Hearts 4 - 1 Queen of South - Full speed ahead for Hearts

Hearts maintained their 100 per cent home league record this season to stay top of the table following a 4-1 win against Queen of the South.

Striker James Keatings gave Hearts a half-time lead and although Iain Russell's early second-half penalty drew Queen of the South level, skipper Danny Wilson, Prince Buaben and Adam Eckersley all struck after the break to clinch an eighth straight home win.

Keatings was first to react to a loose ball in the penalty area and lashed a rising shot high into the net for his fifth goal of the season in the 19th minute.

Hearts spurned the chance to double their lead in the 24th minute after Callum Paterson had been fouled in the area when Buaben struck his subsequent spot-kick against a post.

The visitors equalised in the 56th minute from the penalty spot after Jamie Walker's foul on Ian McShane, with Russell firing his effort into the bottom corner.

But Hearts regained their lead 11 minutes later when Wilson climbed highest to head Keatings' corner into the top corner.

Buaben produced a moment of magic before firing a low shot into the bottom corner in the 74th minute and Eckersley sealed victory when he slammed home Billy King's cross five minutes later.