"When these two sides met at Tynecastle in August, they delivered arguably the best match of the season so far. Jens Berthel Askou's Motherwell swept into a three-goal lead with some of the free-flowing football we've become accustomed to from them this season, before Hearts roared back to snatch a point, thanks to Claudio Braga's double. They lock horns again this weekend, with a similarly high-scoring encounter hopefully in the works."
"Motherwell have climbed up to fourth in the table with four wins from their past five league outings, drawing 1-1 at Aberdeen in the other. In contrast, Hearts have stumbled for the first time this season. They lost 1-0 at Pittodrie last weekend - their first league defeat - and have dropped points in three of their four matches since they beat Celtic last month."
The Scottish Premiership features three matches on Saturday and three on Sunday with meaningful implications for both the title race and relegation fight. Dundee host St Mirren, Motherwell play league leaders Hearts, and Kilmarnock face Dundee United. Motherwell beat Hearts 3-0 in August before conceding a comeback draw, and have won four of their past five league games to climb fourth. Hearts suffered a first league defeat at Aberdeen and have dropped points recently, but a win could open a seven-point gap over Celtic. Rangers fielded a makeshift centre-back pairing due to injuries and narrowly beat Livingston 2-1.
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