Matchday

Premiership 25/26 · 27 Sep 2025

Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Falkirk FC

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.7 – 1.1
Actual xG
1.9 – 0.7
Goals
3 – 0

Footybot made Heart of Midlothian favourites at 53%.

Heart of Midlothian won and made the better chances: 1.9 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Brad Spencer, 64.4 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Brad Spencer +19.3, Leon McCann +8.8.

Well below it: Cláudio Braga −14.2, Liam Henderson −10.8, Oisin McEntee −9.9.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Heart of Midlothian

13 Sep 2025W 2–0at Rangers Scottish Premiership
30 Aug 2025W 2–1at Livingston Scottish Premiership
23 Aug 2025D 3–3v Motherwell Scottish Premiership
10 Aug 2025W 3–2at Dundee United Scottish Premiership
4 Aug 2025W 2–0v Aberdeen Scottish Premiership

Falkirk FC

23 Sep 2025D 2–2v Hibernian Scottish Premiership
13 Sep 2025L 1–2v St. Mirren Scottish Premiership
31 Aug 2025W 1–0at Aberdeen Scottish Premiership
9 Aug 2025L 1–3at Livingston Scottish Premiership
3 Aug 2025D 2–2v Dundee United Scottish Premiership

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Heart of Midlothian

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Sabah Kerjota Forward1000.0685.3–
Alexander Schwolow Goalkeeper9000–60.1–
Stuart Findlay Defender90000.0256.5−2.9
Craig Halkett Defender90100.1754.6−1.8
Alexandros Kyziridis Midfielder74110.5854.2+0.4
Lawrence Shankland Forward89100.2044.4−4.4
Cameron Devlin Midfielder90000.1844.1−5.9
Harry Milne Defender90000.0441.6−9.0
Stephen Kingsley Defender89000.1940.4–
Cláudio Braga Forward79000.5136.3−14.2
Beni Baningime Midfielder9000–35.7−9.9
Alan Forrest Midfielder1600–31.9–
Oisin McEntee Defender7300–28.9−9.9
Michael Steinwender Defender1700–28.9–
Tomas Magnusson Midfielder100–18.6–
Elton Kabangu Forward1100–15.1–

Falkirk FC

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Sam Hart Defender2000–100.0–
Trey Samuel Ogunsuyi Forward20000.2366.2–
Brad Spencer Midfielder90000.0264.4+19.3
Scott Bain Goalkeeper9000–56.3+6.4
Liam Henderson Defender9000–49.7−10.8
Gary Oliver Forward4500–47.2–
Leon McCann Defender9000–47.1+8.8
Dylan Tait Midfielder90000.1344.1+2.5
Henry Cartwright Midfielder4500–42.9+3.1
Ross Maclver Forward7000–40.4−8.3
Scott Arfield Midfielder45000.2040.0−2.0
Keelan Adams Defender90000.0139.0+0.9
Filip Lissah Defender7000–38.8–
Calvin Miller Midfielder78000.0738.7−8.3
Ethan Williams Midfielder4500–37.7–
Alfie Agyeman Forward1200–26.5–