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Dundee Utd. face a trip to Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Terrors will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 38 and win only 16 of the 70 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2007, where Dundee Utd. annihilated the The Terrors 0 - 4 in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 17 Mar | Hearts | 0 - 4 | Dundee Utd. | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Dec | Dundee Utd. | 0 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 01 Oct | Hearts | 4 - 0 | Dundee Utd. | SPL |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 07 Feb | Dundee Utd. | 1 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 05 Nov | Hearts | 3 - 0 | Dundee Utd. | SPL |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 14 Aug | Dundee Utd. | 0 - 3 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Apr | Dundee Utd. | 2 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart of Midlothian have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Jambo's, with 7 goals against.
Dundee Utd. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the The Terrors have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Hearts's 14 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. Dundee Utd. find themselves in a respectable 4th position, courtesy of the 16 points they have accumulated from 9 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 15 |
| Dundee Utd. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Jambo's, as the The Terrors have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| Dundee Utd. | 15 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |