Premiership: Two contenders in reasonably good form get together for this match. Hearts hold a tiny advantage with their 3rd place in the table?
- Aberdeen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hearts have not yet lost a game.
It's no vacation for neither Aberdeen nor Hearts as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Aberdeen form and stats
Aberdeen have played 5 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Aberdeen drew their last game, 2-2 away at Rangers (placed 1st). A disappointing finish for Aberdeen in their match versus Rangers as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Defender Scott Brown got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Brown scored one goal and won 2 of 4 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Hibernian.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Aberdeen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost zero.
Aberdeen has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. From these home matches, Aberdeen have conceded only 4 goals.
Hearts form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Hearts have produced an overall stat of 2-3-0 so far. Things are running smoothly for Hearts who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Queen of the South.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to St. Johnstone (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 1-1. Midfielder Beni Baningime was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Baningime served one assist, hit two key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 32 total).
A draw for Hearts before that, at their own venue hosting Dundee (1-1).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Hearts in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Hearts, one draw and one defeat.
Hearts are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. As opposed to that, Hearts have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Hearts - Aberdeen 1-1 was the product when these two participants formerly did battle, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Aberdeen wins - draws - Hearts wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ramírez 6 goals |   L. Boyce 6 goals |  S. Brown 2 goals |
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| Aberdeen | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 82% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 45% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 18% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 12.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.8 | 13.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 22% | 24% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | 37% |
- Aberdeen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Hearts's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hearts have not yet lost a game.
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hearts have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | Celtic | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 22 |
| 3 | Hearts | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | St. Mirren | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Livingston | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 10 |
| 11 | Dundee | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -15 | 7 |
| 12 | Ross County | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 6 |
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