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

Sat 3rd Jan, 15:00 BST, Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

We’ve Premiership action to enjoy on Saturday afternoon, as Derek McInnes and his Heart of Midlothian side host David Martindale’s Livingston at the Tynecastle Park. All of the important statistics for the tie, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers across seventeen major markets are covered in this preview. It's all designed to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.


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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Hearts
64%
--
Draw
21%
--
Livingston
15%
--
Hearts 1-0
12%
--
Hearts 2-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Hearts 2-1
10%
--
Hearts 3-0
8%
--
Hearts 3-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Livingston 1-0
5%
--
Livingston 2-1
4%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Hearts 4-0
4%
--
Hearts 4-1
3%
--
Hearts 3-2
3%
--
Livingston 2-0
2%
--
Hearts 5-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Home 1st Goal
58%
--
Away 1st Goal
39%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
49%
--
BTTS - No
51%
--
BTTS - Home Win
27%
--
BTTS - Draw
15%
--
BTTS - Away Win
7%
--
Home/draw
85%
--
Away/draw
36%
--
Home/away
79%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
79%
--
Away DNB
30%
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Hearts win to nil
37%
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Livingston win to nil
8%
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

Hearts have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Premiership league table. Hearts are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 4 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 5 and lost 1 match. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Hearts have outscored their opponents by 36 goals to 17 goals.

Home League Performance

Hearts have played 9 games at home winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 20 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Livingston are in 12th position in the Premiership on 9 points having played 17 matches so far this season. Livingston are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 5 of those games.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 6 and won 1. Livingston have conceded 32 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Hearts
Livingston
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Hearts182241 
-
-
-
-
l
 
1-2F
Jan 3
Apr 4
-
2
Celtic171535 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-2F
Jan 25
-
Dec 27
l
 
3-0A
-
Feb 11
3
Motherwell181130 
d
 
3-3A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 11
-
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-0A
Jan 31
-
4
Rangers17929 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
-
Feb 14
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
Feb 21
-
5
Hibernian18825 
w
 
1-0F
Dec 27
Feb 11
-
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-0A
-
Mar 14
6
Aberdeen17-124 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
Feb 28
-
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
-
Jan 24
7
Falkirk18-624 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
Feb 21
-
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1A
Feb 4
-
8
Dundee Utd18-321 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-3F
-
Jan 31
Dec 30
d
 
1-1F
-
Apr 11
9
St. Mirren16-717 
Jan 14
d
 
2-2A
-
Feb 4
Jan 6
l
 
1-0A
Feb 28
-
10
Dundee18-1713 
w
 
4-0F
Jan 11
Mar 21
-
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-2A
-
Feb 14
11
Kilmarnock18-1612 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-3F
-
Mar 14
Jan 10
d
 
2-2A
-
Mar 21
12
Livingston17-159 
Jan 3
w
 
1-2A
-
Apr 4
-
-
-
-
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
Hearts 1ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
Draw
5
L
1
Livingston 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
Draw
6
Lost
11
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Hearts have beaten Livingston in 4 consecutive league meetings
8
Hearts have not lost to Livingston in 8 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Hearts since 2018
Hearts
Livingston
Goals: Scored
12
4
Games: Scored
6 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
2 / 8
HEA
4
D
4
League games at Livingston since 2018
Livingston
Hearts
Goals: Scored
8
5
Games: Scored
4 / 7
3 / 7
Clean sheets
4 / 7
3 / 7
HEA
3
D
2
LIV
2
Goal Statistics
Hearts 1st Livingston 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Hearts will score 1 or more goals
0
43%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 79% probability of Livingston scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+7
Hearts’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+3
Livingston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2025/2026 season
Hearts
PG (predicted goals)
Livingston
2
0.9
Attack rating
44%
better
HEA
LIV
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Games scored16
11
Failed to score2
6
Scored first13
4
Goals scored36
17
Avg. goals scored2
1
Avg. shots per game11
7
Avg. shots per goal5
7
Conversion rate for19
15
Avg. XG for1.6
1.1
KickOff rating
+44%
Defence rating
52%
better
HEA
LIV
view stats
Games conceded10
16
Clean sheets8
1
Conceded first4
12
Goals conceded14
32
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded7
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
5
Conversion rate against12%
20%
Avg. XG against0.8
1.7
KickOff rating
+52%

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

Hearts Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18957
S FindlayL ShanklandA KyziridisC Halkett 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Findlay DEF184
3
-
O McEntee DEF1812
3
-
C Devlin MID18
5
-
C. Soares Braga FWD1882
2
-
A Kyziridis FWD1835
5
-
H Milne DEF1714
6
-
L Shankland FWD1791
1
-
T Magnusson MID151
2
-
A Schwolow GLK14
-
C Halkett  DEF143
7
-
M Steinwender DEF14
2
-
S Kingsley DEF131
-
B Spittal MID111
-
B Baningime  MID10
2
-
E Kabangu FWD10
-
A Forrest FWD10
1
-
F Kent DEF8
1
-
P. Kabore FWD821
-
S. Kerjota FWD81
-
J McCart DEF6
-
C Borchgrevink DEF5
1
-
Z Clark GLK4
-
J. Wilson FWD4
-
Ageu MID3
-
Livingston Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17525
J PriorJ BokilaS MayD Finlayson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Prior GLK17
1
-
D Wilson DEF171
1
-
D Finlayson DEF161
5
-
S Pittman MID1631
3
-
J Bokila FWD165
2
-
S May FWD162
4
-
L Smith MID1521
-
M Sylla MID151
3
-
T Yengi FWD152
1
-
M Tait MID142
3
-
R Muirhead FWD1311
5
-
M. Susoho MID12
1
-
C Montano MID102
5
-
A Winter FWD10
-
C McLennan FWD9
3
-
A Montgomery DEF81
2
-
R McGowan DEF8
2
1
S. Adeniran Lawal MID8
1
-
J Brenet  DEF7
-
G Carey MID711
1
-
A Shinnie MID6
-
S Blaney DEF5
-
J. Robinson DEF1
-