Scotland - PremiershipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Hearts and Ross County, taking place on Saturday, 30 December 2023, at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh.
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Hearts, Recent FormHearts will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 1-0 away win against Hibernian. They came away from that fixture with 52% of the possession and clocked up 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. By comparison, Hibernian managed 15 attempts on goal, with 3 on target.
Manager Steven Naismith will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 3 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 7 goals. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, and they're currently on a run of 3 consecutive clean sheets.
They have had a good run of form recently, winning 4 out of their last 6 games.
Goalscorer Lawrence Shankland will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 5 goals in his last 6 league matches for Hearts.
Ross County, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Ross County players having failed to take any points away from their recent 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Dundee. In that game they had 48% possession and managed 10 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Dundee who had 17 attempts and 3 on target.
When it comes to attacking power Derek Adams will be justly satisfied with his squad's performances of late, which has seen them chalk up 4 goals in their last 6 matches. However, it hasn't all been going well, and questions remain about their defence with 4 goals lost in those 6 matches resulting in some crucial points dropped. They have failed to score in 4 of their last 6 games, and they have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 games away from home.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 6 games.
It was no surpirise that the last time these two teams met Hearts came out on top, winning the match 0-1.
In each of the previous 4 matches against Hearts, The Staggies have let in at least one goal.
Ross County will be determined to get something from this game having lost the last 4 times they've met Hearts in the league and not won this fixture for 13 games in a row.
Hearts manager Steven Naismith has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Liam Boyce (Leg), Cammy Devlin (Unknown), Jorge Grant (Ankle) and Odel Offiah (Illness) are all currently out of contention for this game.
With only Ross Callachan (Cruciate ligament) and Ben Paton (Knee) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Derek Adams will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Hearts Playing at home | Ross County Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 0.9 | Goals conceded | 2 |
| 47' | Time first goal scored | 63' |
| 33' | Time first goal conceded | 47' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 3.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.2 | Subs used | 4.6 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 4-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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