The Jambos have won the last five games in a row and while they didn't play to a high level to beat the likes of Hamilton, they raised their game for Falkirk and gave Rangers a thoroughly torrid time in their last outing. They seem to be getting better by the week while we go in the other direction and there is no doubt we will find life extremely difficult.
More of a rammy than a stramash!
They will be able to welcome back Michael Stewart after suspension and along with Aguiar, Kingston and Driver they will pose a significant threat from midfield. That danger isn't really replicated in attack although we know Nade can cause us problems if he is on his game. They will be forced to make one change at the back as Lee Wallace is suspended.
We will be without Craigan once more but Clarkson is available after suspension. He hasn't had the best season so far but has been sorely missed recently and will surely be brought back into the starting line-up. The rest of the team is hard to predict - there are certainly few players who could complain if they were dropped and even the formation is up for debate. We haven't played well with a 4-4-2 and Hearts use of a central trio might encourage us to switch back to a 4-3-3/4-5-1 variation so we can match up them.
There is no logical reason to think we will win this game but the SPL is a tight league and we need only look at the Kilmarnock-Dundee United game of a couple of weeks ago when an unlikely victory was recorded by the hosts despite the situation being similar to where we find ourselves now. Going back a bit further, we will all remember the 6-1 thrashing we gave them in December 2002 when it looked like we were simply never going to win again. Such a performance will be beyond us but if we can get the first goal the belief will come back and we might edge a thriller, 3-2.
Remember the last time Hearts were art Fir Park?