Hearts 3-1 Dundee United: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 4 February 2023

Result

Hearts 3-1 Dundee United

Premiership · Saturday 4 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Hearts 3-1 Dundee United: match report

Hearts beat Dundee United 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 4 February 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Steven Fletcher opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Hearts's goals came from Lawrence Shankland (71'), Alex Cochrane (77') and Stephen Humphrys (90+8'). Dundee United scored through Steven Fletcher (9').

Discipline: Hearts received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Dundee United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Hearts were 3rd on 39 points from 24 and Dundee United 12th on 20 points from 23. Hearts went on to finish that season 4th with 54 points, and Dundee United 12th with 31.

Hearts lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Dundee United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephen Humphrys of Hearts (8.1), ahead of Ilmari Niskanen (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Hearts wins, 2 draws and 0 for Dundee United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Steven FletcherDundee United · 0-1
  • 13'Yellow card · Peter PawlettDundee United
  • 22'Yellow card · Craig SibbaldDundee United
  • 29'Red card · Ryan EdwardsDundee United
  • 48'Yellow card · Stephen HumphrysHearts
  • 71'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 1-1
  • 77'Goal · Alex CochraneHearts · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Stephen KingsleyHearts
  • 90+6'Second yellow · Josh GinnellyHearts
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Josh GinnellyHearts
  • 90+6'Yellow card · G. KuolHearts
  • 90+8'Goal · Stephen HumphrysHearts · 3-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Hearts 4, draws 2, Dundee United 0.

Team news

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

Zander Clark, James Hill, Toby Sibbick, Kye Rowles, Alan Forrest, Andy Halliday, Robert Snodgrass, Stephen Kingsley, Lawrence Shankland, Barrie McKay, Josh Ginnelly

Dundee United line-up (3-4-2-1)

Mark Birighitti, Ryan Edwards, Charlie Mulgrew, Scott McMann, Liam Smith, Craig Sibbald, Dylan Levitt, Ilmari Niskanen, Peter Pawlett, Glenn Middleton, Steven Fletcher