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Premiership 26/27 · 25 Oct 2026

Motherwell 0–2 Heart of Midlothian

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
1.5 – 0.9
Actual xG
1.3 – 1.1
Goals
0 – 2

Footybot made Motherwell favourites at 51%.

Heart of Midlothian won a close one on the chances: 1.1 xG to 1.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Cláudio Braga, 56.4 in 88′.

Well above their usual level: Cláudio Braga +16.9.

Well below it: Joe Hodge −10.7, Tom Sparrow −8.5.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Motherwell

17 Oct 2026L 2–3at Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership
11 Oct 2026L 0–2v Celtic Scottish Premiership
19 Sep 2026L 1–2at Dundee FC Scottish Premiership
15 Sep 2026L 0–4v Aberdeen Scottish Premiership
5 Sep 2026L 0–1at Rangers Scottish Premiership

Heart of Midlothian

22 Oct 2026L 0–2at Trabzonspor Conference League
18 Oct 2026L 1–7at Celtic Scottish Premiership
15 Oct 2026D 1–1v FC Nordsjælland Conference League
10 Oct 2026W 5–0v St. Mirren Scottish Premiership
19 Sep 2026D 1–1at Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership

Head to head

9 May 2026Motherwell 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
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
Stephen O'Donnell Defender800–74.3–
Jake Girdwood-Reich Defender9000–51.0+3.8
Dylan Levitt Midfielder90000.1448.2+6.9
Alex Paulsen Goalkeeper9000–43.5−7.9
Eythor Bjørgolfsson Forward25000.3739.0–
Jardell Kanga Midfielder2500–38.8–
Martin Moormann Defender6100–38.7−4.4
Tawanda Maswanhise Forward90000.2937.8−2.1
Ibrahim Said Midfielder9000–37.6−1.1
Jordan McGhee Defender65000.0536.8–
Sebastian Palmer-Houlden Forward65000.2936.6−5.1
Emmanuel Longelo Defender90000.0335.6+5.4
Joe Hodge Midfielder90000.0930.1−10.7
Tom Sparrow Defender8200–26.0−8.5
Jamie Knight-Lebel Defender2900–23.2–

Heart of Midlothian

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Jerome Williams Forward200–85.8–
Severin Sabri Guendouz Forward100–71.1–
Cláudio Braga Forward88100.5256.4+16.9
Beau Reus Goalkeeper9000–56.3+7.6
Calvin Miller Midfielder25100.0555.8–
Yan Dhanda Midfielder300–52.1–
Malachi Fagan-Walcott Defender9000–51.6+2.7
Rogers Mato Forward90000.1045.2+1.3
Jamie McCart Defender9000–40.5−3.5
Laurent Mendy Midfielder26000.0139.6–
Sabah Kerjota Forward65010.0638.7−4.5
Tomas Magnusson Midfielder6400–37.6+3.8
Stephen Kingsley Defender90000.0337.1−4.5
James Wilson Forward87000.1936.2−6.2
Josh McPake Midfielder89000.0936.0−3.9
Jordi Altena Defender90000.0229.1−7.0