EDINBURGH. Hearts beats Motherwell with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Shankland (67′) and a goal from K. Vargas (90′). Hearts was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Tynecastle Park stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 18,748 spectators. The referee was Chris Graham with the collaboration of Douglas Ross and Sean Carr. The 4th official was Scott Lambie. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 9.13 degrees Celsius or 48.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 71 Ball Possession 29
Shots
- 22 Total 10
- 7 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 3
- 7 Shots blocked 4
- 145 Attack 69
- 93 Dangerous attack 49
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 7
Fouls
- 9 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Hearts had a strong ball possession 71% while Motherwell was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Hearts was more pushing with 93 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hearts won the match.
Hearts shot 22 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Motherwell shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Hearts received 1 yellow card (Lawrence Shankland). On the opposite side, Motherwell received 3 yellow cards (Stuart Kettlewell, Davor Zdravkovski and Sam Nicholson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Hearts has 51 points to remain in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Motherwell will stays with 26 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, Hearts will play away against Rangers on the 24th of February with a 35-8 head to head record in favor of Rangers (9 draws).
Motherwell will host Celtic on the 24th of February with a 48-4 head to head record in favor of Celtic (11 draws).
Hearts – Formation
Hearts
46'
23'
67'
Hearts adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Steven Naismith decided to play with the following team: Zander Clark , Stephen Kingsley , Frankie Kent , Kye Rowles , Dexter Lembikisa , Calem Nieuwenhof , Scott Fraser , Beni Baningime , Alex Cochrane , Lawrence Shankland and Alan Forrest .
The home team had on the bench: Craig Gordon , Jorge Grant, Yutaro Oda , Nathaniel Atkinson , Cammy Devlin , Toby Sibbick, Aidan Denholm, Macaulay Tait and Kenneth Vargas .
Substitutions
Hearts made 5 changes: Dexter Lembikisa for Nathaniel Atkinson (46′), Beni Baningime for Kenneth Vargas (46′), Calem Nieuwenhof for Cammy Devlin (77′), Scott Fraser for Macaulay Tait (59′) and Alex Cochrane for Yutaro Oda (59′).
Player of the match: Frankie Kent
The most impressive player for Hearts was Frankie Kent even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 98 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11.
Motherwell – Formation
Motherwell
Also Motherwell adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Stuart Kettlewell played with: Liam Kelly , Paul McGinn , Bevis Mugabi , Dan Casey , Adam Devine , Lennon Miller , Davor Zdravkovski , Georgie Gent , Harry Paton , Jack Vale and Thelonius Bair .
They had on the bench: Stephen O’Donnell , Jonathan Obika , Aston Oxborough, Sam Nicholson , Shane Blaney, Jili Buyabu, Callan Elliot, Mark Ferrie and Dylan Wells.
Substitutions
Motherwell made 3 changes: Jack Vale for Jonathan Obika (79′), Georgie Gent for Stephen O’Donnell (62′) and Lennon Miller for Sam Nicholson (74′).
Player of the match: Liam Kelly
The player that probably impressed the most for Motherwell was the goalkeeper: Liam Kelly. His rating is 8.06. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- Livingston – St. Mirren – 1-0
- Hearts – Motherwell – 2-0
- Dundee – Ross County – 2-0
- Celtic – Kilmarnock – 1-1
- Aberdeen – Hibernian – 2-2
