League leaders Hearts defeated Falkirk 3-0 at Tynecastle on Wednesday night courtesy of goals from Frankie Kent, Cammy Devlin and Blair Spittal.

The Scottish Premiership title race will now be decided on the final day when Celtic face Hearts in a massive title deciding clash on Saturday lunchtime.

Falkirk thought they had the lead in the opening few minutes when Dylan Tait played a well timed ball down the byline to Calvin Miller who raced onto it, before he slotted the ball beyond Alexander Schwolow, but the 28 year old was deemed to be offside, denying his side an early goal.

The visitors had made a fast start to the game and were applying some early pressure onto the Hearts back line.

Hearts’ first chance of the game came when Lawrence Shankland had done well to earn his team a corner, Stuart Findlay rose highest to meet it, however his header went
sailing over the crossbar.

The Jambos would then test Nicky Hogarth in the Falkirk goal once more, Shankland picked the ball up on the edge of the box, however his effort was tame and comfortably gathered.

News broke inside Tynecastle that Motherwell were ahead against Celtic at Fir Park, Hearts didn’t waste time in responding to that as they took the lead on the half hour mark.

Constant Hearts pressure was rewarded with a corner, Alexandros Kyziridis sent a high delivery into the box, which was met by Frankie Kent whose powerful header flew past Nicky Hogarth to send Tynecastle into ruptures.

Hearts had all the momentum and netted a quick-fire second goal just minutes after their first.

Talisman, Lawrence Shankland collected the ball with his back to goal before attempting to find Claudio Braga, Falkirk were all over the place trying to clear the ball from danger, before the ball eventually broke kindly to Cammy Devlin inside the area with his effort deflecting into the back of the net to double the Jambos lead ten minutes before the interval.

The final piece of action in the opening 45 minutes was for Falkirk, Calvin Miller drove into the Hearts box, firing a shot towards goal from a tight angle which forced Alexander Schwolow to react well and tip the ball over the crossbar, Sam Hart would then send a header wide from the resulting corner.

Both sides made changes at half time, Stephen Kingsley was brought on to replace Harry Milne for Hearts. Whilst Falkirk brought on Ben Parkinson and Ross MacIver for Dylan Tait and Kyrell Wilson.

Hearts almost had a third goal within the opening five minutes of the second half, Alexandros Kyziridis used his pace on the right hand side to initially provide a ball into the box for his teammates but instead it would deflect onto the crossbar leaving Nicky Hogarth scrambling.

Derek McInnes’ side were in control of proceedings and restricting Falkirk to very little on the ball.

The hosts threatened with Stephen Kingsley sending an inch perfect cross into the box for Shankland who headed narrowly wide.

Falkirk had a rare sighting of goal with twenty-five minutes remaining, Ross MacIver managed to connect with a long ball into the box before Ben Broggio scuffed his effort into the side netting.

After returning from injury and scoring a crucial goal in the first half, Cammy Devlin would then leave the field to a standing ovation from all four stands in Tynecastle with Jordi Altena taking his place.

After relentless pressure throughout the entirety of the second half, Hearts added a vital third goal shortly before additional time.

A free kick on the right was followed by some good link-up play allowing Blair Spittal to receive the ball before striking a low strike into the far bottom corner to all but secure victory in Gorgie.

Hearts now travel to Celtic Park on Saturday afternoon knowing that a draw or a win would crown them champions for the first time since 1960.

Whereas Falkirk host Danny Rohl’s Rangers on Saturday with a 12:30 kick off.