Actual2 – 1 8.6%1 – 1 8%3 – 1 6.9%4 – 0 6.3%0 – 0 6.2%4 – 1 4.2%5 – 0 3.1%2 – 2 2.8%0 – 1 2.5%Asian Handicap — Heart of Midlothian FC
Handicap Heart of Midlothian FC covers Push Falkirk FC covers -2.5 30% — 70% -2 30% 22% 48% -1.5 52% — 48% -1 52% 22% 25% -0.5 75% — 25% +0.5 92% — 8% +1 92% 6% 2% +1.5 98% — 2% +2 98% 2% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Heart of Midlothian FC keeps clean sheet 52% ✓Falkirk FC keeps clean sheet 10% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.