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Dundee face a trip to Heart Of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Dees will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 67 and win only 22 of the 114 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2004, with Hearts running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 Aug | Dundee | 0 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Hearts | 3 - 1 | Dundee | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 06 Jan | Dundee | 1 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 03 Dec | Dundee | 1 - 0 | Hearts | SLC |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 04 Oct | Hearts | 2 - 2 | Dundee | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 25 May | Hearts | 1 - 0 | Dundee | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 29 Dec | Dundee | 1 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart Of Midlothian are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Jambo's in those games, with 3 conceded.
In complete contrast to Hearts, Dundee are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Dees have hit 9 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Hearts's 16 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. Dundee see themselves just below half way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, showing a record of 9 points from their 11 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| Dundee | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Jambo's, as the Dees have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Unbeaten in the last 16 home games. |
| Dundee | Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |