We said: Hearts 2-1 Kilmarnock
Both sides, who saw their respective losing streaks come to an end at the weekend, will head into Wednesday with renewed confidence as they look to kick off their cup campaign on a high. Hearts have won three of their last four home games and we are backing them to squeeze out a narrow win against Kilmarnock, who have lost their two away games this season.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Hearts win with a probability of 46.34%. A win for Kilmarnock had a probability of 28.13% and a draw had a probability of 25.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Hearts win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.79%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.23%) and 2-0 (8.2%). The likeliest Kilmarnock win was 0-1 (7.99%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.14%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 8% likelihood.