Motherwell and Hearts will play the rest of the season in the lower six premiere after they have canceled each other in a tense draw 0-0 in Park.
This result would be enough for the Tynecastle party to start the day – to stay in the highest half as long as the 86 -minute winner of St Mirren against the Ross district saw the Paisley rising above them.
The heart intensified things into the notch in the final stages of being chased by the winners they demanded, but the closest thing they did was the effort in the seventh minute of stopping from the substitute Lawrence Shankland, who ran an agonizing wide post.
Neil Critchley and his players were full -time full -time part -time with furious travel supporters when their fate was confirmed.
Well – who spent most of the season in the first six – he also had a chance that he would come back if they defeated the heart, even if they would also require St Mirren to slip up.
Park chief Michael Wimmer made two changes on the side that lost 2-0 in Kilmarnock when Tawanda Maswanhis and Tony Watt replaced Kai Andrews and Luke Armstrong.
For the heart, Musa Drammeh took over from the stimulated James Wilson in the otherwise unchanged start of XI, although experienced defenders Stephen Kingsley and Frankie Kent were the first time on the bench since the recovery of injuries suffered in December.
Visitors had the first chance in the seventh minute, when Elton Kabangu found himself clean on the goal after Drammeh was in the middle of the well, but goalkeeper Ellery Balcombe ran to save Belgian legs.
The heart should go at the 18th minute after Kofi Balmer lost his property just before his own box and Kabang could deliver the cut from the left, but Sander Kartum touched to stand and then fired from the central position of 15 yards.
Shortly thereafter, Balmer limp to be replaced by Australian defender Johnna Kourtroumbis.
In the middle of the middle, the news from Ross County arrived, who took the lead against St. Mirren, and temporarily aroused both sets of supporters in the middle of what turned out to be a predictably nerve meeting.
The first remarkable Well attempt came in the 36th minute, when only a free kick Callum Slattery from just in front of the box was diverted only a wide and a few seconds later Tony Watt fired an angle for a shot just far from 16 yards.
Hearts Critchley chief made two submarines at the beginning of the second half, because Cammy Devlin and Captain Shankland were sent instead of Kartum and Drammeh.
Event in Paisley eventually meant that Edinburgh’s party needed the winner to get to the first six, but although they seemed to be in the final stages, they were unable to collect quality in the last third to get through the line.
What the managers said …
Heart boss Neil Critchley: “We are all frustrated, massively frustrated. We wanted to come here and win.
“It’s not just today. You have to look at the next show and other games from which we could get something.
“Normally, you would probably say 0-0, clean sheet, point far from home is fine but not today. We were not good enough.
“I don’t think we played well enough, especially in the first half. We improved the second half, but then we failed with our chances we created.
“That’s up to us as a group. It’s not an individual, it’s a collective problem, and that’s why we didn’t choose the points we needed.”
Motherwell boss Michael Wimmer: “To be honest, I have no reason to be disappointed because we could not influence the result of St Mirren.
“It was not possible for us to achieve the first six. In the end I can say that it was a good performance from us in many times.
“We have to improve the last third to create more chances, but I was happy because it was my first clean leaf.
“I saw disappointed players in the dressing room I understand because there were 33 games and for me it’s just seven games.
“It is a little sorry for them that they cannot get a reward for their efforts.”
