FootyMAD's Heart Of Midlothian match preview

History of the Heart Of Midlothian v Kilmarnock fixture

Kilmarnock face a trip to Heart Of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Killie will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 48 and win only 18 of the 90 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2003, the Jambo's carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004	Sun 07 Mar	Kilmarnock	1 - 1	Hearts	SPL
2003/2004	Sat 13 Dec	Hearts	2 - 1	Kilmarnock	SPL
2003/2004	Sat 13 Sep	Kilmarnock	0 - 2	Hearts	SPL
2002/2003	Sat 03 May	Kilmarnock	1 - 0	Hearts	SPL
2002/2003	Sat 08 Feb	Hearts	3 - 0	Kilmarnock	SPL
2002/2003	Sat 23 Nov	Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Hearts	SPL
2002/2003	Sat 31 Aug	Hearts	1 - 1	Kilmarnock	SPL

Recent respective form guides

Heart Of Midlothian are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Jambo's in those games, with 6 conceded.

Kilmarnock have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Killie have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Hearts are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 4 points from 2 games. Kilmarnock's 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Hearts	6	5	1	0	9	3	16
Kilmarnock	6	3	1	2	13	10	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Jambo's, as the Killie have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Hearts	Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 8 matches.
Kilmarnock	No sequences of note