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Hearts face a trip to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Jambo's have won 24 of the 91 games compared to the host's 43 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2003, the Killie carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | Kilmarnock | 1 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Feb | Hearts | 3 - 0 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 23 Nov | Kilmarnock | 0 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 31 Aug | Hearts | 1 - 1 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Feb | Kilmarnock | 3 - 3 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 15 Dec | Hearts | 2 - 0 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 16 Sep | Kilmarnock | 1 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Kilmarnock have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.
Hearts have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Only 3 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 leaked at the wrong end.
Kilmarnock see themselves just below half way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, showing a record of 4 points from their 4 games played so far, Hearts are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 9 points from 4 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| Hearts | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Hearts on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Kilmarnock. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Kilmarnock | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Hearts | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 11 outings ago. |