Hearts vs Motherwell Prediction: An open contest ahead

This Sunday, Motherwell will face Hearts on the road, which will put their perfect record in the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership season to the test. The home team has gotten off to a shaky start to the new season, as they come into this encounter on the heels of being eliminated from the Europa League competition.

The season for Hearts got off to a great start when they defeated St. Johnstone by a score of 2-0; however, since then, they have had a string of inconsistent results, with only two other triumphs, a draw, and four losses across all competitions. The Jambos entered this weekend having already been eliminated from the Europa Conference League by PAOK by a combined score of 6-1 after losing their most recent encounter by a score of 4-0. The Jambos have now lost three consecutive matches. It is a worrying run of play considering that Hearts' most recent SPL match resulted in a loss to Dundee by a score of 1-0 and that Hearts have only scored one goal throughout their last three matches combined. In spite of this, Frankie McAvoy's team is currently in fifth place, and in their first three SPL matches, they have only allowed a single goal to be scored against them, which should give the group a great deal of confidence.

Motherwell are presently unbeaten in the league, and they will be aiming to keep that run going, as a win for them may see Motherwell finish the weekend on top of the table. If that win occurs, Motherwell will finish the weekend in first place. The Steelmen may have been eliminated from the Scottish League Cup by St. Mirren, but their performance against Kilmarnock the previous weekend was a triumphant vindication of their resilience in the face of defeat. Even though they were behind after Marley Watkins put the ball in the back of the net in the 12th minute of the encounter, Motherwell worked very hard to fight back, and they showed a lot of spirit in order to win the match and gain all three points. Harry Paton's game-winning goal was not scored until the 98th minute, demonstrating that Stuart Kettlewell's men left it late. This demonstrates that the Steelers are not prepared to give up on any game at the present, which is a mentality that will serve the squad well in the future.

Hearts possible starting lineup:

Clark; Atkinson, Kent, Rowles, Spencer; Devlin, Cochrane; Oda, Boyce, Vargas; Shankland

Motherwell possible starting lineup:

Kelly; McGinn, Mugabi, Casey; O'Donnell, Slattery, Miller, Spittal, Souare; Efford, Bair

The first part of Hearts' season has been a bit of a roller coaster, but the fact that they are coming into this contest on the heels of three consecutive defeats is something that could be significant in terms of their momentum. Due to the fact that Motherwell have shown that they are resilient and difficult to defeat this season, it is likely that they will come out on top in what seems to be a match that will be quite close.