FootyMAD's Falkirk match preview

History of the Falkirk v Heart of Midlothian fixture

Hearts face a trip to Falkirk at The Falkirk Stadium on Monday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 83 games played, Jambo's have recorded 27 wins, and Falkirk have come away with 33 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2006, with Hearts inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Bairns in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2006/2007	Sat 12 Aug	Hearts	0 - 0	Falkirk	SPL
2005/2006	Sat 25 Mar	Falkirk	1 - 2	Hearts	SPL
2005/2006	Mon 26 Dec	Hearts	5 - 0	Falkirk	SPL
2005/2006	Sun 02 Oct	Falkirk	2 - 2	Hearts	SPL
2003/2004	Wed 29 Oct	Hearts	2 - 1	Falkirk	SLGC
2002/2003	Sat 25 Jan	Falkirk	4 - 0	Hearts	SFAC
1995/1996	Sat 30 Mar	Falkirk	0 - 2	Hearts	SPL

Recent respective form guides

Falkirk's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Bairns's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.

Hearts's away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Jambo's, and 7 goals against.

Falkirk see themselves just below half way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, showing a record of 17 points from their 13 games played so far, Hearts find themselves in a respectable 4th position, courtesy of the 21 points they have accumulated from 13 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Falkirk	6	2	2	2	12	7	8
Hearts	6	1	2	3	8	8	5

FootyMad's prediction ...

The away form of the Jambo's has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Falkirk. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Falkirk	Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Hearts	Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 5 most recent games.