Hearts 2-1 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 24 August 2013
Result
Hearts 2-1 Aberdeen
Premiership · Saturday 24 August 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Hearts 2-1 Aberdeen: match report
Hearts won against Aberdeen 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 24 August 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jamie Walker opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Hearts's goals came from Jamie Walker (17') and Jordan McGhee (88'). Aberdeen scored through Niall McGinn (68').
Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hearts were 6th on 4 points from 3 and Aberdeen 4th on 6 points from 3. Hearts went on to finish that season 8th with 39 points, and Aberdeen 3rd with 65.
Hearts lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Aberdeen in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read D-W-L and Aberdeen's L-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Jamie Walker
- 65'Yellow card · Clark Robertson
- 66'Yellow card · Scott Robinson
- 67'Red card · K. McHattie
- 68'Goal · Niall McGinn
- 75'Yellow card · Peter Pawlett
- 88'Goal · Jordan McGhee
Team news
Hearts expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Marián Kello, Jamie MacDonald, Daniel Grainger, Adrian Mrowiec, Marius Zaliukas, Dylan McGowan, Jamie Hamill, Ryan Stevenson, Ian Blackstone, David Templeton, John Sutton
Aberdeen expected line-up (4-4-2)
Jamie Langfield, Joe Shaughnessy, Willo Flood, Mark Reynolds, Russell Anderson, Michael Hector, Ryan Jack, Jonny Hayes, Niall McGinn, Peter Pawlett, Calvin Makongo Zola