Hearts vs Motherwell Live Stream, Predictions (May 10)

📊 Form Guide

Hearts

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Hearts, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-3 Premiership triumph versus Ross County.

In that game, Hearts had 63% possession and 22 shots on goal with 8 on target. For Hearts, the goalscorers were Lawrence Shankland (40', 58') and Alan Forrest (82'). Ross County got 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Ronan Hale (26') was the scorer for Ross County.

Hearts have really struggled up front in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 against opponents during their previous 6 outings. In those games, Hearts have also seen the tally of goals scored against them come to 8. That aside, it remains to be seen whether that pattern shall be replicated in this game or not.

Taking a look at their past results, Hearts:

• are unbeaten in the league by Motherwell in their last 2 matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

Motherwell

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Motherwell will come into the meeting following on from a 1-2 Premiership win against Dundee in their last match.

In that game, Motherwell managed 53% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Motherwell, the goalscorers were Tom Sparrow (59') and Tawanda Maswanhise (91'). Dundee had 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. Antonio Portales (31') was the scorer for Dundee.

The stats don’t lie, and Motherwell have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 11 goals in total. At the back, Motherwell seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Going into this one, Motherwell have not won against Hearts in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 03/09/2023 shows us that Hearts have won 3 of these & Motherwell 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A total of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 6 for The Jam Tarts and 5 coming from The Steelmen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The last league match featuring these sides was Premiership match day 33 on 12/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Motherwell 0-0 Hearts.

On that occasion, Motherwell managed 45% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

On the other side, Hearts got 12 shots on goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Kevin Clancy.

🗞️ Team News: Hearts

It looks as if The Jam Tarts may well line up in a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Craig Gordon, Adam Forrester, Frankie Kent, Craig Halkett, James Penrice, Beni Baningime, Blair Spittal, Kenneth Vargas, Jorge Grant, Alan Forrest and Lawrence Shankland.

ℹ️ Team News: Motherwell

We are inclined to think that The Steelmen could decide to utilise a 4-4-1-1 formation, going with Aston Oxborough, Stephen O'Donnell, Dan Casey, Dominic Thompson, Steve Seddon, Tom Sparrow, Andrew Halliday, Lennon Miller, Harry Paton, Callum Slattery and Tony Watt.

✨ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Hearts are likely to be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

In contrast, Motherwell could well struggle finding the net themselves but we can see them getting the chances to score, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Hearts at the conclusion of the game.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

In terms of the bookies’ odds in the WDW market, the win for Hearts is best priced at 1.5, a bet on the draw is 4.2 & betting on a win for Motherwell is 6.25. They’re the most competitive returns offered at present.

Victor Martins, 04:14 08/05/2025