Hearts 5-2 Dundee United: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 6 November 2021

Result

Hearts 5-2 Dundee United

Premiership · Saturday 6 November 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Hearts 5-2 Dundee United: match report

Hearts beat Dundee United 5-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 6 November 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.

Ben Woodburn opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Hearts's goals came from Ben Woodburn (22'), Alex Cochrane (25'), Ben Woodburn (50'), Stephen Kingsley (76') and Aaron McEneff (86'). Dundee United scored through Ryan Edwards (34') and Nicky Clark (62').

Discipline: Hearts received no yellow cards; Dundee United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 3rd on 21 points from 12 and Dundee United 4th on 21 points from 12. Hearts went on to finish that season 3rd with 61 points, and Dundee United 5th with 48.

Hearts lined up in a 3-4-3 and Dundee United in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Cochrane of Hearts (9.3), ahead of Ben Woodburn (9.0).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Ben WoodburnHearts · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · B. SiegristDundee United
  • 25'Goal · Alex CochraneHearts · 2-0
  • 34'Goal · Ryan EdwardsDundee United · 2-1
  • 50'Goal · Ben WoodburnHearts · 3-1
  • 62'Goal · Nicky ClarkDundee United · 3-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Jeando FuchsDundee United
  • 76'Goal · Stephen KingsleyHearts · 4-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Ryan EdwardsDundee United
  • 86'Goal · Aaron McEneffHearts · 5-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Hearts 1, draws 0, Dundee United 0.

Team news

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Hearts line-up (3-4-3)

Craig Gordon, John Souttar, Craig Halkett, Stephen Kingsley, Taylor Moore, Cammy Devlin, Beni Baningime, Alex Cochrane, Barrie McKay, Josh Ginnelly, Ben Woodburn

Dundee United line-up (4-5-1)

Benjamin Siegrist, Kieran Freeman, Ryan Edwards, Charlie Mulgrew, Scott McMann, Peter Pawlett, Ian Harkes, Declan Glass, Jeando Fuchs, Ilmari Niskanen, Nicky Clark