Hearts 3-0 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 31 March 2012

Result

Hearts 3-0 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 31 March 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Hearts 3-0 Aberdeen: match report

Hearts defeated Aberdeen 3-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 31 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ryan McGowan opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Hearts's goals came from Ryan McGowan (27'), Rudolf Skacel (54') and Rudolf Skacel (89'). Aberdeen did not score.

Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 6th on 42 points from 31 and Aberdeen 8th on 33 points from 31. Hearts went on to finish that season 5th with 52 points, and Aberdeen 9th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Hearts wins, 4 draws and 1 for Aberdeen.

Going into the match Hearts's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Aberdeen's L-L-D-D-D.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Ryan McGowanHearts · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Peter PawlettAberdeen
  • 40'Yellow card · Kári ÁrnasonAberdeen
  • 54'Goal · Rudolf SkacelHearts · 2-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Marius ZaliukasHearts
  • 89'Goal · Rudolf SkacelHearts · 3-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Hearts 4, draws 4, Aberdeen 1.

Team news

Hearts line-up

Jamie MacDonald, Daniel Grainger, Craig Beattie, Andy Webster, Ryan McGowan, Rudolf Skacel, Marius Zaliukas, Jamie Hamill, Ian Blackstone, Andy Driver, Darren Barr

Aberdeen line-up

Rory McArdle, Mark Reynolds, Andy Considine, Clark Robertson, Chris Clark, Peter Pawlett, Scott Vernon, Darren Mackie, Kári Árnason, Gavin Rae, Jason Brown