📏 Form Guide

Hearts

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Hearts will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-2 Premiership victory vs St Mirren.

In that match, Hearts managed 42% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Hearts was Jorge Grant (33'). On the other side, St Mirren had 6 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Mikael Mandron (62' Own goal) and Toyosi Olusanya (68') scored for St Mirren.

Hearts haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They have claimed a sum of 8 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5.

A look at their previous results shows us that Hearts:

• have not lost a league tie with Livingston in their previous 4 matches.
• are undefeated in their last 8 league matches at home. They have been so resilient here.

Livingston

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In their last game, Livingston drew 0-0 in the Premiership tie with Aberdeen.

In that match, Livingston had 45% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Aberdeen got 5 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The stats tell the story, and Livingston have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 14 goals in total. At the back, Livingston can certainly do much better. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

Their past results show that Livingston:

• haven't beaten Hearts in games played away from home for the previous 15 matches in the league. An unbelievably poor away record.
• are without an away win for the past 14 league games. What a horror away run it has been.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 19/03/2022 tells us that Hearts have won 3 of them & Livingston 1, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

9 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for The Jam Tarts and 3 netted by Livi Lions. The average goals per game has been 1.5.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 22 on 02/01/2024 when it ended Livingston 1-2 Hearts.

On that day, Livingston managed 53% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Andrew Shinnie (79').

Hearts had 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. Kenneth Vargas (53') and Lawrence Shankland (64') scored.

The referee was David Dickinson.

ℹ️ Team News: Hearts

Craig Halkett (Knee problems), Liam Boyce (Hamstring injury) and Peter Haring (Knee surgery) are not available for Hearts gaffer Steven Naismith.

We are thinking that The Jam Tarts may well line up in a 3-5-2 system this time, beginning the first half with Alexander Clark, Stephen Kingsley, Frankie Kent, Kye Rowles, Dexter Lembikisa, Macaulay Tait, Jorge Grant, Cameron Devlin, Alex Cochrane, Alan Forrest and Kenneth Vargas.

🗞️ Team News: Livingston

Due to a completely healthy group ready to go, the Livingston manager David Martindale doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.

We’re of the thinking that Livi Lions appear most likely to play in a 4-3-3 formation, choosing Shamal George, Michael Nottingham, Ayo Obileye, Michael Devlin, Sean Kelly, Jamie Brandon, Scott Pittman, Stephen Kelly, Steven Bradley, Tete Yengi and Daniel MacKay.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Livingston will need to play some great football to break down a Hearts outfit who should really dictate the terms of this match.

We are anticipating a commanding 3-0 winning scoreline for Hearts at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 13:01 13/04/2024