Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 7 April 2018

Result

Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 7 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen: match report

Hearts beat Aberdeen 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 7 April 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

S. Naismith opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Hearts's goals came from S. Naismith (18') and Manuel David Milinkovic (20'). Aberdeen did not score.

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

Going into the game Hearts were 6th on 43 points from 32 and Aberdeen 2nd on 62 points from 32. Hearts went on to finish that season 6th with 49 points, and Aberdeen 2nd with 73.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · S. NaismithHearts · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Manuel David MilinkovicHearts · 2-0
  • 26'Yellow card · S. NaismithHearts
  • 36'Yellow card · Andy ConsidineAberdeen
  • 63'Yellow card · Ryan ChristieAberdeen

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Hearts expected line-up (4-4-2)

Jon McLaughlin, Christophe Berra, John Souttar, Michael Smith, Aaron Hughes, Joaquim Adao, D. Cowie, R. Callachan, Kyle Lafferty, Steven Naismith, Demetri Mitchell

Aberdeen line-up

Joe Lewis, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Anthony O'Connor, Scott McKenna, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Ryan Christie, Greg Stewart, Niall McGinn, Stevie May