Hearts 2-1 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 26 September 2009

Result

Hearts 2-1 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Saturday 26 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Hearts 2-1 Hamilton Academical: match report

Hearts beat Hamilton Academical 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 26 September 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

Michael Stewart opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Hearts's goals came from Michael Stewart (56', penalty) and Suso (57'). Hamilton Academical scored through Marco Paixão (62').

Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Hamilton Academical received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 7th on 6 points from 5 and Hamilton Academical 10th on 4 points from 5. Hearts went on to finish that season 6th with 50 points, and Hamilton Academical 9th with 39.

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

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · Ian BlackstoneHearts
  • 56'Penalty goal · Michael StewartHearts · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Martin CanningHamilton Academical
  • 57'Goal · SusoHearts · 2-0
  • 62'Goal · Marco PaixãoHamilton Academical · 2-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Mark McLaughlinHamilton Academical
  • 83'Yellow card · James McArthurHamilton Academical
  • 88'Yellow card · Gary MasonHamilton Academical

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Hearts 2, draws 0, Hamilton Academical 1.

Team news

Hearts line-up

János Balogh, José Gonçalves, David Obua, Marius Zaliukas, Suso, Ian Blackstone, Andy Driver, Michael Stewart, David Witteveen, Ismaël Bouzid, Craig Thomson

Hamilton Academical line-up

Tomas Cerny, Trent McClenahan, Richard Hastings, Mark McLaughlin, Simon Mensing, James Wesolowski, James McArthur, Gary Mason, Mickaël Antoine-Curier, Marco Paixão, Martin Canning