📊 Form Guide

Livingston

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Livingston will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 2-0 Premiership loss in their previous game against Kilmarnock.

In that game, Livingston had 58% possession and 10 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, Kilmarnock had 17 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Joe Hugill (25') and Findlay Curtis (77') scored for Kilmarnock.

It has been seldom in recent times where Livingston have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Livingston have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 9 goals during that time.

Pre-game facts show that Livingston:

• have not emerged victorious against Hearts in their last 7 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 home league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 14 matches in the league. It has been a terrible run.

Hearts

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Hearts come into this clash following on from a 1-0 Premiership win to defeat Dundee in their last match.

In that game, Hearts had 57% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Hearts was Oisin McEntee (77'). For their opponents, Dundee had 8 shots at goal with 1 on target.

A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Hearts has been evident recently. Looking at their last 6 meetings shows that it has happened 5 times. In those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal total of 5 and Hearts have scored 6. Previous results aside, time will tell if the trend shall be sustained in this game or not.

Looking at their past form shows that Hearts:

• are undefeated by Livingston when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 29/01/2023 shows that these encounters have been disappointments for Livingston. They’ve not been able to register any wins at all whereas Hearts have managed to find a way, running out winners in 83% of those games played.

In all, 14 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for Livi Lions and 10 created by The Jam Tarts. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The last league contest between these sides was Premiership match day 21 on 03/01/2026 which finished with the scoreline of Hearts 1-0 Livingston.

On that occasion, Hearts managed 63% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was Craig Halkett (18').

At the other end, Livingston had 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Chris Graham.

🗞️ Team News: Hearts

Hearts boss Derek McInnes has to currently contend with reduced team options. Tómas Bent Magnússon (Broken cheekbone), Craig Gordon (Shoulder injury), Stuart Findlay (Hamstring injury), Ageu (Torn muscle bundle) and Finlay Pollock (Hamstring injury) are not able to play. Frankie Kent cannot play in this game through suspension.

💭 Prediction

In this game, Livingston should get enough chances to breach the defence of this Hearts outfit, but one goal probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid a loss.

Our tip is for a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Hearts when the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Andre Moura, 12:03 05/04/2026