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Hearts vs Kilmarnock
25 Jan 2025, 15:00 · Premiership · 2024/2025
Referee
John BeatonPremiership 2024/2025 · 21 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
HeartsMin
Kilmarnock- ⚽
Elton Kabangu 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
With: James Wilson
Left foot shot
7′ - ⇄
Lewis Neilson
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Craig Halkett
11′ - 42′
Robbie Deas
Yellowcard
Foul
- 45+3′
Kyle Magennis
Yellowcard
Foul
J. Grant
Yellowcard
Foul
45+5′- 45+5′
Marley Watkins
Yellowcard
With: Kyle Magennis
Argument
- 46′⇄
Danny Armstrong
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Calvin Ramsay
- 50′⚽
Bobby Wales 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Marley Watkins
Right foot shot
- 54′
Danny Armstrong
Yellowcard
misses next match
- ⚽
Jamie McCart 2-1
Goal · Header
With: James Penrice
Header
58′ - ⚽
J. Grant 3-1
Goal · Header
Header
61′ - 67′⚽
Fraser Murray 3-2
Goal · Header
With: Danny Armstrong
Header
- 68′⇄
Liam Donnelly
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Liam Polworth
- 68′⇄
David Watson
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Kyle Magennis
- ⇄
Yan Dhanda
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Blair Spittal
69′ - ⇄
Musa Drammeh
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: J. Grant
69′ - ⇄
Lawrence Shankland
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: James Wilson
69′ - 81′
David Watson
Yellowcard
Foul
- 87′⇄
Bruce Anderson
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Robbie Deas
Malachi Boateng
Yellowcard
Foul
90+2′- ⇄
Malachi Boateng
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Elton Kabangu
90+2′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6.90 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.50 | |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.60 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7.30 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7.30 | |
| 69 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 7.40 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.40 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | 6.80 | |
| 69 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.10 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 7.40 | |
| 69 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 7.30 | |
| 21 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 6.00 | |
| 21 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 6.90 | |
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| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 79 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.40 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Hearts
Latest: Motherwell · 1–0
Match stats
2 Jan 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Motherwell · 2024/2025
Kilmarnock
Latest: Hibernian · 0–1
Match stats
29 Dec 2024, 15:00 · Away vs Hibernian · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Hearts’s ground: 22 previous meetings, 5 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Hearts’s home games with Kilmarnock’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 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Hearts
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Kilmarnock
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
Kilmarnock
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Hearts
Kilmarnock
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
Kilmarnock
Previous meetings
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