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Hearts vs Falkirk
21 Feb 2026, 15:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
Duncan NicolsonPremiership 2025/2026 · 15 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
HeartsMin
Falkirk- 41′
Coll Donaldson
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Islam Chesnokov 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Alexandros Kyziridis
Left foot shot
45′ - 50′⇄
Louie Marsh
Substitution
Off: Kyrell Wilson
- 67′
Brad Spencer
Yellowcard
Foul
- 73′⇄
Connor Allan
Substitution
Off: Coll Donaldson
- 73′⇄
Henry Cartwright
Substitution
Off: Brad Spencer
- 74′⇄
Ethan Ross
Substitution
Off: Calvin Miller
- 74′⇄
E. Williams
Substitution
Off: Ben Broggio
- ⇄
Jordi Altena
Substitution
Off: Michael Steinwender
81′ - ⇄
Pierre Landry Kabore
Substitution
Off: Tómas Bent Magnússon
82′ - ⇄
Jamie McCart
Substitution
Off: Stuart Findlay
84′ - 90′
Dylan Tait
Yellowcard
Foul
Blair Spittal
Yellowcard
Time wasting
90+3′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6.77 | |
| 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.86 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.87 | |
| 84 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.29 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 7.10 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.09 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.06 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 6.87 | |
| 82 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 6.43 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 7.32 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 6.75 | |
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| 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.64 | |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.49 | |
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| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.49 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Hearts
Latest: Hibernian · 1–0
Match stats
10 Feb 2026, 20:00 · Home vs Hibernian · 2025/2026
Falkirk
Latest: Livingston · 2–1
Match stats
4 Feb 2026, 19:45 · Away vs Livingston · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Hearts’s ground: 5 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Hearts’s home games with Falkirk’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Hearts
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Falkirk
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Hearts
Falkirk
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Hearts
Falkirk
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Hearts
Falkirk
Previous meetings
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