Hearts 2-2 SK Rapid result, stats and report

Hearts produced a controlled second-half display to win 3-1 at Hibernian, with Hibs undone by a red card, sloppy defending, and a total failure to hold what they had built in the first half.

Salzburg put on a ruthless display at home, hammering SK Rapid 5-1 with a blistering first half that killed the contest before it had really started. Haris Tabakovic scored twice inside 21 minutes and the result was never seriously in doubt.

Hearts dominated possession of the ball for large stretches and led through a quick-fire equaliser, but SK Rapid's bench proved the difference, with a substitute scoring three minutes after coming on to level at Tynecastle.

Kilmarnock arrive at Rugby Park without a point from their opening two league games and carrying the worst defensive record in the division. Hearts travel knowing their form away from home tells a very different story to their performances at Tynecastle.

SK Rapid sit top of the Austrian Bundesliga with a maximum nine points from three games, but Friday evening's visit of a WSG Tirol side without an away win in five attempts offers more than a routine home fixture. The patterns underneath the surface of this match tell a more interesting story.

SK Rapid arrive at Wolfsberger sitting top of the Austrian Bundesliga with a goal difference of plus ten from three games, while the hosts have quietly built one of the division's most stubborn home records. Something has to give.

Hearts welcome Dundee to Tynecastle on Sunday with both sides sitting level on three points, but it is Dundee's catastrophic away record that dominates the conversation heading into this Scottish Premiership clash.

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