Hearts vs Motherwell Prediction and Betting Tips | January 2, 2025

Hearts face Motherwell at Tynecastle Park on Thursday in the Scottish Premiership. The hosts are 11th in the league table with 17 points, three points above last-placed St. Johnstone.

They drew 2-2 with Ross County last time. Hearts looked set to be headed towards maximum points on the road following a brace from James Wilson before conceding twice in the final two minutes.

Motherwell, meanwhile, also dropped points last time out, in a 2-2 draw with Rangers. They headed into the break two goals up following efforts from Apostolos Stamatelopoulos and Tawanda Maswanhise before the Gers came from behind to draw level in the second half. Motherwell are sixth with 27 points from 19 matches.

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Hearts vs Motherwell Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 298 meetings between Hearts and Motherwell, who trail 148-92.
• The visitors are without a clean sheet in three games in the fixture.
• Hearts have conceded 31 goals in the Premiership this season, the joint-fewest of any team in the bottom half of the table.
• The Steelmen are the only side in the top flight this season without a draw on the road.
• The Jambos are without a clean sheet in six games across competitions.

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Hearts vs Motherwell Prediction

Hearts are on a run of consecutive winless outings and have won just two of their last 12 games across competitions. They have, however, lost just one of their last five home games.

Motherwell, meanwhile, are winless in three games on the trot and have won just two of their last eight. They have lost three of their last four games on the road and could see defeat again.

Prediction: Hearts 2-1 Motherwell

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Hearts vs Motherwell Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Hearts

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Eight of Motherwell's last 10 matches have produced more than 2.5 goals.)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Both sides have scored in four of Hearts' last five matches.)