Motherwell FC vs Heart of Midlothian FC, Premier League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
Motherwell FC vs Heart of Midlothian FC — Premier League at Fir Park.
- Motherwell FC 33 games · 54 pts (2026/27)
- Heart of Midlothian FC 33 games · 70 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Steven McLean
- Assistant 1 Ross MacLeod
- Assistant 2 Scott Anderson (Scotland)
Standings
# 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 09 May Heart of Midlothian FC H 1–1 D 02 May Falkirk FC A 0–1 L 26 Apr Rangers FC A 3–2 W 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 21 Mar Dundee FC H 1–0 W Season Stats
Motherwell FC Heart of Midlothian FC #4 Position #1 54 Points 70 33 Played 33 14 / 12 / 7 W / D / L 21 / 7 / 5 52 Scored 58 29 Conceded 28 +23 GD +30 1.64 PPG 2.12 42% Win % 64% Key Stats
42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H historyMotherwell FC are 4th (54 pts). Heart of Midlothian FC are 1st (70 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Motherwell FC and Heart of Midlothian FC has kicked off!
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 10' Heart of Midlothian FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker Lawrence Shankland scoring 1 goals.
- 15' That looks like a foul for a card for Elijah Just.
- 20' It’s high time Jens Berthel Askou made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' GOAL! Emmanuel Longelo scores on 25.
- 30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Motherwell FC that had 293 games and scored 340 goals.
- 35' 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.
- 40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
- 43' GOAL! Lawrence Shankland scores on 43.
- 47' The referee shows Heart of Midlothian FC player a card on 47.
- 52' The travelling Heart of Midlothian FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 57' Heart of Midlothian FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 57.
- 58' Heart of Midlothian FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 63' Alexander Schwolow has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 49 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 68' 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 33.33% of all matches.
- 73' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 78' Heart of Midlothian FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 79' Stuart Findlay is having his name booked by the referee on 79.
- 84' Motherwell FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 89' Elliot Watt needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
Motherwell FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 20
- 4
- 2
- 8
- 57
- 45
- 18
- 25
- 13
- 21
- 90
Bench
- 77
- 22
- 19
- 66
- 7
- 28
- 31
- 11
- 29
Coach Jens Berthel AskouHeart of Midlothian FC Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
- 6
- 3
- 25
- 19
- 4
- 9
- 16
- 49
- 15
- 23
- 10
Bench
- 2
- 14
- 30
- 5
- 89
- 29
- 11
- 99
- 12
Coach Derek McInnes -
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
Motherwell FC Form
Heart of Midlothian FC Form
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 2026-03-21 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–0 Dundee FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.13 Motherwell FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.4 Heart of Midlothian FC xGI would bet for: Motherwell FC or Heart of Midlothian FC 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.53Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 25% 75% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Motherwell FC or Draw 60%Draw or Heart of Midlothian FC 70%Motherwell FC or Heart of Midlothian FC 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 1 10.1%0 – 0 10.1%1 – 2 8.5%1 – 0 7.9%0 – 2 7.6%2 – 1 6.8%2 – 0 4.9%2 – 2 4.9%1 – 3 4%0 – 3 3.5%3 – 1 2.6%Asian Handicap — Motherwell FC
Handicap Motherwell FC covers Push Heart of Midlothian FC covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 8% 88% -1.5 12% — 88% -1 12% 17% 71% -0.5 29% — 71% +0.5 58% — 42% +1 58% 21% 20% +1.5 80% — 20% +2 80% 13% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
Motherwell FC keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Heart of Midlothian FC keeps clean sheet 33% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.