Sabah Kerjota's 96th-minute winner didn't just give Hearts victory over Dundee, but also meant it was four consecutive league wins. It was also their 10th consecutive home league victory. In fact, they haven't been beaten at Tynecastle in the league since April 2025.
In this calendar year, they've won 12 of their 13 home league games. So is Sportsound pundit - and regular Hearts watcher - Allan Preston right, when he says things are only going to get better at Tynecastle? Braga & Kerjota strike late as Hearts recover to beat Dundee The arrival of Jamestown Analytics to Scottish football has split opinion.
You're either a fully-paid up, laptop-toting devotee, or a data-denying dinosaur. The fact of the matter is that Hearts were within minutes of their first league title in 60 years last season and are now sitting second after five matches, despite a summer of "doom and gloom" in Gorgie, according to Preston. That was after head coach Derek McInnes, captain Lawrence Shankland, fan-favourite Cammy Devlin and even vaunted set-piece coach Ross Grant all departed in the wake of the final-day defeat by Celtic.
"The new manager comes in, with difficult Champions League games, and virtually a whole new team," said Preston. "A lot of people made a judgement early on, but they've been proven wrong. The manager has been really good, his substitutions have been wonderful.
"This team will only get better, but the main thing is patience. They were so far ahead of where they wanted to be last season. It'll take three or four or five years to get to where they want to be.
"In my opinion, I think it will work. It's working everywhere else, why won't it work at Hearts?" As well as the overwhelming evidence of Brighton's rise from League One in England to Europe, there is also the tale of Union Saint-Gilloise (USG). Since Tony Bloom's investment in 2018, they've enjoyed their own ascent from the second division in Belgium to the Champions League, via a league title in 2025, which ended a 90-year wait for the trophy.
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