Hearts make preparations for another match after their 1-0 result versus St. Mirren, a match that made them wiser. How will they do against Aberdeen?
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aberdeen have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premiership
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the League Cup. That game, against Rangers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Aberdeen.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts have performed here at Tynecastle Park this season with 7 wins from 10 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. There’s a good atmosphere here at Tynecastle Park after three straight home wins.
The Hearts supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host St. Mirren and win 1-0. Goalkeeper Clark got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.81 out of ten. Clark topped it up with a clean sheet.
1-1 away at St. Mirren before that.There will be little rest for Hearts after this match as they are travelling to Hibernian for a Scottish Cup game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Hearts are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hearts defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Aberdeen form and stats
Aberdeen have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-1-7 (10 played). Bitter travels for Aberdeen as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Motherwell match.
228 minutes! That's how long the Aberdeen goalkeeper Kelle Roos and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two away matches in a row for Aberdeen, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Rangers in the League Cup.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs St. Johnstone.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Aberdeen in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Aberdeen, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Aberdeen as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Aberdeen have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Aberdeen - Hearts 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Hearts wins - draws - Aberdeen wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 15 goals |   B. Miovski 11 goals |  L. Lopes 9 goals |
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| Hearts | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 37 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 35 |
| 31 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 86% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 81% |
| 62% | 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 62% |
| 43% | 60% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 48% |
| 24% | 40% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 33% |
| 62% | 70% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 57% |
| 14% | 20% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 29% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 19% |
| 5 | 5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.7 | 6.6 | 5.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 14.8 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 11.9 | 12.5 |
| 4 | 5.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 44% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 24% | 41% |
| 15.1 | 15.1 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22.3 | 16.8 | 14.3 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.3 | 4 |
- Aberdeen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Aberdeen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aberdeen have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
- Aberdeen have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premiership
- Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aberdeen have scored away.
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 48 | 58 |
| 2 | Rangers | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 28 | 49 |
| 3 | Hearts | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Livingston | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 31 |
| 5 | Aberdeen | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Dundee United | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 21 | -18 | 20 |
| 12 | Ross County | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -20 | 17 |
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