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Kilmarnock v Heart of Midlothian : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 15th Dec, 15:00 BST, Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Derek McInnes welcomes Steven Naismith to the Rugby Park on Sunday afternoon, as their Kilmarnock and Heart of Midlothian troops meet in the Premiership. Team form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and the best odds are all published below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We've backed , but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?


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Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Kilmarnock
42%
--
Draw
25%
--
Hearts
33%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Kilmarnock 1-0
9%
--
Kilmarnock 2-1
9%
--
Hearts 1-0
8%
--
Hearts 2-1
8%
--
Kilmarnock 2-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Hearts 2-0
5%
--
Kilmarnock 3-1
4%
--
Kilmarnock 3-0
3%
--
Hearts 3-1
3%
--
Kilmarnock 3-2
3%
--
Hearts 3-2
3%
--
Hearts 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
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BTTS - No
43%
--
BTTS - Home Win
21%
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BTTS - Draw
19%
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BTTS - Away Win
17%
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Home/draw
67%
--
Away/draw
58%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
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Under 0.5 Goals
6%
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Home DNB
60%
--
Away DNB
50%
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Kilmarnock win to nil
21%
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Hearts win to nil
16%
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

Kilmarnock have played 14 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the Premiership league table. Kilmarnock are unbeaten in 2 games against teams below them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 2 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 2 games against teams below in the table, having won 1, drawn 1 and lost no matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Both Kilmarnock and Heart of Midlothian have scored 16 goals this season.

Home League Performance

Kilmarnock have played 6 games at home winning 1, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 6 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 10 goals at home.

Hearts are in 12th position in the Premiership on 10 points having played 15 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 4 and won 2. Hearts have conceded 25 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Kilmarnock
Hearts
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Celtic133637 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-0A
-
Apr 12
l
 
1-4A
l
 
2-0A
-
Mar 29
2
Aberdeen141333 
Dec 26
l
 
2-0A
-
Feb 22
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-2A
-
Jan 12
3
Rangers13926 
w
 
1-0F
Dec 4
Feb 26
-
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
Feb 15
-
4
Dundee Utd14723 
d
 
3-3A
Dec 7
Feb 1
-
l
 
0-1A
Jan 5
Apr 5
-
5
Motherwell13-319 
Jan 8
Dec 20
Apr 5
-
Jan 2
l
 
3-1A
-
Apr 12
6
St. Mirren15-618 
Jan 2
d
 
2-2A
-
Mar 29
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-1A
Feb 26
-
7
Dundee14-316 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-3A
-
l
 
3-2F
Dec 7
l
 
3-1A
-
Feb 1
8
Ross County15-1515 
Jan 5
l
 
2-1F
-
Mar 1
d
 
1-1A
Dec 29
Mar 15
-
9
St. Johnstone15-1113 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
1-0A
Feb 15
-
Dec 22
w
 
1-2F
-
Feb 22
10
Kilmarnock 14-1113 
-
-
-
-
l
 
1-2F
Dec 15
Jan 25
-
11
Hibernian15-712 
d
 
1-1A
Dec 29
Mar 15
-
Dec 26
d
 
1-1A
-
Mar 1
12
Hearts 15-910 
Dec 15
w
 
1-2A
-
Jan 25
-
-
-
-
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
Kilmarnock 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Hearts 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Kilmarnock since 2013
Kilmarnock
Hearts
Goals: Scored
19
12
Games: Scored
9 / 14
8 / 14
Clean sheets
6 / 14
5 / 14
KIL
6
D
4
HEA
4
League games at Hearts since 2013
Hearts
Kilmarnock
Goals: Scored
20
18
Games: Scored
10 / 15
11 / 15
Clean sheets
4 / 15
5 / 15
KIL
7
D
4
HEA
4
Goal Statistics

Kilmarnock's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because Heart of Midlothian have conceded in each of their last 6 Premiership outings. A PG of 1.5 for Derek McInnes's side suggests that run should continue.

Kilmarnock 10th Hearts 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Kilmarnock will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Hearts will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Kilmarnock’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-3
Hearts’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2024/2025 season
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Kilmarnock
PG (predicted goals)
Hearts
1.5
1.3
Attack rating
KIL
HEA
7%
better
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Games scored9
11
Failed to score5
4
Scored first3
3
Goals scored16
16
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.1
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
14
Avg. XG for1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
KIL
HEA
11%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
13
Clean sheets1
2
Conceded first11
11
Goals conceded27
25
Avg. goals conceded1.9
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
5
Conversion rate against20%
20%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+11%

Kilmarnock v Hearts Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

Kilmarnock Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13436
K VassellM KennedyD ArmstrongL Donnelly
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Mayo DEF13
1
-
D Watson MID1321
1
-
K Vassell FWD1311
1
-
D Armstrong FWD133
2
-
R Deas DEF12
3
-
C Ndaba DEF121
2
-
B Lyons MID12
2
1
M Kennedy FWD1241
4
-
M Watkins FWD113
1
-
R McCrorie GLK10
-
B Anderson FWD103
-
R McKenzie FWD10
-
J Wright DEF91
3
2
S Findlay DEF9
-
F Murray MID9
2
-
I Cameron FWD9
-
J Burroughs MID8
-
L Donnelly MID8
4
2
G Mackay-Steven  MID71
-
L Polworth MID6
1
-
K O'Hara GLK4
-
O. Bainbridge DEF4
-
B Wales FWD411
-
Hearts Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15236
L ShanklandB SpittalL ShanklandJ Penrice
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Spittal MID1522
-
K Vargas FWD1521
1
-
L Shankland FWD1513
5
-
Y Dhanda MID141
3
-
A Forrest FWD141
-
K Rowles DEF13
3
-
D Oyegoke DEF131
3
-
F Kent DEF132
1
-
M Boateng MID132
-
C Devlin MID131
5
-
J Penrice DEF12
6
-
J Grant MID12
3
1
B Baningime  MID91
1
-
B McKay FWD8
-
S Kingsley DEF7
2
-
G. Taylor DEF5
1
-
Y Oda FWD51
-
C Halkett  DEF41
1
-
M. Drammeh FWD41
-
L Boyce  FWD4
-
J. Wilson FWD32
-
Z Clark GLK2
-
A Salazar DEF1
1
-