Hearts 1-0 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Friday 8 April 2016

Result

Hearts 1-0 Aberdeen

Premiership · Friday 8 April 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Hearts · Aberdeen · Premiership predictions

Hearts 1-0 Aberdeen: match report

Hearts won against Aberdeen 1-0 in the Premiership on Friday 8 April 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Simon Church opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Hearts's goals came from Juanma Delgado (33') and Juanma Delgado (61'). Aberdeen scored through Simon Church (4').

Discipline: Hearts received 3 yellow cards; Aberdeen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 3rd on 54 points from 31 and Aberdeen 2nd on 61 points from 32. Hearts went on to finish that season 3rd with 63 points, and Aberdeen 2nd with 67.

Hearts lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aberdeen in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hearts wins, 0 draws and 2 for Aberdeen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Simon ChurchAberdeen · 0-1
  • 12'Yellow card · Graeme ShinnieAberdeen
  • 33'Goal · Juanma DelgadoHearts · 1-1
  • 46'Yellow card · Kenny McLeanAberdeen
  • 53'Yellow card · Perry KitchenHearts
  • 59'Yellow card · Igor RossiHearts
  • 61'Goal · Juanma DelgadoHearts · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Juanma DelgadoHearts
  • 79'Yellow card · S. LoganAberdeen

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Hearts 2, draws 0, Aberdeen 2.

Team news

Hearts line-up (4-2-3-1)

Neil Alexander, Błażej Augustyn, Alim Öztürk, Igor Rossi, John Souttar, Jamie Walker, Prince Bauben, Sam Nicholson, Arnaud Djoum, Perry Kitchen, Juanma Delgado

Aberdeen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Brown, Shaleum Logan, Ash Taylor, Mark Reynolds, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Ryan Jack, Craig Storie, Simon Church