Motherwell v Hearts Prediction: 29/20 leaders to take giant title step

All five of Hearts' defeats in the Scottish Premiership this season have come away from Tynecastle, but they will be kicking themselves if they don't take the chance they have to move six points clear of Celtic when they take on Motherwell at Fir Park on Saturday night.

The leaders will be out to prove that the bright lights aren't too much for them as the prospect of a first title triumph since 1960 moves ever closer.

Motherwell are fourth in the standings - and will remain there whatever the result of this match as they are 12 points behind third-placed Rangers and six ahead of fifth-placed Hibs.

Motherwell v Hearts Tips Summary

Best Bet - Hearts to win @ 29/20
Alternative Bet - Over 2.5 goals @ 10/11
Bet Builder - Both teams to score, Lawrence Shankland anytime goalscorer & Motherwell to get most cards @ 10/1

Motherwell v Hearts Prediction

Best Bet: Hearts to win @ 29/20

Hearts have held their nerve well so far as the Scottish Premiership title race approaches its final stages, taking 13 points from their last five games including a crucial 2-1 home win over Rangers on Monday that essentially makes it a two-team race between the Jambos and Celtic.

The Bhoys are going well but they are still three points behind with a goal difference that is five worse than the Edinburgh club's, so the leaders can pile on the pressure by moving six points ahead before the Old Firm derby on Sunday.

Motherwell are fourth in the table but they appear to have run out of steam with only one win in their last seven matches and just one point taken from their last two home games against Hibs and Falkirk.

That run includes a 3-1 defeat by Hearts at Tynecastle just under a month ago, when the Jambos responded superbly to conceding the first goal of the game early in the second half.

The Well have lost only two of their 17 home league games and held Hearts to a goalless draw in North Lanarkshire in November, but the away side have now come from behind to win three successive matches, suggesting there is nothing wrong with their desire to get the job done.

Alternative Bet: Over 2.5 goals @ 10/11

Conceding the first goal in three successive games but still winning means that Hearts have had three matches with at least 2.5 goals, and in fact that run is four games as those fixtures were preceded by a 2-2 draw at Livingston.

With Hearts in solid scoring form, having bagged nine goals in their last four games, and Motherwell also used to playing in high-scoring matches, backing over 2.5 goals appeals.

Motherwell lost 1-0 to Falkirk last time out but their previous three matches had produced 14 goals and another lively contest in keeping with Hearts' recent 3-1 win in their last clash would be little surprise.

Motherwell v Hearts Bet Builder Tip

• Both teams to score

• Lawrence Shankland anytime goalscorer

• Motherwell to get most cards
  

  Pays 10/1

Start a three-leg bet builder on Saturday's crucial Scottish Premiership contest by taking both teams to score.

That has occurred in two of the teams' three league meetings this season, with their first 2025/26 clash in August finishing 3-3.

Both teams have scored in three of Motherwell's last four games and in all four of Hearts' latest outings.

Motherwell have the Premiership's top scorer in Tawanda Maswanhise, who has 17 league goals this season, but Hearts have the players in third and fourth, with Lawrence Shankland and Claudio Braga each having 14.

Shankland, who netted a penalty in the recent home win over Motherwell and the winning goal against Rangers on Monday, has scored five goals in his last seven appearances and could get on the scoresheet again at Fir Park.

Complete the wager by taking Motherwell to get the most cards.

Hearts' opponents have been more heavily penalised than the Jambos in each of their last three matches, while Well have earned more cards than the opposition in their last three, including five yellow cards against Falkirk last Saturday.

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Key Match Stats

• Both teams have scored in Hearts' last four matches

• Motherwell have lost five of their last seven games

• Hearts' last three matches have been wins in which both teams scored

• Hearts' last four games have all produced over 2.5 goals 

• Four of Motherwell's last six matches have generated four or more goals

• Hearts are unbeaten in the last six meetings between these teams

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