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Dundee FC v Hearts

Saturday 21 November 2026, 17:45 · Dens Park · Round 14

Forecast

Dundee FCHearts
Expected goals1.071.57
Win25%48%
Expected Points1.031.71
Clean sheet21%34%

Dundee FC 25%Draw 26%Hearts 48%

Most likely score 1–1, 13%. Both sides score 53%.

Hearts goalsDundee FC goals0123456+0123456+8%9%5%2%7%5%2%4%6%5%3%1%1%2%2%11%13%9%

From the forecast as it stood on 11 October 2026: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

Form

Dundee FC

  1. W2–110 OctFalkirk (A)xG 1.41–1.97
  2. W2–119 SepMotherwell (H)xG 1.38–1.10
  3. L1–26 SepHearts (A)xG 0.42–1.93
  4. D1–12 SepSt. Johnstone (H)xG 2.07–1.08
  5. L1–230 AugHibernian (H)xG 1.03–2.33
  6. W2–022 AugDundee United (A)xG 1.43–1.19

Hearts

  1. W5–010 OctSt. Mirren (H)xG 3.43–0.68
  2. D1–119 SepKilmarnock (A)xG 1.92–0.39
  3. L1–215 SepFalkirk (A)xG 1.79–2.14
  4. W2–16 SepDundee FC (H)xG 1.93–0.42
  5. W3–13 SepHibernian (A)xG 0.86–1.47
  6. W2–129 AugSt. Johnstone (H)xG 2.20–1.28

The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.

Season to date

Dundee FCHearts
Position4th3rd
Played88
Won, drawn, lost4–⁠1–⁠35–⁠1–⁠2
Points13 (1.62 per game)16 (2.00 per game)
Expected Points per game1.191.90
Goals11–⁠819–⁠8
xG per game1.26–⁠1.572.02–⁠1.20
Home: points, xG per game1.75, 1.58–⁠1.313.00, 2.44–⁠0.74
Away: points, xG per game1.50, 0.94–⁠1.841.00, 1.60–⁠1.66
ManagerSteven Pressley (46)Wouter Vrancken (8)

League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.

Ratings

0.51.01.52.0League average 1.34AttackDundee FC1.12, 9thHearts1.52, 3rdDefence (lower is better)Dundee FC1.54, 10thHearts1.11, 3rd

This season

Attack0.51.01.52.0AugSepOctDundee FC attack: 1.12Hearts attack: 1.521.521.12HeartsDundee FCDefence (lower is better)0.51.01.52.0AugSepOctDundee FC defence: 1.54Hearts defence: 1.111.541.11

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday, with their rank among the league's clubs; a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs, spread up and down only so they don't overlap.

Strengths and weaknesses

Dundee FCHearts
CreatedConcededCreatedConceded
Open play−32%+13%+17%−21%
Counter-attacks−17%−59%−11%−53%
Set pieces+19%−13%+27%−8%
Penalties−40%+20%+140%−40%
Headers+25%+14%−10%−9%
Left side+3%+20%+45%−37%
Centre−24%−32%+25%+5%
Right side−31%+18%−34%−50%

xG created and conceded per game against the league average this season: +24% is 24% more than an average side. Left and right are each side's own, so chances conceded on its left come from opponents attacking down their right. Green favours the side and amber doesn't.

Matchups

Dundee FC attacking

Dundee FC createdHearts concededLeft side+3%−50%Centre−24%+5%Right side−31%−37%Open play−32%−21%Counter-attacks−17%−53%Set pieces+19%−8%Headers+25%−9%

Hearts attacking

Hearts createdDundee FC concededLeft side+45%+18%Centre+25%−32%Right side−34%+20%Open play+17%+13%Counter-attacks−11%−59%Set pieces+27%−13%Headers−10%+14%

Each side's xG created per game down each side of the pitch, through the centre, and from each type of chance, against what its opponent concedes there, both relative to the league average.

Season averages

Dundee FCHearts

1.26xG2.02
1.57xG against1.20
38%Possession54%
12.6Shots16.8
18.9Shots against9.5
4.5Shots on target5.4
2.5Big chances2.8
19.1Touches in the opposition box29.9
336Passes445
73%Pass accuracy79%
5.1Corners7.4
25%Field tilt59%
26.9Final-third entries38.2
9.5Box entries16.5
19.6Passes per defensive action12.1

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Dundee FC

StateMinutes per gamexG per 90xG against per 90
Level411.361.48
Ahead331.241.63
Behind161.001.68

Hearts

StateMinutes per gamexG per 90xG against per 90
Level221.791.33
Ahead462.011.30
Behind222.290.85

xG by period

Dundee FC

MinutesxG per gamexG againstGoals
1–150.070.161–0
16–300.290.182–1
31–450.130.342–2
46–600.210.143–1
61–750.190.340–1
76–900.370.413–3

Hearts

MinutesxG per gamexG againstGoals
1–150.320.064–1
16–300.240.092–2
31–450.530.154–0
46–600.380.263–2
61–750.210.142–1
76–900.350.524–2

Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.

Most used players by position

Dundee FC

GKRBCBCBLBRMCMCMLMSTSTGoodman 8D. Wright 7Halliday 1Astley 8O. Bevan 8Odutayo 5Samuels 3J. Bevan 6Forrest 1Robertson 1Finnigan 6Jones 2Hamilton 8Reilly 4Forrest 3Moorhouse 1Fink 4Murray 2Forrest 1Westley 7Hay 14-4-2 in 5 of 8 starts

Formations: 4-4-2 (5), 4-2-3-1 (3)

Hearts

GKRBCBCBLBDMDMRWAMLWSTReus 8Altena 7Borchgrevink 1McCart 4McEntee 4Fagan-Walcott 1Findlay 6Milne 1McCart 2Milne 2Mendy 1Magnússon 3Ageu 1Dhanda 1Mendy 6Spittal 3Renaud 1Miller 5Kerjota 3Braga 7Ba-Sy 1McPake 7Miller 1Wilson 6Braga 1Ba-Sy 14-2-3-1 in 6 of 8 starts

Formations: 4-2-3-1 (6), 4-4-2 (2)

This season's most used formation, with up to three players who started most often in each position and their league starts there. Underneath, when a side has used more than one, every formation with its starts.

Head to head

DateHomeAwayxG
6 September 2026Hearts2–1Dundee FCxG 1.93–0.42
21 March 2026Hearts1–0Dundee FCxG 1.64–0.56
11 January 2026Dundee FC0–1HeartsxG 1.34–0.36
1 November 2025Hearts4–0Dundee FCxG 3.43–0.10
26 April 2025Hearts0–1Dundee FCxG 1.46–0.71
1 February 2025Dundee FC0–6HeartsxG 0.37–3.06

15 league meetings since 2020/21: Dundee FC won 4, Hearts won 10, and 1 was a draw. Goals 13–29 and xG 0.80–1.78 per game.

Key players

Dundee FC

PlayerStartsMinGAxG per 90xA per 90
Westley7537300.570.04
J. Bevan6521110.140.06
D. Wright7637110.020.10
O. Bevan8720200.070.03

Hearts

PlayerStartsMinGAxG per 90xA per 90
Miller7535310.500.13
Braga8655320.490.08
McPake7556340.230.23
Mendy7582200.190.07

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes.