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Hearts 2-0 Motherwell - February 17, 2024 / cinch Premiership 2023/2024

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cinch Premiership 2023/2024 - Round 26

Tynecastle Park - Edinburgh - Scotland

February 17, 2024 - 15:00

18 748

2 - 0

Motherwell

Assist by Alan Forrest (header) Lawrence Shankland

67'

(left foot) Kenneth Vargas

90+2'

logo Heart of Midlothian HM

23' - Yellow card Lawrence Shankland23

logo Heart of Midlothian HM

46' - Substitution Dexter Lembikisais substituted by Nathaniel Atkinson photo Kenneth Vargas

46' - Substitution Beni Baningimeis substituted by Kenneth Vargas46

59' - Substitution Alexander Cochraneis substituted by Yutaro Oda photo Macaulay Tait

59' - Substitution Scott Fraseris substituted by Macaulay Tait59

62' - Substitution Georgie Gentis substituted by Stephen O'Donnell

67' - Goal Lawrence Shankland67

69' - Yellow card Davor Zdravkovski

74' - Substitution Lennon Milleris substituted by Sam Nicholson

77' - Substitution Calem Nieuwenhofis substituted by Cameron Devlin77

79' - Substitution Davor Zdravkovskiis substituted by Mark Ferrie photo Jonathan Obika

79' - Substitution Jack Valeis substituted by Jonathan Obika

88' - Yellow card Sam Nicholson

92' - Goal Kenneth Vargas92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Hearts

2 - 0

Motherwell

Hearts Motherwell

Team line-ups

Hearts

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Shankland6723

Lawrence Shankland

Scotland

B.date10/08/1995

Age28 years

positionForward

17Forrest

Alan Forrest

Scotland

B.date09/09/1996

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

29Fraser59

Scott Fraser

Scotland

B.date30/03/1995

Age28 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

6Baningime46

Beni Baningime

DR Congo

B.date09/09/1998

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

8Nieuwenhof77

Calem Nieuwenhof

Australia

B.date17/02/2001

Age22 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

19Cochrane59

Alexander Cochrane

England

B.date21/04/2000

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

81Lembikisa46

Dexter Lembikisa

Jamaica

B.date04/11/2003

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

2Kent

Frankie Kent

England

B.date21/11/1995

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

15Rowles

Kye Rowles

Australia

B.date24/06/1998

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3Kingsley

Stephen Kingsley

Scotland

B.date23/07/1994

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

28Clark

Zander Clark

Scotland

B.date26/06/1992

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
28	G	Zander Clark		31	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Kye Rowles		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Frankie Kent		28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
81	D	Dexter Lembikisa	46	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Alexander Cochrane	59	23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Stephen Kingsley		29	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Beni Baningime	46	25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Scott Fraser	59	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Calem Nieuwenhof	77	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Alan Forrest		27	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Lawrence Shankland	6723	28	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Motherwell

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

28Vale79

Jack Vale

Wales

B.date03/03/2001

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

14Bair

Thelonius Bair

Canada

B.date27/08/1999

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentre forward

12Paton

Harry Paton

Canada

B.date23/05/1998

Age25 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

38Miller74

Lennon Miller

Scotland

B.date25/08/2006

Age17 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

17Zdravkovski7969

Davor Zdravkovski

North Macedonia

B.date20/03/1998

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Gent62

Georgie Gent

England

B.date23/09/2003

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

21Devine

Adam Devine

Scotland

B.date25/03/2003

Age20 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

5Mugabi

Bevis Mugabi

Uganda

B.date01/05/1995

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

15Casey

Dan Casey

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/10/1997

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

16McGinn

Paul McGinn

Scotland

B.date22/10/1990

Age33 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

1Kelly

Liam Kelly

Scotland

B.date23/01/1996

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Liam Kelly		28	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Bevis Mugabi		28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Georgie Gent	62	20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Adam Devine		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Dan Casey		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Paul McGinn		33	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Davor Zdravkovski	7969	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	M	Lennon Miller	74	17	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Harry Paton		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Jack Vale	79	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thelonius Bair		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Craig Gordon		41
21	D	Toby Sibbick		24
25	M	Macaulay Tait	59	18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Nathaniel Atkinson	46	24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Cameron Devlin	77	25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jorge Grant		29
77	F	Kenneth Vargas	9246	21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Yutaro Oda	59	22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Aidan Denholm		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Aston Oxborough		25
2	D	Stephen O'Donnell	62	31	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Callan Elliot		24
27	D	Jili Buyabu		22
20	M	Shane Blaney		25
19	M	Sam Nicholson	7488	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Mark Ferrie	79	18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jonathan Obika	79	33	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Dylan Wells		17

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Zander Clark

Craig Gordon

OUT

Scott Fraser

Jorge Grant

OUT

Kye Rowles

Craig Halkett

OUT

Frankie Kent

Kenneth Vargas

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dan Casey

Calum Butcher

OUT

Lennon Miller

Blair Spittal

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steven Naismith

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Naismith vs Motherwell

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 17, 2024

Naismith vs Kettlewell

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 17, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Stuart Kettlewell

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Kettlewell vs Hearts

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 17, 2024

Kettlewell vs Naismith

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 17, 2024

Referee

Chris Graham

3 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Hearts5 matches	General total	Motherwell6 matches	4 victories	1 draw	1 loss
3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Hearts4 matches	Season total	Motherwell3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 17, 2024					Latest figure on February 17, 2024

4th official

Scott Lambie

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Hearts1 match	General total	Motherwell2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Hearts1 match	Season total	Motherwell2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 17, 2024					Latest figure on April 06, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Hearts keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a draw vs Motherwell running (since 02/10/2021). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/01/2008-14/12/2010 time period (11 matches).

It's the first time Kenneth Vargas scores 1 goal vs Motherwell in his professional career

Lawrence Shankland played his game number 10 vs Motherwell in Premiership

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

1	Celtic Glasgow	62 pts	26 rd
2	Glasgow Rangers	61 pts	25 rd
3	Heart of Midlothian	51 pts	26 rd
4	Kilmarnock	37 pts	26 rd
5	St. Mirren	35 pts	26 rd

General ranking

+1	7	Hibernian	27 pts	25 rd
+1	8	Aberdeen	27 pts	25 rd
-2	9	Motherwell	26 pts	26 rd
	10	St. Johnstone	24 pts	25 rd
	11	Ross County	19 pts	25 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VHeart of Midlothian 1-0 St. Johnstone25/11/2023

LHeart of Midlothian 0-1 Glasgow Rangers06/12/2023

VHeart of Midlothian 2-0 St. Mirren23/12/2023

DHeart of Midlothian 2-2 Ross County30/12/2023

VHeart of Midlothian 3-2 Dundee FC23/01/2024

VHeart of Midlothian 2-0 Aberdeen27/01/2024

Overall

VSpartans Edinburgh 1-2 Heart of Midlothian20/01/2024

VHeart of Midlothian 3-2 Dundee FC23/01/2024

VHeart of Midlothian 2-0 Aberdeen27/01/2024

VDundee FC 2-3 Heart of Midlothian03/02/2024

VSt. Johnstone 0-1 Heart of Midlothian07/02/2024

VAirdrieonians 1-4 Heart of Midlothian11/02/2024

Current form

Away

LRoss County 3-0 Motherwell05/12/2023

DSt. Mirren 0-0 Motherwell16/12/2023

DHibernian 2-2 Motherwell02/01/2024

DSt. Johnstone 1-1 Motherwell27/01/2024

LGreenock Morton 2-1 Motherwell09/02/2024

DAberdeen 3-3 Motherwell14/02/2024

Overall

VMotherwell 3-1 Alloa Athletic20/01/2024

DSt. Johnstone 1-1 Motherwell27/01/2024

DMotherwell 1-1 Kilmarnock03/02/2024

VMotherwell 5-0 Ross County06/02/2024

LGreenock Morton 2-1 Motherwell09/02/2024

DAberdeen 3-3 Motherwell14/02/2024

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	7
Unbeaten streak	4	11
Drawless streak	2	7
Scoring streak	4	12
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	11	2
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	7
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	9
52	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	118
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
15	Victories (Competition total)	5
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	11
3	Draws (Home / Away)	7
7	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.92
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.56
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.42

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

56	Yellow cards (Competition total)	66
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Lawrence Shankland	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Thelonius Bair
Lawrence Shankland	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Thelonius Bair
Lawrence Shankland	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Thelonius Bair
Jorge Grant	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Thelonius Bair
Alan Forrest	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	8 assists	Blair Spittal
Liam Boyce	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Blair Spittal
Lawrence Shankland	16 goals, 1 assist during the last 17 matches	The fittest player	8 goals, 3 assists during the last 9 matches	Thelonius Bair

