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Hearts vs Dundee United Prediction: Vrancken's New Era Faces Early Test at Tynecastle

Hearts host Dundee United at Tynecastle Park on 9 August 2026 in a Matchday 2 Scottish Premiership fixture, with both clubs arriving carrying baggage of different kinds. Hearts come in under new Belgian coach Wouter Vrancken after a summer that…

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  • It's week 2 of the 2026-2027 Premiership on 2026-08-09 at 15:00 GMT, when Hearts and Dundee United go head-to-head.
  • With the data available to us, Wouter Vrancken and Jim Goodwin have not met as managers before.
  • Hearts have accumulated 0 points to lie 9th whereas Dundee United have 1 point to sit 6th.
  • Neither Hearts nor Dundee United are missing any players.
  • We're predicting Hearts to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-4-2, and Dundee United are expected to line up in 3-4-2-1.
  • The previous match saw O. McEntee lead Hearts with a 8.3 TheyScored rating, and W. Ferry top-rating for Dundee United at 8.5.
  • Hearts suffered a 1-6 defeat to Benfica, while Dundee United managed a 1-1 draw versus Rangers.
  • Neither side is flying – Hearts 0-1-4 and Dundee United 2-1-2 over the last 5 matches.
  • Dominance for Hearts: across 47 clashes, they've won 19 games and only lost 17 games to Dundee United, with 11 stalemates.

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Hearts is going head to head with Dundee Utd on 9/8/2026 14:00 GMT for the Scotland Premiership. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Hearts v Dundee Utd H2H statistics!