Hearts 3-1 Hamilton Academical: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 10 September 2016
Result
Hearts 3-1 Hamilton Academical
Premiership · Saturday 10 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Hearts 3-1 Hamilton Academical: match report
Hearts defeated Hamilton Academical 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 10 September 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Ali Crawford opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Hearts's goals came from Jamie Walker (69'), Jamie Walker (81', penalty) and Sam Nicholson (90+3'). Hamilton Academical scored through Ali Crawford (50').
Discipline: Hearts received 3 yellow cards; Hamilton Academical received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hearts were 3rd on 7 points from 4 and Hamilton Academical 9th on 4 points from 4. Hearts went on to finish that season 5th with 46 points, and Hamilton Academical 11th with 34.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read W-W-D-L and Hamilton Academical's W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Tony Watt
- 50'Goal · Ali Crawford
- 62'Yellow card · G. Gillespie
- 69'Goal · Jamie Walker
- 80'Yellow card · S. Want
- 81'Penalty goal · Jamie Walker
- 81'Yellow card · D. Imrie
- 87'Yellow card · Callum Paterson
- 90+3'Goal · Sam Nicholson
- 90+3'Yellow card · Ali Crawford
- 90+3'Yellow card · Perry Kitchen
Team news
Hearts line-up
Jack Hamilton, Faycal Rherras, Igor Rossi, John Souttar, Perry Kitchen, Jamie Walker, Arnaud Djoum, D. Cowie, Callum Paterson, Conor Sammon, Tony Watt
Hamilton Academical line-up
Remi Matthews, Daniel Seaborne, Giorgos Sarris, Grant Gillespie, Greg Docherty, Ali Crawford, Darian Mackinnon, Massimo Donati, Darren Lyon, Dougie Imrie, D'Akol