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Falkirk

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Falkirk, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 Championship victory vs Dunfermline Athletic.

For Falkirk, the goalscorers were Ross MacIver (6') and Callumn Morrison (87').

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that much solidity has been shown by the Falkirk backline. Falkirk have been mean at the back, seeing the total number of goals that have gone in at their end during their last 6 games standing at 3. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, though.

Hearts

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Dundee in Premiership competition, Hearts and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Hearts had 60% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Hearts, the goalscorers were Gerald Taylor (45' Own goal) and Frankie Kent (61'). At the other end, Dundee got 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Scott Tiffoney (23') and Luke McCowan (45') scored for Dundee.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Hearts, three or more goals have gone in. The overall average number of goals per game within that time is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Hearts working out to 1.5.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 13/02/2010 shows that Falkirk have won 1 of these and Hearts 5, with the number of drawn results being 0.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 22 in total at an average of 3.67 goals per match.

📰 Team News: Hearts

Thanks to a mainly healthy group of players, there is only the lone fitness problem for the Hearts manager Steven Naismith to be concerned with. Calem Nieuwenhof (Tendon tear) misses out for this game.

🔮 Prediction

Falkirk will have to play well to hit the back of the net against this Hearts side who we think will likely score at least once to put them ahead.

We’re therefore tipping a very competitive game with a 0-1 victory for Hearts when the full-time whistle blows.

Let’s see how it plays out.

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Renata Leite, 13:00 17/08/2024