Motherwell vs Hearts - prediction, team news, lineups

Motherwell volition strive to extremity their five-game losing streak erstwhile they invited Hearts to Fir Park successful the Scottish Premiership connected Sunday. 

The hosts person fallen to 10th successful the standings with 8 points from 9 games, portion the visitors are 3rd successful the array with 16 points aft 9 fixtures.

Match preview

After an encouraging commencement to his archetypal play arsenic Motherwell manager, Alfred Johansson present finds his presumption astatine the helm coming nether unit aft a miserable caller run. 

The Steelmen remained unbeaten successful their opening six games of the play crossed each competitions, with Motherwell signaling 4 victories and 2 draws. 

However, a 1-0 decision to Stenhousemuir successful the Scottish League Cup 2nd circular sparked a sizeable downturn successful signifier from Johansson's team, who person present won conscionable 1 of their past 10 matches. 

That includes a disastrous streak of 5 consecutive Scottish Premiership defeats earlier Sunday's fixture, with Motherwell conceding 12 goals and scoring conscionable 3 times during that tally of results. 

Consequently, Motherwell person fallen to 10th successful the standings with lone 8 points from 9 league games, with their 16 goals conceded lone amended than St Mirren's (17 conceded) and Kilmarnock's (20 conceded) antiaircraft records.

As the unit continues gathering connected Johansson, the manager volition beryllium hopeless to pb his squad to a streak-snapping triumph connected Sunday, though Motherwell volition person to flooded a seven-game winless tally against Hearts.

The Jambos will, however, caput into Sunday's fixture abbreviated connected assurance pursuing back-to-back defeats, including a peculiarly humiliating 7-1 demolition against Celtic past weekend. 

That nonaccomplishment marked conscionable their 2nd decision successful 13 matches crossed each competitions, alongside a 2-1 decision to Falkirk successful mid-September, but Wouter Vrancken's broadside person present suffered 2 defeats successful 2 matches going into the Scottish Premiership's 10th matchday. 

Hearts failed to bounce backmost during midweek arsenic they mislaid 2-0 to Trabzonspor, with Mohamed Salah and Franculino Dju ensuring the Turkish broadside capitalised connected their dominance passim the 90 minutes. 

Vrancken volition beryllium anxious to debar suffering a 3rd consecutive decision erstwhile they instrumentality connected Motherwell connected Sunday, particularly arsenic decision could let Dundee to leapfrog them into 3rd place. 

Hearts bash question to Fir Park arsenic the worst performing squad successful the part distant from their location ground, with Vrancken's broadside accumulating lone 4 points from 5 fixtures connected the road. 

The Jambos will, however, look to their prolific onslaught to pb them to conscionable their 2nd distant triumph of the league season, with lone Celtic (23) scoring much than Hearts' 20 goals scored this term.

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Team News

Motherwell are without the availability of Callum Hendry, Dylan Williams and Oscar Priestman owed to wounded issues. 

Sebastian Palmer-Houlden and Alex Lowry some scored successful the eventual 3-2 decision past weekend, but some should support their spots successful onslaught connected Sunday, with Ibrahim Said and Tawanda Maswanhise besides apt to start.

As for Hearts, Ageu, Blair Spittal, Craig Halkett, Tom Renaud, Christian Borchgrevink and Harry Milne are each unavailable owed to ongoing wounded problems. 

Hearts' beforehand 4 of Josh McPake, Claudio Braga, Calvin Miller and Jamees Wilson person scored 12 goals combined successful the league, and each 4 should commencement connected Sunday.

Motherwell imaginable starting lineup:

Paulsen; Sparrow, O'Donnell, Moormann, Longelo; Fadinger, Hodge; Maswanhise, Lowry, Said; Palmer-Houlden

Hearts imaginable starting lineup:

Reus; Altena, Fagan-Walcott, McCart, Kingsley; McEntee, Mendy; Miller, Braga, McPake; Wilson

We say: Motherwell 1-3 Hearts

Hearts whitethorn beryllium abbreviated connected assurance aft back-to-back defeats, but their prolific onslaught should person plentifulness of joyousness against Motherwell's susceptible backline. 

Furthermore, contempt the Jambos' struggles distant from home, the Steelmen person mislaid each of their past 5 matches, and we are predicting different decision for the location broadside connected Sunday.

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