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Premiership 25/26 · 9 May 2026

Motherwell 1–1 Heart of Midlothian

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Apr 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.5 – 1.0
Actual xG
0.4 – 1.1
Goals
1 – 1

Footybot made Motherwell favourites at 49%.

Heart of Midlothian deserved more from the draw, creating 1.1 xG to 0.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Liam Gordon, 56.0 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Blair Spittal +18.8, Liam Gordon +11.6, Marc Leonard +9.1.

Well below it: Elliot Watt −14.0, Stuart Findlay −9.2, Ibrahim Said −8.5.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Motherwell

2 May 2026L 0–1at Falkirk FC Scottish Premiership
26 Apr 2026W 3–2at Rangers Scottish Premiership
11 Apr 2026L 1–3at Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
4 Apr 2026L 2–3v Falkirk FC Scottish Premiership
21 Mar 2026D 0–0v Hibernian Scottish Premiership

Heart of Midlothian

4 May 2026W 2–1v Rangers Scottish Premiership
26 Apr 2026W 2–1at Hibernian Scottish Premiership
11 Apr 2026W 3–1v Motherwell Scottish Premiership
5 Apr 2026D 2–2at Livingston Scottish Premiership
21 Mar 2026W 1–0v Dundee FC Scottish Premiership

Head to head

11 Apr 2026Heart of Midlothian 3–1 Motherwell Scottish Premiership
29 Nov 2025Motherwell 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
23 Aug 2025Heart of Midlothian 3–3 Motherwell Scottish Premiership

Motherwell

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Liam Gordon Defender9000–56.0+11.6
Calum Ward Goalkeeper9000–54.7+4.4
Stephen O'Donnell Defender90000.0344.5+6.0
Elijah Just Midfielder8600–44.1+3.1
Oscar Priestman Midfielder9000–40.2−2.1
Stephen Welsh Defender90000.0440.0−7.5
Tawanda Maswanhise Forward86000.1238.5−4.4
Callum Slattery Midfielder90000.0136.4−3.1
Emmanuel Longelo Defender9000–33.7−4.4
Callum Hendry Forward1300–33.3–
Elliot Watt Midfielder90000.0831.1−14.0
Regan Charles-Cook Forward1300–30.7–
Ibrahim Said Midfielder77000.1427.7−8.5
Johnny Koutroumbis Defender13000.0227.6–

Heart of Midlothian

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Jamie McCart Defender1200–82.8–
Cameron Devlin Midfielder1200–66.3–
Frankie Kent Defender2700–66.1–
Blair Spittal Midfielder8700–55.2+18.8
Marc Leonard Midfielder4500–52.2+9.1
Lawrence Shankland Forward90100.6952.1+7.1
Alexander Schwolow Goalkeeper9000–52.1+5.1
Beni Baningime Midfielder9000–43.3+2.3
Craig Halkett Defender6300–40.6−7.3
Jordi Altena Defender90000.0838.9+0.3
Michael Steinwender Defender90000.0338.0+0.4
Pierre Landry Kaboré Forward18000.0337.3–
Stuart Findlay Defender9000–35.9−9.2
Stephen Kingsley Defender8700–34.7−5.7
Cláudio Braga Forward72000.0734.5−6.6
Alexandros Kyziridis Midfielder45000.2127.8−4.1