Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 27 January 2024
Result
Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen
Premiership · Saturday 27 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen: match report
Hearts beat Aberdeen 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 27 January 2024. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Jorge Grant opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Hearts's goals came from Jorge Grant (57', penalty) and Lawrence Shankland (77'). Aberdeen did not score.
Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hearts were 3rd on 39 points from 22 and Aberdeen 7th on 23 points from 19. Hearts went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and Aberdeen 5th with 48.
Hearts lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aberdeen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jorge Grant of Hearts (8.5), ahead of Frankie Kent (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Hearts wins, 0 draws and 3 for Aberdeen.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Aberdeen's D-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Graeme Shinnie
- 57'Penalty goal · Jorge Grant
- 68'Yellow card · Yutaro Oda
- 73'Yellow card · Duk
- 77'Goal · Lawrence Shankland
Head-to-head
Team news
Hearts line-up (4-2-3-1)
Zander Clark, Dexter Lembikisa, Frankie Kent, Stephen Kingsley, Alex Cochrane, Calem Nieuwenhof, Beni Baningime, Yutaro Oda, Jorge Grant, Alan Forrest, Lawrence Shankland
Aberdeen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kelle Roos, Nicky Devlin, Stefan Gartenmann, Richard Jensen, Jack MacKenzie, Connor Barron, Graeme Shinnie, Dante Polvara, Leighton Clarkson, Jamie McGrath, Bojan Miovski