Wednesday evening, at 19:45, Hearts of Middlothian receives Livingston’s visit to the 25th round of the Scottish Championship, and UK gamblers anticipate a low-bout duel, decided to the minimum. Hearts misses a decisive attacker.
Hearts was one of the protagonists of the championship at the start of the season, when he managed to rank first in the ranking for a while. Since then, white-bulk has seen a significant drop in shape, and Garuccio, Haring, Ikpeazu and Wighton’s absence will definitely make the host’s mission even more difficult at the middle of the week. Livingston is a band that does not attack dangerously while the yellow-black season seems to have ended: the team can no longer fight for a European Cup qualifier, but it is not in danger of relegation, Mirren, Dundee or Hamilton. Hearts, however, has all the motivation for a victory, which can bring it to the podium.
Hearts is in 5th place (goal 31-29) and Craig Levein’s team has 4 victories in the last 5 stages, which brought the club back to the front row. Livingston has a “black” series of 4 defeats and a draw in the last 5 stages, so the host team is on the 8th place (26-26 golaver) at 12 Hearts. The hosts have lost only 3 games out of 12 on their own home this season (only 8 goals), while Livingston has only one away win, scoring just 7 goals in 12 games. We are expecting a victory for the hosts, without a goal, considering the shape of the last time!
Hosts come after success with Kilmarnock (2-1). Johnstone (2-0) and Hibernian (1-0), and last month defeated Livingston in the Cup, score 1-0. Livingston has a 4-goal goal after 0-3 with Motherwell and Rangers and 0-1 with St. Louis. Johnstone and Hearts. Five direct duels have not scored both teams yet, and Hearts has lost one match in the last 8! All statistics indicate a good result for hosts who have additional motivation.
PREDICTION: Hearts to win @ 1.78
