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Livingston face a trip to Heart Of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 7 games played, Livi have recorded 2 wins, and Hearts have come away with 3 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the Jambo's carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Scottish F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 27 Feb | Hearts | 2 - 1 | Livingston | SFAC |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 25 Jan | Livingston | 1 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 03 Oct | Hearts | 0 - 0 | Livingston | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Apr | Hearts | 1 - 1 | Livingston | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 24 Feb | Livingston | 2 - 3 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Hearts | 3 - 1 | Livingston | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Mar | Livingston | 1 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart Of Midlothian have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
Livingston have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Livi have hit 4 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Hearts's 42 points from 29 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. Livingston are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 23 points from 29 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Livingston | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Jambo's, as the Livi have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Livingston | 7 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |