Hearts 3-1 Motherwell: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 11 April 2026
Result
Hearts 3-1 Motherwell
Premiership · Saturday 11 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Hearts 3-1 Motherwell: match report
Hearts defeated Motherwell 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 11 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
Emmanuel Longelo opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Hearts's goals came from Cláudio Braga (61'), Lawrence Shankland (87', penalty) and Pierre Landry Kabore (90+2'). Motherwell scored through Emmanuel Longelo (50').
Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Motherwell received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hearts were 1st on 67 points from 32 and Motherwell 4th on 54 points from 32. Hearts went on to finish that season 2nd with 80 points, and Motherwell 4th with 61.
Hearts lined up in a 3-5-2 and Motherwell in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cláudio Braga of Hearts (7.8), ahead of Pierre Landry Kaboré (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Hearts wins, 3 draws and 3 for Motherwell.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Motherwell's L-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Paul McGinn
- 50'Goal · Emmanuel Longelo
- 61'Goal · Cláudio Braga
- 82'Yellow card · Ibrahim Said
- 87'Penalty goal · Lawrence Shankland
- 90+2'Goal · Pierre Landry Kabore
- 90+3'Yellow card · Pierre Landry Kabore
Head-to-head
Team news
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Hearts line-up (3-5-2)
Alexander Schwolow, Oisin McEntee, Craig Halkett, Stuart Findlay, Alexandros Kyziridis, Cammy Devlin, Beni Baningime, Blair Spittal, Stephen Kingsley, Lawrence Shankland, Cláudio Braga
Motherwell line-up (4-2-3-1)
Calum Ward, Tom Sparrow, Paul McGinn, Stephen Welsh, Stephen O'Donnell, Lukas Fadinger, Elliot Watt, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise, Elijah Just, Emmanuel Longelo, Ibrahim Said