Hearts manages to draw 2-2 with Ross County after recovering a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

EDINBURGH. Hearts finds its way back against Ross County with a goal on the Y. Dhanda 61' and an own goal from A. Cochrane 55'.

John Ross

December 31, 2023

EDINBURGH. Hearts comes back against Ross County with a goal on the Y. Dhanda 61′ and an own goal from A. Cochrane 55′. Hearts was surely superior in terms of ball possession (63%)

The match was played at the Tynecastle Park stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 18,288 spectators. The referee was Alan James Muir with the collaboration of Ross MacLeod and Andy Milne. The 4th official was Chris Fordyce. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.21 degrees Celsius or 37.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.

Match Statistics

Hearts

2 - 2

Ross County

! 63 Ball Possession 37

Shots

20 Total 14
7 On Target 4
6 Off Target 5
7 Shots blocked 5

125 Attack 98
66 Dangerous attack 47
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 5
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

14 Total 14
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Hearts was in firm control of the ball 63% while Ross County was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hearts was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Hearts to win the match.

Hearts shot 20 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ross County shot 14 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Hearts received 2 yellow cards (Nathaniel Atkinson and Alan Forrest). On the opposite side, Ross County received 2 yellow cards (Ryan Leak and Josh Sims).

Match Timeline

Nathaniel Atkinson- Yellow

41'

Alan Forrest- sub ->Aidan Denholm

46'

Y. Oda- sub ->Kyosuke Tagawa

46'

Alan Forrest- Yellow

51'

Alex Cochrane(own-goal)

55'

61'

Yan Dhanda(goal)

Stephen Kingsley- sub ->Craig Halkett

61'

K. Vargas- sub ->Alex Lowry

62'

69'

Eamonn Brophy- sub ->Simon Murray

K. Vargas(goal)

71'

78'

George Harmon- sub ->Ben Purrington

82'

Victor Loturi- sub ->Josh Sims

L. Shankland(goal)Calem Nieuwenhof

79'

81'

Josh Sims- Yellow

82'

Kyle Turner- sub ->Jordan White

90'

Ryan Leak- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Hearts has 33 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Ross County will has 18 points to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Hearts will play away with Livingston on the 2nd of January with a 8-2 head to head record in favor of Hearts (6 draws).

Ross County will host Hibernian on the 23rd of December with a 9-8 head to head statistic in favor of Hibernian (6 draws).

Hearts – Formation

Hearts

Z. Clark 28.Scotland

6.4

Frankie Kent 2.England

7.5

Craig Halkett 4.Scotland

7.0

61'

Kye Rowles 15.Australia

7.0

C. Nieuwenhof 8.Australia

7.3

Nathaniel Atkinson 13.Australia

7.0

41'

Alex Cochrane 19.England

7.1

Aidan Denholm 22.Scotland

6.7

46'

Alex Lowry 51.Scotland

7.0

62'

L. Shankland 9.Scotland

8.1

79'

Kyosuke Tagawa 30.Japan

6.7

46'

Substitutes

C. Gordon 1.Scotland

Stephen Kingsley 3.Scotland

7.0

61'

Toby Sibbick 21.England

Peter Haring 5.Austria

F. Pollock 24.Scotland

M. Tait 25.Scotland

Y. Oda 11.Japan

6.6

46'

Alan Forrest 17.Scotland

7.1

46'

51'

K. Vargas 77.Costa Rica

7.3

62'

71'

Hearts started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Steven Naismith decided to play with the following team: Zander Clark (6.4), Frankie Kent (7.5), Craig Halkett (7.0), Kye Rowles (7.0), Nathaniel Atkinson (7.0), Aidan Denholm (6.7), Alex Lowry (7.0), Calem Nieuwenhof (7.3), Alex Cochrane (7.1), Lawrence Shankland (8.1) and Kyosuke Tagawa (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Craig Gordon , Stephen Kingsley (7.0), Peter Haring, Yutaro Oda (6.6), Alan Forrest (7.1), Toby Sibbick, Finlay Pollock, Macaulay Tait and Kenneth Vargas (7.3).

Substitutions

Hearts made 4 changes: Kyosuke Tagawa for Yutaro Oda (46′), Aidan Denholm for Alan Forrest (46′), Alex Lowry for Kenneth Vargas (62′) and Craig Halkett for Stephen Kingsley (61′).

Player of the match: Lawrence Shankland

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hearts was Lawrence Shankland.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 33 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Ross County – Formation

Ross County

Ross Laidlaw 1.Scotland

7.5

Ben Purrington 3.England

6.7

78'

James Brown 4.Republic of Ireland

7.1

Jack Baldwin 5.England

6.4

Ryan Leak 42.Wales

7.0

90'

Scott Allardice 6.Scotland

7.3

Yan Dhanda 10.England

8.7

61'

Josh Sims 11.England

7.0

82'

81'

Max Sheaf 12.England

6.3

Simon Murray 15.Scotland

7.0

69'

Jordan White 26.Scotland

7.0

82'

Substitutes

Ross Munro 21.Scotland

George Harmon 16.England

6.7

78'

Josh Reid 43.Scotland

Kyle Turner 7.Scotland

6.3

82'

Victor Loturi 14.Canada

6.4

82'

Jay Henderson 17.Scotland

Alex Samuel 25.Wales

Eamonn Brophy 27.Scotland

7.0

69'

Ross County started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Derek Adams played with: Ross Laidlaw (7.5), James Brown (7.1), Jack Baldwin (6.4), Ryan Leak (7.0), Ben Purrington (6.7), Yan Dhanda (8.7), Max Sheaf (6.3), Scott Allardice (7.3), Josh Sims (7.0), Jordan White (7.0) and Simon Murray (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kyle Turner (6.3), Victor Loturi (6.4), George Harmon (6.7), Jay Henderson, Ross Munro, Alex Samuel, Eamonn Brophy (7.0) and Josh Reid.

Ross County could not rely on the presence of George Harmon (injured).

Substitutions

Ross County made 4 changes: Simon Murray for Eamonn Brophy (69′), Jordan White for Kyle Turner (82′), Josh Sims for Victor Loturi (82′) and Ben Purrington for George Harmon (78′).