Hearts 1-0 Falkirk: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Hearts 1-0 Falkirk
Premiership · Saturday 21 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Hearts 1-0 Falkirk: match report
Hearts won against Falkirk 1-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 21 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Islam Chesnokov of Hearts in the 45th minute.
Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Falkirk received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hearts were 1st on 57 points from 27 and Falkirk 6th on 39 points from 27. Hearts went on to finish that season 2nd with 80 points, and Falkirk 6th with 49.
Hearts lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Falkirk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leon McCann of Falkirk (7.4), ahead of Alexandros Kyziridis (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Hearts wins, 3 draws and 2 for Falkirk.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Falkirk's L-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 41'Yellow card · Coll Donaldson
- 45'Goal · Islam Chesnokov
- 67'Yellow card · Brad Spencer
- 90'Yellow card · Dylan Tait
- 90+3'Yellow card · Blair Spittal
Head-to-head
Team news
Hearts line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alexander Schwolow, Michael Steinwender, Craig Halkett, Stuart Findlay, Harry Milne, M. Leonard, Blair Spittal, Islam Chesnokov, Tómas Bent Magnússon, Alexandros Kyziridis, Cláudio Braga
Falkirk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Bain, Keelan Adams, Coll Donaldson, Filip Lissah, Leon McCann, Brad Spencer, Dylan Tait, Kyrell Wilson, Ben Broggio, Calvin Miller, Barney Stewart