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Andy Halliday's double looked to have Hearts on course for a comfortable afternoonHeart of Midlothian move up to fourth in the Scottish Premiership after defeating Motherwell in a dramatic finale despite being reduced to 10 men.
An Andy Halliday double either side of half-time came after the home side had midfielder Jorge Grant sent off seven minutes from half-time.
Motherwell looked to have rescued a point through a Louis Moult penalty and close-range Blair Spittal finish.
But Lawrence Shankland's late spot kick secured the points for the home team.
The win moves Robbie Neilson's side up from eighth, with Motherwell stuck in ninth.
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Heart of Midlothian
Squad number1Player nameGordon
Squad number2Player nameSmith
Squad number21Player nameSibbick
Squad number19Player nameCochrane
Squad number16Player nameHalliday
Squad number14Player nameDevlin
Squad number30Player nameGinnelly
Squad number7Player nameGrant
Squad number77Player nameSnodgrass
Squad number18Player nameMcKay
Squad number9Player nameShankland
Squad number12Player nameAtkinson
Squad number15Player nameRowles
Squad number20Player nameNeilson
Motherwell
Squad number1Player nameKelly
Squad number16Player nameMcGinn
Squad number15Player nameJohansen
Squad number4Player nameLamie
Squad number24Player namePenney
Squad number8Player nameSlattery
Squad number27Player nameGoss
Squad number29Player nameShields
Squad number7Player nameSpittal
Squad number17Player nameMcKinstry
Squad number9Player namevan Veen
Squad number2Player nameO'Donnell
Squad number21Player nameMoult
Line-ups
Hearts
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 1GordonBooked at 38mins
- 2Smith
- 21SibbickBooked at 73mins
- 19Cochrane
- 16HallidaySubstituted forAtkinsonat 77'minutes
- 14Devlin
- 30GinnellySubstituted forNeilsonat 77'minutes
- 7GrantBooked at 38mins
- 77Snodgrass
- 18McKaySubstituted forRowlesat 90'minutes
- 9Shankland
Substitutes
- 8Kiomourtzoglou
- 12Atkinson
- 15Rowles
- 17Forrest
- 20Neilson
- 22Henderson
- 27Smith
- 28Clark
- 39Pollock
Motherwell
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Kelly
- 16McGinnSubstituted forO'Donnellat 20'minutes
- 15Johansen
- 4LamieBooked at 36mins
- 24Penney
- 8Slattery
- 27Goss
- 29ShieldsSubstituted forMoultat 55'minutesBooked at 61mins
- 7Spittal
- 17McKinstryBooked at 84mins
- 9van Veen
Substitutes
- 2O'Donnell
- 5Mugabi
- 6Maguire
- 13Oxborough
- 18Cornelius
- 21Moult
- 23Morris
- 26Tierney
- 38Miller
Referee:Kevin Clancy
Attendance:18,806
Live Text
Match ends, Heart of Midlothian 3, Motherwell 2.
Second Half ends, Heart of Midlothian 3, Motherwell 2.
Foul by Ricki Lamie (Motherwell).
Alex Cochrane (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Cameron Devlin.
Attempt blocked. Ricki Lamie (Motherwell) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Craig Gordon.
Attempt saved. Matt Penney (Motherwell) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Callum Slattery (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Louis Moult (Motherwell) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricki Lamie.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Kye Rowles replaces Barrie McKay.
Goal! Heart of Midlothian 3, Motherwell 2. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Sondre Johansen (Motherwell) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Callum Slattery.
Foul by Stuart McKinstry (Motherwell).
Alex Cochrane (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Stuart McKinstry (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Stuart McKinstry (Motherwell).
Barrie McKay (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hand ball by Louis Moult (Motherwell).
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