Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 8 December 2012

Result

Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen: match report

Hearts beat Aberdeen 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ryan Stevenson opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Hearts's goals came from Ryan Stevenson (31', penalty) and Callum Paterson (54'). Aberdeen did not score.

Discipline: Hearts received no yellow cards; Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 8th on 20 points from 16 and Aberdeen 3rd on 24 points from 16. Hearts went on to finish that season 9th with 44 points, and Aberdeen 7th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Hearts wins, 4 draws and 0 for Aberdeen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Josh MagennisAberdeen
  • 31'Penalty goal · Ryan StevensonHearts · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Andy ConsidineAberdeen
  • 54'Goal · Callum PatersonHearts · 2-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Hearts 5, draws 4, Aberdeen 0.

Team news

Hearts line-up

Jamie MacDonald, Ryan McGowan, Andy Webster, Kevin McHattie, Ryan Stevenson, Mehdi Taouil, Andy Driver, Marius Zaliukas, Gordon Smith, Darren Barr, John Sutton

Aberdeen line-up

Jamie Langfield, Russell Anderson, Gavin Rae, Andy Considine, Mark Reynolds, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Joe Shaughnessy, Scott Vernon, Josh Magennis, Cammy Smith