Hearts overcomes Aberdeen 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

EDINBURGH. Hearts beats Aberdeen with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by J. Grant (57') and a goal from L. Shankland (77').

By
Mark Hall
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Hearts overcomes Aberdeen 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

EDINBURGH. Hearts beats Aberdeen with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by J. Grant (57′) and a goal from L. Shankland (77′).

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 18,790 spectators.​ The referee was Kevin Clancy with the collaboration of Chris Rae and Andy Milne. The 4th official was . The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.84 degrees Celsius or 47.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Hearts

2 - 0

Team 1

Aberdeen

  • 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
  • 15 Total 16
  • 5 On Target 2
  • 6 Off Target 7
  • 4 Shots blocked 8
  • 108 Attack 96
  • 65 Dangerous attack 56
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 10 Total 14
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Hearts was in firm control of the ball 55% while Aberdeen was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hearts had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hearts won the match​.

Hearts shot 15 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Aberdeen shot 16 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Hearts received 1 yellow card (Yutaro Oda). On the other side, Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards (Graeme Shinnie and Duk).

Match Timeline

25'
Bojan Miovski(VAR)
31'
Graeme Shinnie - Yellow
Alan Forrest(VAR)
54'
Jorge Grant(penalty)
57'
65'
Duk- sub ->Dante Polvara
Y. Oda- Yellow
68'
K. Vargas- sub ->Yutaro Oda
69'
70'
Shayden Morris- sub ->Connor Barron
70'
Ester Sokler- sub ->Jamie McGrath
71'
Angus MacDonald- sub ->Stefan Gartenmann
73'
Duk- Yellow
L. Shankland(goal)Jorge Grant
77'
M. Tait- sub ->Jorge Grant
81'
Craig Halkett - sub ->Lawrence Shankland
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Celtic
78
33
Rangers
75
33
Hearts
62
33
Kilmarnock
55
3
St. Mirren
46
3
Dundee
41
3
Hibernian
39
33
Motherwell
37
33
Aberdeen
35
33
St. Johnstone
31
33
Ross County
30
33
Livingston
18
33

After this match, Hearts has 42 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Aberdeen will stays with 23 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Hearts will play away against Dundee on the 3rd of February with a 10-8 head to head statistic in favor of Hearts (3 draws).

Aberdeen will play away against Dundee on the 23rd of December with a 18-1 head to head record in favor of Aberdeen (5 draws).

Hearts – Formation

Hearts
G
Z. Clark 28.Scotland
6.7
D
Frankie Kent 2.England
8.2
D
Stephen Kingsley 3.Scotland
7.7
D
Alex Cochrane 19.England
7.5
D
Dexter Lembikisa 81.Jamaica
6.8
M
Beni Baningime 6.DR Congo
7.5
M
Jorge Grant 7.England
8.5
81' Goals57'
M
C. Nieuwenhof 8.Australia
7.0
M
Y. Oda 11.Japan
6.4
69' 68'
M
Alan Forrest 17.Scotland
7.0
F
L. Shankland 9.Scotland
7.5
90' Goals77'
Substitutes
G
C. Gordon 1.Scotland
D
Craig Halkett  4.Scotland
90'
D
Toby Sibbick 21.England
M
Aidan Denholm 22.Scotland
M
F. Pollock 24.Scotland
M
M. Tait 25.Scotland
7.0
81'
F
Kyosuke Tagawa 30.Japan
F
K. Vargas 77.Costa Rica
6.7
69'

Hearts adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Steven Naismith decided to play with the following team: Zander Clark (6.7), Dexter Lembikisa (6.8), Frankie Kent (8.2), Stephen Kingsley (7.7), Alex Cochrane  (7.5), Calem Nieuwenhof (7.0), Beni Baningime (7.5), Yutaro Oda (6.4), Jorge Grant (8.5), Alan Forrest (7.0) and Lawrence Shankland (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Craig Gordon  , Craig Halkett , Toby Sibbick, Aidan Denholm, Finlay Pollock, Macaulay Tait (7.0), Kyosuke Tagawa, James Wilson and Kenneth Vargas (6.7).

Substitutions

Hearts made 3 changes: Jorge Grant for Macaulay Tait (81′), Yutaro Oda for Kenneth Vargas (69′) and Lawrence Shankland for Craig Halkett  (90′).

Player of the match: Jorge Grant​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hearts was Jorge Grant.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 30 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Aberdeen – Formation

Aberdeen
G
Kelle Roos 24.Netherlands
6.8
D
Nicky Devlin 2.Scotland
6.4
D
Jack MacKenzie 3.Scotland
7.5
D
Richard Jensen 5.Finland
6.7
D
Stefan Gartenmann 6.Denmark
6.6
71'
M
Graeme Shinnie  4.Scotland
7.1
31'
M
Jamie McGrath 7.Republic of Ireland
7.5
70'
M
Connor Barron 8.Scotland
7.0
70'
M
Leighton Clarkson 10.England
7.3
M
Dante Polvara 21.United States
7.0
65'
F
Bojan Miovski 9.Macedonia
6.4
Substitutes
G
Ross Doohan 31.Scotland
D
Angus MacDonald 27.England
7.0
71'
D
Jack Milne 28.Scotland
M
Jonny Hayes 17.Republic of Ireland
M
Ryan Duncan 23.Scotland
F
Duk 11.Cape Verde
7.0
65' 73'
F
Pape Habib Gueye 14.Senegal
F
Ester Sokler 19.Slovenia
6.4
70'
F
Shayden Morris 20.England
6.6
70'

Also Aberdeen adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Barry Robson played with: Kelle Roos (6.8), Nicky Devlin (6.4), Stefan Gartenmann (6.6), Richard Jensen (6.7), Jack Mackenzie (7.5), Connor Barron (7.0), Graeme Shinnie (7.1), Dante Polvara (7.0), Leighton Clarkson (7.3), Jamie McGrath (7.5) and Bojan Miovski (6.4).

They had on the bench: Duk (7.0), Pape Habib Gueye, Jonny Hayes, Ester Sokler (6.4), Shayden Morris (6.6), Ryan Duncan, Angus MacDonald (7.0), Jack Milne and Ross Doohan.

Aberdeen could not rely on the presence of Angus MacDonald (injured).

Substitutions

Aberdeen made 4 changes: Dante Polvara for Duk (65′), Jamie McGrath for Ester Sokler (70′), Stefan Gartenmann for Angus MacDonald (71′) and Connor Barron for Shayden Morris (70′).

Player of the match: Jack Mackenzie​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Aberdeen was Jack Mackenzie.

His rating is 7.5 with 33 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​