Historical head to head

Home

146 matches

80 v

35 d

31 l

282 gf

158 ga

Away

148 matches

60 v

26 d

62 l

229 gf

226 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

295 matches

141 v

61 d

93 l

515 gf

386 ga

Historical head to head

Home

148 matches

62 v

26 d

60 l

226 gf

229 ga

Away

146 matches

31 v

35 d

80 l

158 gf

282 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

295 matches

93 v

61 d

141 l

386 gf

515 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 16, 2016
Home	6 - 0	January 16, 2016

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 04, 2002
Away	6 - 2	December 02, 1961

Latest head to head

November 11, 2023 - cinch Premiership 2023/2024

Motherwell

1 - 2

Hearts

September 03, 2023 - cinch Premiership 2023/2024

Hearts

0 - 1

Motherwell logo Motherwell

February 19, 2023 - cinch Premiership 2022/2023

Motherwell

2 - 0

Hearts

November 06, 2022 - cinch Premiership 2022/2023

Hearts

3 - 2

Motherwell logo Motherwell

September 18, 2022 - cinch Premiership 2022/2023

Motherwell

0 - 3

Hearts

Best historical scorers against Motherwell

Lawrence Shankland	4 goals	2022 - 2023
Andy Kirk	3 goals	2002 - 2002
Dennis Wyness	3 goals	2004 - 2004
Kyle Lafferty	3 goals	2017 - 2018
Kevin McKenna	3 goals	2001 - 2004
Edgaras Jankauskas	3 goals	2005 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1954. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Hearts

John Sutton	6 goals	2010 - 2014
Chris Porter	4 goals	2007 - 2009
David Clarkson	4 goals	2004 - 2008
Richie Foran	3 goals	2004 - 2006
Blair Spittal	3 goals	2022 - 2023
Christopher Long	3 goals	2019 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1954. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Motherwell

Andy Webster	20 matches	2001 - 2013
Christophe Berra	20 matches	2003 - 2019
Craig Gordon	18 matches	2003 - 2022
Robbie Neilson	18 matches	2003 - 2009
Marius Zaliukas	17 matches	2006 - 2012
Michael Smith	16 matches	2017 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1954. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Hearts

Steven Hammell	34 matches	2003 - 2017
Keith Lasley	32 matches	2003 - 2017
Stephen Craigan	31 matches	2003 - 2011
David Clarkson	23 matches	2003 - 2016
Paul Quinn	17 matches	2003 - 2009
Mark Reynolds	17 matches	2006 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1954. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Calum Elliot

135 matches

15 matches

2004 - 2012

Sam Nicholson

127 matches

4 matches

2013 - 2024

Andy Halliday

109 matches

5 matches

2020 - 2024

John Sutton

59 matches

209 matches

2008 - 2015

Morgaro Gomis

58 matches

11 matches

2014 - 2016

Conor Sammon

27 matches

21 matches

2016 - 2019

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

John Sutton

59 matches

209 matches

2008 - 2015

Elliott Frear

12 matches

74 matches

2017 - 2021

Tony Watt

17 matches

70 matches

2016 - 2021

Jim Hamilton

6 matches

51 matches

1997 - 2006

Jordan Roberts

12 matches

28 matches

2020 - 2022

Conor Sammon

27 matches

21 matches

2016 - 2019

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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1 1

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St. Johnstone

0 3

Glasgow Rangers

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Celtic Glasgow	62	26	19	5	2	58	18	+40
2	Glasgow Rangers	61	25	20	1	4	53	13	+40
3	Heart of Midlothian	51	26	16	3	7	35	22	+13
4	Kilmarnock	37	26	9	10	7	29	27	+2
5	St. Mirren	35	26	10	5	11	29	30	-1
6	Dundee FC	32	25	8	8	9	35	39	-4
+17	Hibernian	27	25	6	9	10	31	41	-10
+18	Aberdeen	27	25	6	9	10	31	41	-10
-29	Motherwell	26	26	5	11	10	35	41	-6
10	St. Johnstone	24	25	5	9	11	17	32	-15
11	Ross County	19	25	4	7	14	20	43	-23
12	Livingston	16	26	3	7	16	16	42	-26

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Hearts 2-0 Motherwell - February 17, 2024 / cinch Premiership 2023/2024

Hearts

2 - 0

Motherwell

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Naismith vs Motherwell

Naismith vs Kettlewell

Manager

Kettlewell vs Hearts

Kettlewell vs Naismith

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Motherwell

Best historical scorers against Hearts

Players with most games played vs Motherwell

Players with most games played vs Hearts

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking