Hearts 2-3 Kilmarnock: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 5 February 2020

Result

Hearts 2-3 Kilmarnock

Premiership · Wednesday 5 February 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

Hearts · Kilmarnock · Premiership predictions

Hearts 2-3 Kilmarnock: match report

Hearts lost to Kilmarnock 2-3 in the Premiership on Wednesday 5 February 2020. The half-time score was 0-2.

Stuart Findlay opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Hearts's goals came from Sean Clare (79', penalty) and Craig Halkett (89'). Kilmarnock scored through Stuart Findlay (24'), C. Burke (38') and E. Brophy (50').

Discipline: Hearts received 4 yellow cards; Kilmarnock received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Hearts were 11th on 18 points from 24 and Kilmarnock 7th on 26 points from 24. Hearts went on to finish that season 12th with 23 points, and Kilmarnock 8th with 33.

Hearts lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Kilmarnock in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Eamonn Brophy of Kilmarnock (8.4), ahead of Stuart Findlay (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Hearts wins, 1 draw and 6 for Kilmarnock.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Stuart FindlayKilmarnock · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Sean ClareHearts
  • 38'Goal · C. BurkeKilmarnock · 0-2
  • 47'Yellow card · John SouttarHearts
  • 50'Goal · E. BrophyKilmarnock · 0-3
  • 52'Yellow card · Alan PowerKilmarnock
  • 65'Yellow card · S. NaismithHearts
  • 78'Yellow card · L. BrănescuKilmarnock
  • 79'Penalty goal · Sean ClareHearts · 1-3
  • 80'Second yellow · L. BrănescuKilmarnock
  • 86'Yellow card · Andy IrvingHearts
  • 89'Goal · Craig HalkettHearts · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hearts 3, draws 1, Kilmarnock 6.

Team news

Hearts line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joel Pereira, Sean Clare, Craig Halkett, John Souttar, Aidan White, Marcel Langer, Andrew Irving, Lewis Moore, Steven Naismith, Euan Henderson, Liam Boyce

Kilmarnock line-up (4-4-2)

Laurențiu Brănescu, Stephen O'Donnell, Stuart Findlay, Dario Del Fabro, Niko Hämäläinen, C. Burke, Alan Power, G. Dicker, Rory McKenzie, Eamonn Brophy, Nicke Kabamba