Jorge Grant gives Hearts contract update as Jambos' lucky No.7 continues unbeaten run in side

An accidental ‘assist’ for the opener and a stroke of good fortune for the clincher. Fair to say Jorge Grant was Hearts’ lucky number seven on Saturday as the Jambos finally got the better of their bogey side Kilmarnock.

In all honesty the Englishman - who afforded himself a laugh at his two goal involvements in a frenetic 3-2 victory - has been a bit of an omen for Neil Critchley’s side ever since being restored to the starting XI six games ago.

They’ve not lost any of those and are now serious contenders for the top six again. On Saturday you wouldn’t have blamed Grant if he’d dashed home from Tyncastle and bought a lottery ticket after the kind of afternoon where his two goal involvements were more to do with fluke than finesse.

But the midfielder, in the final months of his contract, will take them. As will Hearts who saw off a Kilmarnock side who had beaten them on both previous meetings this season - and who had lost only one of their last 11 visits to Gorgie.

Grant inadvertently helped lay on Elton Kabangu’s seventh minute opener. His shanked volley from James Wilson’s cross was heading out for a THROW when Wilson managed to divert it back into the danger area for Kabangu to net.

Killie levelled through Bobby Wales but Jamie McCart headed Hearts back in front before Grant himself nodded home his first goal of the season to make it 3-1. He knew little about it as he hauled himself back off the deck to challenge calamity keeper Kieran O’Hara in a goalmouth scramble - and turned almost in disbelief when the ball bounced off his head into the unguarded net.

Kilmarnock pulled another back through Fraser Murray to set up a fast and furious closing 20 minutes but Hearts held on. And Grant said: “When the gaffer came in,