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Hearts vs Falkirk

Premiership · Sunday 8 November 2026, 15:00 UTC · Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Hearts · Falkirk · Premiership predictions

Hearts welcome Falkirk at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh on Sunday 8 November 2026 (15:00 UTC) in the Premiership. Hearts sit 3rd on 20 points after 11 matches, while Falkirk are 4th in the table with 18 points from 12.

Recent form: Hearts D-W-L-L-D, Falkirk W-W-W-W-L (most recent first). Over their last 6, Hearts have scored 1.8 and conceded 2.0 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Falkirk average 1.7 scored and 0.7 conceded across their last 6, with 3 clean sheets.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Hearts won 7, 2 games were drawn and Falkirk won 1. Those games averaged 2.1 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 3. The most recent meeting, on 15 Sep 2026, ended Falkirk 2-1 Hearts.

Hearts list 9 absentees, including Blair Spittal (injury), Craig Halkett (injury) and Tom Renaud (injury). Blair Spittal and Craig Halkett have featured heavily in recent matches. Michael MacDermid is the appointed referee. Across 26 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.8 yellow cards per game and 0.4 penalties per game, and home sides won 50% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make Hearts clear favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.