Heart of Midlothian FC vs Motherwell FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2025-26

Heart of Midlothian FC

3 – 1

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Motherwell FC

Sat 11 Apr 2026 · 14:00 UTC Tynecastle Park 18,800 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 50' Emmanuel Longelo

Claudio Braga 61' 1–1

Lawrence Shankland pen 87' 2–1

Pierre Kabore 90+2' 3–1

Y 19' Paul McGinn

Y 82' Ibrahim Said

Pierre Kabore 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Heart of Midlothian FC vs Motherwell FC — Premier League at Tynecastle Park.

Heart of Midlothian FC 12 games · 20 pts (2026/27)
Motherwell FC 13 games · 13 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Matthew McDermid (Scotland)
Assistant 1 David McGeachie
Assistant 2 David Roome

3 games this season 🟨 5.7/game ⚽ 25.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Celtic FC	13	31
2	Rangers FC	12	27
3	Falkirk FC	13	21
4	Heart of Midlothian FC	12	20
5	Dundee FC	12	17
6	Dundee United FC	12	17
7	St. Johnstone FC	13	17
8	St. Mirren FC	13	14
9	Motherwell FC	13	13
10	Hibernian FC	12	11
11	Aberdeen FC	12	11
12	Kilmarnock FC	13	9

Head-to-Head

Heart of Midlothian FC 25 games · Avg 2.4 goals Motherwell FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-11 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–1 Motherwell FC 2025-11-29 Motherwell FC 0–0 Heart of Midlothian FC 2025-08-23 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–3 Motherwell FC 2025-05-10 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–0 Motherwell FC 2025-04-12 Motherwell FC 0–0 Heart of Midlothian FC

Recent Form

Heart of Midlothian FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	Motherwell FC	H	3–1	W
05 Apr	Livingston FC	A	2–2	D
21 Mar	Dundee FC	H	1–0	W
14 Mar	Kilmarnock FC	A	0–1	L
28 Feb	Aberdeen FC	H	1–0	W
21 Feb	Falkirk FC	H	1–0	W

Motherwell FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	Heart of Midlothian FC	A	1–3	L
04 Apr	Falkirk FC	H	2–3	L
21 Mar	Hibernian FC	H	0–0	D
14 Mar	Celtic FC	A	1–3	L
07 Mar	Dundee FC	A	1–2	L
28 Feb	Dundee United FC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Heart of Midlothian FC		Motherwell FC
#4	Position	#9
20	Points	13
12	Played	13
6 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	3 / 4 / 6
26	Scored	15
22	Conceded	21
+4	GD	-6
1.67	PPG	1.00
50%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
Heart of Midlothian FC this season

23% Clean Sheets
Motherwell FC this season

Heart of Midlothian FC are 4th (20 pts). Motherwell FC are 9th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Heart of Midlothian FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/4

31-45

5/4

46-60

6/4

61-75

3/1

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Motherwell FC

0-15

2/3

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/1

76+

3/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Heart of Midlothian FC

Claudio Braga	6 G	2 A
Calvin Miller	5 G	1 A
James Wilson	3 G
Laurent Mendy	3 G
Joshua McPake	2 G	1 A

