Kilmarnock 2-1 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 1 April 2023

Result

Kilmarnock 2-1 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 1 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Kilmarnock · Hearts · Premiership predictions

Kilmarnock 2-1 Hearts: match report

Kilmarnock beat Hearts 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 1 April 2023. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Kilmarnock's goals came from Danny Armstrong (22', penalty) and Christian Doidge (45'). Hearts scored through Lawrence Shankland (7').

Discipline: Kilmarnock received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Hearts received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Kilmarnock were 10th on 25 points from 29 and Hearts 3rd on 45 points from 29. Kilmarnock went on to finish that season 10th with 40 points, and Hearts 4th with 54.

Kilmarnock lined up in a 3-5-2 and Hearts in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Armstrong of Kilmarnock (8.4), ahead of Joe Wright (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Kilmarnock wins, 1 draw and 1 for Hearts.

Going into the match Kilmarnock's last five read D-L-D-L-L and Hearts's L-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 0-1
  • 22'Penalty goal · Danny ArmstrongKilmarnock · 1-1
  • 45'Goal · Christian DoidgeKilmarnock · 2-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Rory McKenzieKilmarnock
  • 51'Yellow card · Liam DonnellyKilmarnock
  • 56'Yellow card · Stephen KingsleyHearts
  • 60'Red card · Rory McKenzieKilmarnock
  • 81'Yellow card · L. ChambersKilmarnock
  • 87'Yellow card · Michael SmithHearts

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Kilmarnock 0, draws 1, Hearts 1.

Team news

Kilmarnock line-up (3-5-2)

Sam Walker, Lewis Mayo, Joe Wright, Jeriel Dorsett, Danny Armstrong, David Shankland Watson, Liam Donnelly, Rory McKenzie, Jordan Jones, Christian Doidge, K. Vassell

Hearts line-up (4-3-3)

Zander Clark, Michael Smith, Toby Sibbick, Kye Rowles, Stephen Kingsley, Jorge Grant, Robert Snodgrass, Orestis Kiomourtzoglou, Josh Ginnelly, Lawrence Shankland, Alan Forrest