FootyMAD's Heart of Midlothian match preview

History of the Heart of Midlothian v Falkirk fixture

Falkirk face a trip to Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 58 out of 85 times.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 2 thriller, in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008	Sat 29 Dec	Falkirk	2 - 1	Hearts	SPL
2007/2008	Sat 06 Oct	Hearts	4 - 2	Falkirk	SPL
2006/2007	Sat 20 Jan	Hearts	1 - 0	Falkirk	SPL
2006/2007	Mon 13 Nov	Falkirk	1 - 1	Hearts	SPL
2006/2007	Sat 12 Aug	Hearts	0 - 0	Falkirk	SPL
2005/2006	Sat 25 Mar	Falkirk	1 - 2	Hearts	SPL
2005/2006	Mon 26 Dec	Hearts	5 - 0	Falkirk	SPL

Recent respective form guides

Heart of Midlothian are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Jambo's's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.

Falkirk have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. Bairns have conceded 7 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Hearts see themselves just below half way in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, showing a record of 37 points from their 30 games played so far, Falkirk's 40 points from 30 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	3	1	2	7	8	10
Falkirk	6	2	2	2	5	4	8

FootyMad's prediction ...

An indifferent set of results for Falkirk on the road, and I believe this game is only going to yield a solitary point for the Bairns. No-score draw

Sequence statistics:
Hearts	4 games since last home draw.
Falkirk	No sequences of note