Hearts vs Falkirk - prediction, team news, lineups

All eyes volition beryllium connected Tynecastle Park connected Wednesday nighttime as Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts instrumentality connected Falkirk.

The Jambos were held to a 1-1 gully against Motherwell past weekend, allowing Celtic to adjacent the spread astatine the apical of the standings to conscionable 1 point.

Match preview

Hearts person had a fabulous 2025-26 play and are present conscionable 2 games distant from claiming their archetypal league rubric since 1959-60, disrupting the Old Firm's 41-year dominance of the Scottish Premiership.

The Jambos boast 77 points aft 36 league matches, having recorded 23 wins, 8 draws and suffered conscionable 5 losses.

However, aft dropping points successful a 1-1 gully against Motherwell astatine the weekend, Hearts allowed Celtic to adjacent the spread to conscionable 1 constituent astatine the apical of the standings, mounting up a tense last 2 fixtures. 

Derek McInnes' broadside volition archetypal look Falkirk earlier a imaginable winner-takes-all brushwood with Celtic connected the last day, but the Jambos could inactive triumph the league rubric earlier that brushwood with the Bhoys.

A Hearts triumph against Falkirk could seal the rubric if Celtic suffer to Motherwell, portion wins for some teams successful midweek would inactive permission the Jambos successful the driving spot connected the last time - arsenic conscionable a gully would beryllium required to triumph the league.

Hearts will, therefore, beryllium hopeless to assertion each 3 points against Falkirk, and they volition surely beryllium assured of doing truthful astatine their location ground, wherever they person won 14, drawn 4 and remarkably stay unbeaten successful their 18 fixtures astatine Tynecastle Park.

McInnes' men besides boast a formidable grounds successful caller meetings with Falkirk, avoiding decision successful each of their past 8 encounters, including 5 consecutive victories going into Wednesday's clash.

Falkirk besides caput into the crippled successful inconsistent form, having mislaid four, drawn 2 and won lone 2 of their past 8 matches crossed each competitions - including a peculiarly disappointing punishment nonaccomplishment to lower-league Dunfermline successful the Scottish FA Cup semi-finals.

As a effect of their league form, Falkirk beryllium bottommost of the title radical array and way fifth-placed Hibernian by 5 points, leaving precise small accidental of climbing the standings successful the last 2 matches.

Falkirk would person to triumph some matches and Hibernian suffer some of their games for Falkirk to ascent into 5th spot, and portion unlikely, John McGlynn volition surely beryllium hopeful of keeping their hopes live by defeating Hearts.

Falkirk person impressed connected the roadworthy passim the 2025-26 campaign, picking up 26 points from their 19 distant games, though they person won conscionable 1 of their past 5 distant fixtures.

Hearts Scottish Premiership form:

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Falkirk Scottish Premiership form:

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Team News

Hearts are without respective players owed to wounded issues, including Marc Leonard, Craig Halkett, Harry Milne, Oisin McEntee, Tomas Magnusson, Craig Gordon, Ageu, Calem Nieuwenhof and Finlay Pollock. 

Lawrence Shankland and Claudio Braga person scored 29 league goals betwixt them this season, and the Jambos volition beryllium hoping the attacking duo tin pb them 1 measurement person to the rubric connected Wednesday.

Falkirk likewise person respective injuries, with Leon McCann, Ethan Williams, Scott Bain and Louie Marsh each ruled out.

Ben Broggio scored from the seat successful Falkirk's decision past clip out, and the guardant whitethorn beryllium rewarded with a commencement connected Wednesday, alongside Barney Stewart, Calvin Miller and Kyrell Wilson.

Hearts imaginable starting lineup:

Schwolow; Steinwender, Kent, Findlay; Altena, Baningime, Devlin, Kingsley; Spittal; Shankland, Braga

Falkirk imaginable starting lineup:

Hogarth; Lissah, Neilson, Allan, Henderson; Spencer, Tait; Wilson, Broggio, Miller; Stewart

We say: Hearts 2-0 Falkirk

Tynecastle Park is undoubtedly going to present an electrical ambiance arsenic Hearts look to determination 1 measurement person to claiming their archetypal Scottish Premiership league rubric since 1960. 

Combined with the Jambos' already awesome location grounds and superb caller grounds against Falkirk, we are backing the location broadside to prime up a perchance pivotal 3 points.

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