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Inverness CT face a trip to Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 8 games played, Caley Thistle have recorded 3 wins, and Hearts have come away with 4 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2008, the Jambo's carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Apr | Hearts | 1 - 0 | Inverness CT | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Mar | Inverness CT | 0 - 3 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Dec | Hearts | 2 - 3 | Inverness CT | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Sep | Inverness CT | 2 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Hearts | 1 - 0 | Inverness CT | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Inverness CT | 0 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 26 Aug | Hearts | 4 - 1 | Inverness CT | 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. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
The Caley Thistle have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Caley Thistle's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Hearts's 9 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. Inverness CT's 7 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Inverness CT | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This promises to be an excellent test for the in-form Caley Thistle, but one which I believe will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. |
| Inverness CT | Undefeated in last 3 away games. |