Hearts 3-2 Kilmarnock: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 25 January 2025

Result

Hearts 3-2 Kilmarnock

Premiership · Saturday 25 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Hearts · Kilmarnock · Premiership predictions

Hearts 3-2 Kilmarnock: match report

Hearts beat Kilmarnock 3-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 25 January 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Elton Kabangu opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Hearts's goals came from Elton Kabangu (7'), Jamie McCart (58') and J. Grant (61'). Kilmarnock scored through Bobby Wales (50') and Fraser Murray (67').

Discipline: Hearts received 2 yellow cards; Kilmarnock received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 11th on 24 points from 23 and Kilmarnock 9th on 25 points from 23. Hearts went on to finish that season 5th with 52 points, and Kilmarnock 9th with 44.

Hearts lined up in a 4-4-2 and Kilmarnock in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Armstrong of Kilmarnock (7.7), ahead of Jorge Grant (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hearts wins, 4 draws and 3 for Kilmarnock.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Elton KabanguHearts · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Robbie DeasKilmarnock
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Kyle MagennisKilmarnock
  • 45+5'Yellow card · J. GrantHearts
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Marley WatkinsKilmarnock
  • 50'Goal · Bobby WalesKilmarnock · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Danny ArmstrongKilmarnock
  • 58'Goal · Jamie McCartHearts · 2-1
  • 61'Goal · J. GrantHearts · 3-1
  • 67'Goal · Fraser MurrayKilmarnock · 3-2
  • 81'Yellow card · David WatsonKilmarnock
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Malachi BoatengHearts

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Hearts 2, draws 4, Kilmarnock 3.

Team news

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Hearts line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Adam Forrester, Craig Halkett, Jamie McCart, James Penrice, Jorge Grant, Beni Baningime, Cammy Devlin, Blair Spittal, Elton Kabangu, James Wilson

Kilmarnock line-up (3-5-2)

Kieran O'Hara, Lewis Mayo, Joe Wright, Robbie Deas, Calvin Ramsay, Liam Polworth, Kyle Magennis, Fraser Murray, Corrie Ndaba, Bobby Wales, Marley Watkins