Heart of Midlothian vs Falkirk, 2025-26 Scottish Premiership

· Scottish Premiership

Heart of Midlothian

29': Frankie Kent
34': Cameron Devlin
86': Blair Spittal

FT
3 - 0

Falkirk

Hearts set for final-day title showdown at Celtic after easing past Falkirk

Hearts will have to avoid defeat away to Celtic on Saturday in order to win the William Hill Premiership title after a 3-0 home win over depleted Falkirk maintained their one-point advantage at the top.

Match Timeline

15': Blair Spittal (Heart of Midlothian) Yellow Card at 15'
29': Frankie Kent (Heart of Midlothian) Goal at 29'
34': Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian) Goal at 34'
45': Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian) Substitution at 45'
45': Ross Maciver (Falkirk) Substitution at 45'
45': Ben Parkinson (Falkirk) Substitution at 45'
52': Calvin Miller (Falkirk) Yellow Card at 52'
56': Ethan Ross (Falkirk) Substitution at 56'
67': Jordi Altena (Heart of Midlothian) Substitution at 67'
75': Henry Cartwright (Falkirk) Substitution at 75'
76': Brad Spencer (Falkirk) Yellow Card at 76'
82': Liam Henderson (Falkirk) Yellow Card at 82'
83': Sabah Kerjota (Heart of Midlothian) Substitution at 83'
83': Pierre Landry Kabore (Heart of Midlothian) Substitution at 83'
86': Blair Spittal (Heart of Midlothian) Goal at 86'
90'+3': Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) Substitution at 93'

Statistics

FALK		HOM
17	Fouls	6
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	5
1	Saves	1
35.4	Possession	64.6
4	SHOTS	12
1	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
1	Blocked Shots	4
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Venue: Tynecastle Park
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Attendance: 18,861

SPFL Premiership Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	6	+11	18
2	Rangers	6	+3	13
3	Heart of Midlothian	5	+7	12
4	St Mirren	6	+2	10

Full Table

Line-Ups

Heart of Midlothian (4-4-2)

No.	Name
25	Alexander Schwolow (GK)
19	Stuart Findlay
2	Frankie Kent
18	Harry Milne
15	Michael Steinwender
14	Cameron Devlin
6	Beni Baningime
16	Blair Spittal
89	Alexandros Kyziridis
10	Cláudio Braga
9	Lawrence Shankland

Heart of Midlothian Substitutes:

Islam Chesnokov, Alan Forrest, Jordi Altena, Ryan Fulton, Pierre Landry Kabore, Jamie McCart, Christian Borchgrevink, Stephen Kingsley, Sabah Kerjota.

Falkirk (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Nicky Hogarth (GK)
5	Liam Henderson
6	Coll Donaldson
8	Brad Spencer
42	Sam Hart
20	Connor Allan
21	Dylan Tait
14	Finn Yeats
29	Calvin Miller
22	Kyrell Wilson
11	Ben Broggio

Falkirk Substitutes:

Henry Cartwright, Ethan Ross, Kai Brown, Ross Maciver, Kalvin Bennett, Ben Parkinson, Jamie Sneddon, Brian Graham, Gary Oliver.

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