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Falkirk pack their bags to visit Heart Of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on Monday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 55 out of 81 times.
The previous match played between the two at Tynecastle Stadium was within the last three years, in October 2003, the Jambo's carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Scottish League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 02 Oct | Falkirk | 2 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 29 Oct | Hearts | 2 - 1 | Falkirk | SLGC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 25 Jan | Falkirk | 4 - 0 | Hearts | SFAC |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 30 Mar | Falkirk | 0 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 13 Jan | Hearts | 2 - 1 | Falkirk | SPL |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 28 Oct | Falkirk | 2 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 09 Sep | Hearts | 4 - 1 | Falkirk | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart Of Midlothian are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. The Jambo's have scored 9 and conceded 1 during this period.
The Bairns have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Bairns, and 12 goals against.
Hearts are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 41 points from 19 games. Falkirk are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 17 points from 19 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Falkirk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Hearts is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Falkirk | Undefeated in last 5 away games. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |