Hearts 3-1 Kilmarnock: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 17 December 2022

Result

Hearts 3-1 Kilmarnock

Premiership · Saturday 17 December 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Hearts · Kilmarnock · Premiership predictions

Hearts 3-1 Kilmarnock: match report

Hearts won against Kilmarnock 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 17 December 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.

Josh Ginnelly opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Hearts's goals came from Josh Ginnelly (19'), Lawrence Shankland (29') and Lawrence Shankland (89', penalty). Kilmarnock scored through Ash Taylor (73').

Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Kilmarnock received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Hearts were 5th on 21 points from 15 and Kilmarnock 11th on 15 points from 16. Hearts went on to finish that season 4th with 54 points, and Kilmarnock 10th with 40.

Hearts lined up in a 3-4-3 and Kilmarnock in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lawrence Shankland of Hearts (8.3), ahead of Danny Armstrong (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Hearts wins, 1 draw and 0 for Kilmarnock.

Going into the match Hearts's last five read D-L-W-W-L and Kilmarnock's W-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Josh GinnellyHearts · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Liam DonnellyKilmarnock
  • 29'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 2-0
  • 73'Goal · Ash TaylorKilmarnock · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Robert SnodgrassHearts
  • 89'Penalty goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Hearts 0, draws 1, Kilmarnock 0.

Team news

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Hearts line-up (3-4-3)

Craig Gordon, Craig Halkett, Stephen Kingsley, Alex Cochrane, Michael Smith, Cammy Devlin, Robert Snodgrass, Andy Halliday, Josh Ginnelly, Lawrence Shankland, Barrie McKay

Kilmarnock line-up (4-4-1-1)

Sam Walker, Lewis Mayo, Ash Taylor, Joe Wright, Kerr McInroy, Danny Armstrong, Alan Power, Liam Donnelly, Liam Polworth, Rory McKenzie, Bobby Wales