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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Falkirk Stadium
  • Attendance: 4638
  • Referee: Dougal, S

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

85 mins

Garcia Ruben Palazuelos goes into the referees book for dissent.

77 mins

Goal!! Hearts have scored with Deividas Cesnauskis putting it in the back of the net.

75 mins

The referee has booked Deividas Cesnauskis.

72 mins

Pedro Moutinho is being taken off, Russell Latapy has come on in his place.

71 mins

Jamie Mole goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

67 mins

Calum Elliot is replaced by Deividas Cesnauskis.

52 mins

Goal!! Falkirk have scored with Carl Finnigan putting it in the back of the net.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by S Dougal

45 mins

Goal!! Thomas Scobbie scores for Falkirk.

39 mins

Hearts are replacing Saulius Mikoliunas with Lee Wallace.

39 mins

Gerard Aafjes is booked for unsporting behaviour.

34 mins

Gary Glen is replaced by Jamie Mole.

31 mins

The referee has booked Jason Thomson.

0 mins

It's 7:45pm on Monday, May 5th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Falkirk closed the gap on rivals Hearts in the battle for seventh place in the SPL as the Bairns recording a deserved 2-1 victory over their Edinburgh visitors.

Falkirk now sit two minutes behind the Tynecastle men with two matches remaining.

There was a low-key beginning to the game with h sides displaying typical end of season lethargy and it took no less than 24 minutes before a serious attempt at goal was unleashed.

The visitors were the aggressors on this occasion, Laryea Kingston collecting a superbly weighted crossfield pass from Calum Elliott and advancing on goal, before firing in a strong angular shot which was turned round the post by Bairns keeper Shane Supple.
From the resultant corner taken by Kingston, Christophe Berra again tested Supple, the Irishman saving well from the Hearts defender's header.

Falkirk's first threat on the Hearts goal occurred on the half hour when Pedro Moutinho took advantage of a slack pass by Ruben Palazuelos, the Portuguese frontman shooting wide of Steve Banks' right-hand post.

It was the home side who finished the first half the stronger and they took the lead in the first minute of injury time, young defender Tam Scobbie volleying past Banks from Moutinho's corner .

Inspired by Scobbie's strike - it was the first time Falkirk had scored in front of their own supporters since mid February - the Bairns began the second half aggressively with Carl Finnigan attempting to release the well positioned Michael Higdon, who was denied by an excellent blocking tackle from Jose Goncalves.

Falkirk were pushing hard to increase their lead, an objective they achieved in the 52nd minute when Finnigan finished off a brilliant passing movement involving Patrick Cregg and man of the match Scobbie, heading past Banks from close range to make it 2-0.

The Bairns were looking particularly comfortable at this stage and the collective frustration of the Hearts players became increasingly apparent, with Jamie Mole being yellow carded by referee Stuart Dougal for a foul in the 71st minute and Deividas Cesnauskis suffering a similar fate shortly afterwards, the Lithuanian having been adjudged to have dived in an attempt to win a penalty.

Cesnauskis redeemed himself to some extent 13 minutes from time with a fine individual goal but, despite some late pressure from Hearts, Falkirk held on for victory.

Falkirk Team

Hearts Team

Falkirk

Hearts

Corners

4 2

Fouls

14 23

Goal attempts

9 9

Shots off target

5 5

Offsides

0 1

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