Source: Team_Talk
Hearts v Motherwell preview
Team news for Saturday's Scottish Premier League clash between Hearts and Motherwell at Tynecastle.[LNB] Craig Thomson is suspended for the Jambos.[LNB]The 19-year-old was sent off in the Co-operative Insurance Cup defeat at Falkirk, adding to manager Jim Jefferies' defensive woes, with Lee Wallace (knee) and Marius Zaliukas - subject of a contract dispute, but now back in training following a knee problem - still out.[LNB]Stephen Elliott could play following a hamstring problem, but Dawid Kucharski (calf strain) and Andrew Driver (knee) remain absent, while Jefferies will serve the first of a two-game touchline ban after being sent to the stands at Celtic earlier this month.[LNB]Motherwell striker Esteban Casagolda underwent knee surgery this morning to repair damaged cartilage and will be out for three to four weeks.[LNB]But manager Craig Brown hopes to have Stevie Hammell back following a hamstring injury.[LNB]Marc Fitzpatrick (knee) and Shaun Hutchinson (hamstring) remain on the sidelines.[LNB]Hearts (from): Kello, Barr, Bouzid, Black, Stevenson, Glen, Obua, Palazuelos, Templeton, Elliot, Elliott, Santana, Balogh, Kyle, Jonsson, Mrowiec, J Thomson, Robinson, Novikovas, Skacel.[LNB]Motherwell (from): Randolph, Saunders, Page, Hammell, Craigan, Reynolds, Hateley, Lasley, Jennings, Humphrey, Gow, Forbes, Blackman, Murphy, Sutton, McHugh, Pollock, Hollis.
