Hearts 2-0 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 26 December 2018

Result

Hearts 2-0 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Hearts 2-0 Hamilton Academical: match report

Hearts beat Hamilton Academical 2-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 26 December 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

S. Naismith opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Hearts's goals came from S. Naismith (18') and Arnaud Djoum (44'). Hamilton Academical did not score.

Discipline: Hearts received 2 yellow cards; Hamilton Academical received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Hearts were 6th on 30 points from 19 and Hamilton Academical 10th on 14 points from 19. Hearts went on to finish that season 7th with 51 points, and Hamilton Academical 10th with 33.

Hearts lined up in a 4-4-2 and Hamilton Academical in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Hearts wins, 1 draw and 0 for Hamilton Academical.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · S. NaismithHearts · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · M. GodinhoHearts
  • 44'Goal · Arnaud DjoumHearts · 2-0
  • 56'Yellow card · S. WantHamilton Academical
  • 66'Yellow card · Benjamin GaruccioHearts
  • 71'Second yellow · S. WantHamilton Academical
  • 78'Missed penalty · Michael SmithHearts

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Hearts line-up (4-4-2)

Colin Doyle, M. Godinho, Michael Smith, Christophe Berra, Ben Garuccio, Callumn Morrison, Oliver Lee, Peter Haring, Arnaud Djoum, Steven MacLean, Steven Naismith

Hamilton Academical line-up (3-5-2)

Gary Woods, Delphin Tshiembe, Ziggy Gordon, Aaron McGowan, Tom Taiwo, Scott Martin, Dougie Imrie, Scott McMann, Mickel Miller, Fredrik Brustad, Shaun Want