Barrie McKay sends a free kick sailing behind. That's disappointing from the Hearts forward.

There were plenty of bodies in the box to aim for.

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Former Motherwell defender on BBC Sportsound

Paul McGinn's afternoon is done. He's been excellent for Motherwell this season.

Stephen O'Donnell is on at right-back.

Motherwell right-back Paul McGinn is in some pain. He fell awkwardly while tussling with Robert Snodgrass.

It looks like he's over-extended his leg.

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Former Motherwell defender on BBC Sportsound

What a chance for Lawrence Shabkland!

A diagonal ball from Alex Cochrane finds Jorge Grant and it's squared for Shankland, who stretches and touches the ball wide.

You'd expect him to score his 12th goal of the season for Hearts.

Connor Shields bundles over Andy Halliday from a Motherwell free kick.

A waste for the visitors, who have edged the opening 10 minutes.

Callum Slattery is pushed to the deck right on the edge of the Hearts box.

Kevin van Veen wraps his effort round the wall but it was well outside the post.

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Robert Snodgrass is taking a grip of things, and flicks the ball through for Andy Halliday, who flashes the ball across goal.

Lawrence Shankland could not get on the end of it.

Hearts get up the park, and Barrie McKay jinks inside before sending a shot well over from the edge of the box.

Motherwell have started brightly.

Callum Slattery's thumping effort is blocked, and then he always slips in Paul McGinn in the box.

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Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound

We're under way at Tynecastle.

Motherwell will perhaps be happy to see Alan Forrest relegated to the Hearts bench.

The former Livingston winger has scored four goals in his last four Premiership appearances against the Steelmen, including a brace in Hearts' 3-0 win at Fir Park in September.

Forrest has five goals overall against Well in the top flight, his most versus a single side.

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Motherwell manager Stephen Hammell tells BBC Sportsound: "There's not a lot in it (the league). I think even our results show that. We've won some really difficult away games but also had a couple games where I feel like we could have picked up a few points. It's important that we continue to pick up points whenever we can.

"If we want to be in and around that sort of area at the end of the season, we need to come to places like this and put on positive performances.

"Our consistency levels this season have been good. It's not always been perfect in home games, but we've been good on occasions.

"We don't have many options to change, especially in the forward areas. I'm happy with the starting XI today. I think it's a team that can cause Hearts some problems, but we need to be at it.

"It's a hostile atmosphere for the away team to come into. Getting the first goal would be big for us and we need to try and keep the crowd quiet.

Don't be banking on a draw at Tynecastle.

Hearts have only finished all square in two out of their 21 games this season, while Motherwell have won four of their eight away games, losing the other four.

They beat Dundee United on their latest trip away from Fir Park to end a four-game losing streak.

Hearts boss Robbie Neilson is relishing "a great day for a game and a full house at Tynecastle".

Having made five changes, he explains that he had played several younger players in the Europa Conference League on Thursday with the idea of bringing back senior players to face Motherwell.

"We have learned a lot form it," he said of group-stage football. "I think we just went through a period where we had a number of injuries and it was just our luck that it happened for the European games. It was great, but this is the bread and butter."

Craig Halkett had been touted for a return from long-term injury, but Neilson says the centre-half is still "not quite right".

"We rushed him back the last time and he broke down, so we have to be cautious with him," he adds.

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, Motherwell manager Stevie Hammell sticks with the same side that won 1-0 away to Dundee United last weekend to end a run of four straight defeats.

However, on-loan Burton Albion striker Louis Moult finds a place on the bench at Tynecastle after improving his fitness following a recent procedure on his ankle.

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Robbie Neilson makes five changes to the side that lost 3-1 to Istanbul Basaksehir in Turkey on Thursday as the Hearts boss returns to something more like his strongest available starting XI.

Former Scotland international Robert Snodgrass, who had been ineligible for the Europa Conference League, and Andy Halliday come into midfield, Barrie McKay and Josh Ginnelly return on the wings, while Lawrence Shankland is back up front.

Nathaniel Atkinson, Lewis Neilson, Connor Smith, Euan Henderson and Alan Forrest drop to the bench, where centre-half Kye Rowles returns from long-term injury.

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