Falkirk vs Heart Of Midlothian match stats & report

2–1 Full time

Premiership · Scotland · Regular Season - 3 · Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk

Falkirk stats & fixtures · Heart Of Midlothian stats & fixtures

Falkirk beat Heart Of Midlothian 2–1 in the Premiership on 15 September 2026. Expected goals finished 2.05–1.72. Heart Of Midlothian had 59% of the ball.

Falkirk vs Heart Of Midlothian match statistics

FalkirkHeart Of Midlothian

41% Ball possession 59%
2.05 Expected goals (xG) 1.72
13 Total shots 9
4 Shots on target 4
6 Shots off target 2
3 Blocked shots 3
10 Shots inside the box 6
3 Corners 4
15 Fouls 13
0 Offsides 3
4 Yellow cards 3
347 Passes 488
76% Pass accuracy 80%
3 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

3' Yellow card Finley Frank Barbrook Falkirk
8' Goal B. Krauhaus (assist R. Strain) Falkirk
22' Goal James Wilson (assist Josh McPake) Heart Of Midlothian
28' Yellow card Cláudio Braga Heart Of Midlothian
35' Yellow card Y. Dhanda Heart Of Midlothian
55' Yellow card R. Strain Falkirk
67' Yellow card Owen Eames Falkirk
68' Goal Owen Eames Falkirk
75' Yellow card C. Fodrey Falkirk
77' Yellow card Jamie McCart Heart Of Midlothian

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Falkirk

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 John McGlynn

19 S. Bain

3 L. McCann 5 L. Henderson 15 L. Neilson 22 R. Strain

8 B. Spencer 16 Finley Frank Barbrook

42 Owen Eames 28 B. Krauhaus 23 E. Ross

24 J. Murrell

Bench N. Hogarth , J. McMillan , S. Tanser , D. Meļņiks , C. Sibbald , R. MacIver , C. Fodrey , Ben Parkinson , A. Doherty

Heart Of Midlothian

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Wouter Vrancken

1 Beau Reus

18 Harry Milne 17 Stuart Findlay 5 Jamie McCart 23 Jordi Altena

78 Laurent Mendy 31 Y. Dhanda

15 Josh McPake 10 Cláudio Braga 7 Calvin Miller

21 James Wilson

Bench Ryan Fulton , Stephen Kingsley , Christian Borchgrevink , Sabah Kerjota , Jerome Williams , Pierre Landry Kaboré , A. Ba-Sy , Severin Sabri Guendouz , Rogers Mato

Form guide

Falkirk at home

3–0–7 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.3 per game
Conceded: 2.3 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 4.7 per game
Shots on target: 3.2 per game

0% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Heart Of Midlothian away

3–1–6 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.2 per game
Conceded: 2.2 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 6.3 per game
Shots on target: 3.7 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Falkirk vs Heart Of Midlothian head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
13 May 26	Heart Of Midlothian v Falkirk	3–0
21 Feb 26	Heart Of Midlothian v Falkirk	1–0
13 Dec 25	Falkirk v Heart Of Midlothian	0–2
27 Sep 25	Heart Of Midlothian v Falkirk	3–0

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Falkirk vs Heart Of Midlothian head-to-head record