Dundee Utd vs Heart OF Midlothian Prediction

Recent form across competitions

Hearts' sample covers Premiership, League Cup and European fixtures, and it shows a side winning more than it loses, with nine wins, four draws and seven defeats from twenty matches. The goals have flowed at both ends, with 35 scored and 33 conceded, suggesting a team that can be exciting but not always tight at the back.

Dundee Utd: 20 completed matches; Heart OF Midlothian: 20 completed matches.

Dundee Utd

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

31

Difference

-3

Heart OF Midlothian

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

33

Difference

+2

Dundee Utd's equivalent sample is a bit heavier on defeats, seven wins, four draws and nine losses from twenty, with fewer goals scored (28) and a shade more conceded (31). That's a side working harder for its results than Hearts have needed to.

Hearts arrive with the healthier underlying form, though both teams have had their inconsistent spells.

Comparative Team Statistics: Dundee Utd vs Heart OF Midlothian

A long-running fixture with no settled pattern

These two have faced each other regularly over more than a decade, and the head-to-head log is genuinely mixed. The most recent meeting, back in August, saw Hearts win 4-0 with Dundee Utd at home, but the meeting before that went the other way, a 3-0 win for Dundee Utd at their own ground in January.

Go back further and you'll find draws, narrow wins and the occasional heavy scoreline for either side. There's no obvious psychological edge building from recent meetings alone.

History here doesn't strongly favour either team heading into this one.

Where they sit early in the season

Seven games in, Hearts sit third with 13 points from four wins, a draw and two losses, while Dundee Utd are down in eighth with 8 points from two wins, two draws and three defeats. Hearts have also conceded far fewer goals in that spell, eight against Dundee Utd's eleven.

It's still early days in the table, so these numbers describe a trend rather than a finished picture, but the gap between the two sides right now is real.

Hearts hold a clear early-season advantage in the league position.

Players to watch, with the usual caveats

For Hearts, J. Wilson has been their sharpest finisher with three goals in six appearances, while J. McPake has been busy at both ends, contributing two goals and four assists in six games. Cláudio Braga adds further goal involvement from seven outings.

Dundee Utd:

Best scorers:

J. Randall - 2

Best assist providers:

J. Randall - 2

M. Merghem - 2

Penalty cards:

E. Agyei x 1

D. Bennie x 3

L. Rose x 2

Heart OF Midlothian:

Best scorers:

J. Wilson - 3

J. McPake - 2

Cláudio Braga - 2

Best assist providers:

J. McPake - 4

Cláudio Braga - 2

S. Kerjota - 1

Penalty cards:

S. Findlay x 1

Dundee Utd's main source of goals in this sample is J. Randall, with two in seven, and M. Merghem has chipped in with a couple of assists. On discipline, D. Bennie, L. Rose and Z. Sapsford have all picked up yellow cards for Dundee Utd, while Hearts' S. Findlay has a red card in his recent run. These are partial lists rather than full squads, so they shouldn't be read as confirmed line-ups.