Claudio Braga and Stephen Kingsley were on target as resurgent Hearts won 2-0 away to misfiring Falkirk to move six points clear at the top of the William Hill Premiership.

Buoyed by ending a four-game run without a victory with last Sunday’s triumph against title rivals Celtic , the Jambos raced into an early lead through Braga.

Hearts – who survived a Bairns penalty claim just before half-time – had to dig deep to keep their advantage intact before substitute Kingsley killed off the Bairns’ hopes of getting back into the game with a brilliant strike in the 77th minute.

Having failed to score in their previous three matches, Falkirk made four changes to the side that lost 3-0 at Hibernian as Sam Hart, Kyrell Wilson, Alfredo Agyeman and Henry Cartwright were all added.

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