Hearts 2-1 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 20 May 2023

Result

Hearts 2-1 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 20 May 2023, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Hearts 2-1 Aberdeen: match report

Hearts won against Aberdeen 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 20 May 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Mattie Pollock opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Hearts's goals came from Josh Ginnelly (43') and Lawrence Shankland (56'). Aberdeen scored through Mattie Pollock (31').

Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 4th on 49 points from 35 and Aberdeen 3rd on 54 points from 35. Hearts went on to finish that season 4th with 54 points, and Aberdeen 3rd with 57.

Hearts lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aberdeen in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathaniel Atkinson of Hearts (8.1), ahead of Alex Cochrane (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hearts win, 0 draws and 2 for Aberdeen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Jonny HayesAberdeen
  • 12'Yellow card · Barry RobsonAberdeen
  • 25'Yellow card · Cammy DevlinHearts
  • 25'Yellow card · Marley WatkinsAberdeen
  • 31'Goal · Mattie PollockAberdeen · 0-1
  • 43'Goal · Josh GinnellyHearts · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Bojan MiovskiAberdeen
  • 53'Yellow card · Ylber RamadaniAberdeen
  • 56'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Hearts 1, draws 0, Aberdeen 2.

Team news

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

Zander Clark, Nathaniel Atkinson, Toby Sibbick, Kye Rowles, Alex Cochrane, Cammy Devlin, Peter Haring, Yutaro Oda, Lawrence Shankland, Barrie McKay, Josh Ginnelly

Aberdeen line-up (3-5-2)

Kelle Roos, Mattie Pollock, A. MacDonald, Liam Scales, Jayden Richardson, Connor Barron, Ylber Ramadani, Leighton Clarkson, Jonny Hayes, Marley Watkins, Bojan Miovski