Motherwell FC

Alex Lowry	3 G	1 A
Lukas Fadinger	3 G
Tawanda Maswanhise	2 G	2 A
Seb Palmer-Houlden	2 G
Ibrahim Said	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Heart of Midlothian FC is hosting Motherwell FC for another epic battle.
5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sam Nicholson made 288 appearances and scored 19 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Heart of Midlothian FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
15' Heart of Midlothian FC are deployed in a 4-4-2 today, looking to exploit space against Motherwell FC's 4-2-3-1 shape.
19' That is a card for Motherwell FC. Paul McGinn will be fuming at that decision.
24' Heart of Midlothian FC have won 345 goals from 317 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
29' Ibrahim Said is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Motherwell FC so far.
34' Scotland international Jordan McGhee has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
39' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
44' Over 44 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
49' Motherwell FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
50' The England Emmanuel Longelo breaks the deadlock on 50 minutes. 0-1!
55' Heart of Midlothian FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
60' 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.
61' Assisted by Stuart Findlay with the perfectly-timed delivery and Claudio Braga makes no mistake. 1-1!
66' Heart of Midlothian FC make a change. Blair Spittal trudges off to be replaced by Sabah Kerjota on 66 minutes.
71' Stephen Welsh, a Scotland , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
76' It’s high time Jens Berthel Askou made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
79' Michael Steinwender is replacing Oisin McEntee for the Heart of Midlothian FC side.
82' It’s gonna be a card for Ibrahim Said.
87' What a strike from Lawrence Shankland! The score is 2-1.
88' The supporters are chanting for Jordan McGhee. He replaces Tom Sparrow on 88 minute.
89' Motherwell FC ring the changes. Ibrahim Said has done his job and it is now time for Sam Nicholson to step up.
90' It’s a booking for Heart of Midlothian FC player. Pierre Kabore gets a card.
90' The whistle greets Claudio Braga as he departs to be replaced by Jamie McCart.
The final score is 3-1.

Lineups

Heart of Midlothian FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

6
Beni Baningime
3
Stephen Kingsley ↓ Jordi Altena 79'
25
Alexander Schwolow
14
Cameron Devlin
19
Stuart Findlay
4
Craig Halkett
9
Lawrence Shankland
16
Blair Spittal ↓ Sabah Kerjota 66'
31
Oisin McEntee ↓ Michael Steinwender 79'
89
Alexandros Kyziridis ↓ Pierre Kabore 66'
10
Claudio Braga ↓ Jamie McCart 90'

Bench

2
Frankie Kent
30
Ryan Fulton
5
Jamie McCart ↑ 90'
15
Michael Steinwender ↑ 79'
23
Jordi Altena ↑ 79'
29
Sabah Kerjota ↑ 66'
11
Pierre Kabore ↑ 66'
99
Islam Chesnokov
74
Rogers Mato

Coach Derek McInnes

Motherwell FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jens Berthel Askou

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lawrence Shankland	10
Blair Spittal	4
Andrew Halliday	4
Alan Forrest	3
Chris Long	2
Steven Naismith	2
Louis Moult	2
Ricki Lamie	2

Head to Head

Heart of Midlothian FC Form

2026-04-11 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–1 Motherwell FC W 2026-04-05 Livingston FC 2–2 Heart of Midlothian FC D 2026-03-21 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–0 Dundee FC W 2026-03-14 Kilmarnock FC 1–0 Heart of Midlothian FC L 2026-02-28 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–0 Aberdeen FC W 2026-02-21 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–0 Falkirk FC W

Motherwell FC Form

2026-04-11 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–1 Motherwell FC L 2026-04-04 Motherwell FC 2–3 Falkirk FC L 2026-03-21 Motherwell FC 0–0 Hibernian FC D 2026-03-14 Celtic FC 3–1 Motherwell FC L 2026-03-07 Dundee FC 2–1 Motherwell FC L 2026-02-28 Motherwell FC 2–0 Dundee United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.49 Heart of Midlothian FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.09 Motherwell FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 68% + Heart of Midlothian FC to win 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Heart of Midlothian FC66% Draw19% Motherwell FC15%

Actual: Heart of Midlothian FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.58

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Heart of Midlothian FC or Draw

85%

Draw or Motherwell FC

34%

Heart of Midlothian FC or Motherwell FC

81%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Heart of Midlothian FC49% Draw37% Motherwell FC14%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

8.7%

1 – 1

8.4%

3 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

1 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

4.9%

4 – 1

4.7%

4 – 0

4.3%

3 – 2

4.1%

0 – 0

4.1%

1 – 2

Asian Handicap — Heart of Midlothian FC

Handicap	Heart of Midlothian FC covers	Push	Motherwell FC covers
-2.5	26%	—	74%
-2	26%	19%	55%
-1.5	45%	—	55%
-1	45%	21%	34%
-0.5	66%	—	34%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Heart of Midlothian FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Motherwell FC keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.