Where Hearts are predicted to finish ahead of Daniel Stendel arrival - according to data experts

Are Hearts predicted to get out of the bottom six or face a relegation battle
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It is an interesting time to be a Hearts fan. The team are level on points with St Mirren and St Johnstone at the bottom of the Scottish Premiership following a 5-0 defeat to Rangers but the club are expected to announce ex-Barnsley boss Daniel Stendel as their new manager. His arrival will likely provoke a lift among the support and playing squad. However, can he inspire sharp upturn in form? FiveThirtyEight, a statistical analysis website which forecasts the outcomes of sports leagues around the world, have crunched the numbers and predicted the final placings in the Scottish Premiership...