Hearts vs Motherwell

17 February 2024 · Scottish Premiership · 2023/24 · Referee C Graham

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Lawrence Shankland 67’
  • Kenneth Vargas 90+2’

Match summary

Hearts beat Motherwell 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Lawrence Shankland put Hearts ahead with a header in the 67th minute and Kenneth Vargas made it 2-0 in stoppage time.

Shots finished 22-10 to Hearts, with 7 on target for Hearts and 3 for Motherwell.

Match stats

Hearts Motherwell
22 Shots 10
7 Shots on Target 3
9 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Hearts Motherwell
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Lawrence Shankland1-0 (Hearts)
67’
Kenneth Vargas2-0 (Hearts)
90+2’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Hearts
  • Lawrence Shankland
Motherwell
  • Davor Zdravkovski
  • Sam Nicholson

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Motherwell attacking Hearts attacking 
7’ Alex Cochrane (Hearts), from a corner, off target 12’ Dan Casey (Motherwell), from a corner, saved 18’ Harrison Paton (Motherwell), open play, blocked 19’ Dan Casey (Motherwell), open play, saved 26’ Scott Fraser (Hearts), open play, blocked 30’ Frankie Kent (Hearts), from a corner, off target 33’ Calem Nieuwenhof (Hearts), open play, blocked 37’ Lennon Miller (Motherwell), open play, off target 41’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), open play, blocked 47’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, off target 47’ Lennon Miller (Motherwell), from a corner, off target 50’ Georgie Gent (Motherwell), open play, off target 51’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), open play, saved 52’ Theo Bair (Motherwell), open play, blocked 58’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), from a corner, off target 58’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), from a corner, saved 58’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), from a corner, off target 60’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, blocked 62’ Yutaro Oda (Hearts), open play, saved 67’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), set piece, goal 71’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, hit the woodwork 72’ Yutaro Oda (Hearts), open play, blocked 74’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), set piece, off target 79’ Harrison Paton (Motherwell), open play, blocked 80’ Mark Ferrie (Motherwell), from a corner, saved 81’ Frankie Kent (Hearts), from a corner, off target 81’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), open play, saved 81’ Paul McGinn (Motherwell), open play, blocked 84’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), from a corner, saved 84’ Yutaro Oda (Hearts), open play, blocked 90+2’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, goal 90+2’ Nathaniel Atkinson (Hearts), open play, blocked 7’ Alex Cochrane (Hearts), from a corner, off target 12’ Dan Casey (Motherwell), from a corner, saved 18’ Harrison Paton (Motherwell), open play, blocked 19’ Dan Casey (Motherwell), open play, saved 26’ Scott Fraser (Hearts), open play, blocked 30’ Frankie Kent (Hearts), from a corner, off target 33’ Calem Nieuwenhof (Hearts), open play, blocked 37’ Lennon Miller (Motherwell), open play, off target 41’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), open play, blocked 47’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, off target 47’ Lennon Miller (Motherwell), from a corner, off target 50’ Georgie Gent (Motherwell), open play, off target 51’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), open play, saved 52’ Theo Bair (Motherwell), open play, blocked 58’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), from a corner, off target 58’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), from a corner, saved 58’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), from a corner, off target 60’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, blocked 62’ Yutaro Oda (Hearts), open play, saved 67’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), set piece, goal 71’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, hit the woodwork 72’ Yutaro Oda (Hearts), open play, blocked 74’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), set piece, off target 79’ Harrison Paton (Motherwell), open play, blocked 80’ Mark Ferrie (Motherwell), from a corner, saved 81’ Frankie Kent (Hearts), from a corner, off target 81’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), open play, saved 81’ Paul McGinn (Motherwell), open play, blocked 84’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), from a corner, saved 84’ Yutaro Oda (Hearts), open play, blocked 90+2’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, goal 90+2’ Nathaniel Atkinson (Hearts), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Dexter Lembikisa Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
Calem Nieuwenhof Taken off
77′ – – 1 – – – –
Scott Fraser Taken off
59′ – – 1 – – – –
Beni Baningime Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
Alex Cochrane Taken off
59′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 4 – – –
90′ – – 5 – – – –
Nathaniel Atkinson Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 1 – – – –
Kenneth Vargas Came on as a substitute
44′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Macaulay Tait Came on as a substitute
31′ – – – – – – –
Yutaro Oda Came on as a substitute
31′ – – 3 – – – –
Cameron Devlin Came on as a substitute
13′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Hearts win 55% Avg odds 1.71
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.73
Motherwell win 20% Avg odds 4.85

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.