Hearts 3-2 Kilmarnock: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 25 January 2025
Result
Hearts 3-2 Kilmarnock
Premiership · Saturday 25 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Hearts 3-2 Kilmarnock: match report
Hearts beat Kilmarnock 3-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 25 January 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Elton Kabangu opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Hearts's goals came from Elton Kabangu (7'), Jamie McCart (58') and J. Grant (61'). Kilmarnock scored through Bobby Wales (50') and Fraser Murray (67').
Discipline: Hearts received 2 yellow cards; Kilmarnock received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hearts were 11th on 24 points from 23 and Kilmarnock 9th on 25 points from 23. Hearts went on to finish that season 5th with 52 points, and Kilmarnock 9th with 44.
Hearts lined up in a 4-4-2 and Kilmarnock in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Armstrong of Kilmarnock (7.7), ahead of Jorge Grant (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hearts wins, 4 draws and 3 for Kilmarnock.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read D-W-W-D-L and Kilmarnock's D-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Elton Kabangu
- 42'Yellow card · Robbie Deas
- 45+3'Yellow card · Kyle Magennis
- 45+5'Yellow card · J. Grant
- 45+5'Yellow card · Marley Watkins
- 50'Goal · Bobby Wales
- 54'Yellow card · Danny Armstrong
- 58'Goal · Jamie McCart
- 61'Goal · J. Grant
- 67'Goal · Fraser Murray
- 81'Yellow card · David Watson
- 90+2'Yellow card · Malachi Boateng
Head-to-head
Team news
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Hearts line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Adam Forrester, Craig Halkett, Jamie McCart, James Penrice, Jorge Grant, Beni Baningime, Cammy Devlin, Blair Spittal, Elton Kabangu, James Wilson
Kilmarnock line-up (3-5-2)
Kieran O'Hara, Lewis Mayo, Joe Wright, Robbie Deas, Calvin Ramsay, Liam Polworth, Kyle Magennis, Fraser Murray, Corrie Ndaba, Bobby Wales, Marley Watkins