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Hearts

Scottish Premiership · 3rd

Play style · last 5

High-Energy Press

DEFATT
PassiveHigh press
Deep lineConcedes in the boxWide play

high-intensity pressing and fast vertical transitions. Measured against Scottish Premiership; block height comes from how they press, not from tracking.

On Paper rating · last 14 matches

League table

3rd

13 points from 7

On Paper

3rd

Chances made and conceded

This season

7

Pld

4

W

1

D

2

L

14

GF

8

GA

13

Pts

D

W

W

W

L

D

last 6

Drew 1–1 away at Kilmarnock · Sep 19

That's how they've played so far. Where the model has Hearts finishing in May, and the odds on going down, come with a free account.

What the numbers say

Season to date, measured against the rest of the division.

Attack

Riding a hot streak in front of goal

Scoring about 16% above what their shots support. Enjoy it, but this is the part that regresses first.

1.16

goals per expected

Defence

They win it in the air

3rd in the division for aerial duels won.

155

aerials won

Overall

Conceding fouls freely

89 fouls given away, among the most in the division. Free kicks in bad areas add up.

89

fouls

Against the rest of the division

Where the squad's season totals sit among the 12 clubs.

Big chances created

3rd of 12

13

Shots

4th of 12

116

About 16.6 a match.

Key passes

4th of 12

90

Chance creation is not the problem.

Goals

2nd of 12

13

Duels won

2nd of 12

419

They win the physical exchanges.

Tackles

6th of 12

121

They do a lot of defending, one way or another.

Clearances

6th of 12

198

A lot of the ball ends up in their own box.

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Who's driving it

The squad's leaders this season.

Highest rated

Josh McPake

Josh McPake

Attacker · Scotland

7.46

Most goals

James Thomas Wilson

James Thomas Wilson

Attacker · Scotland

3

Most assists

Josh McPake

Josh McPake

Attacker · Scotland

4

Big chances created

Josh McPake

Josh McPake

Attacker · Scotland

4

Duels won

Josh McPake

Josh McPake

Attacker · Scotland

42

Big chances missed

Jerome Williams

Jerome Williams

Attacker · United States

2

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