Yet another interesting match in the Premiership. Hearts is in the 3rd position after completing two games. They receive Aberdeen who are placed 2nd after two games.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hearts form and stats
The hosts won their first Premiership game here at Tynecastle Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Hearts last season were 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 14 games. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Hearts has won their last four matches.
Hearts faced defeat in their previous match, away at Celtic (2-3).
In the game before, an away victory in the Premiership match versus St. Mirren with a 2-1 scoreline.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 Hearts have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won zero, drawn two and lost three.
Early season league goal statistics from Hearts's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Aberdeen form and stats
Playing away, Aberdeen have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Premiership this season.
Aberdeen lost away at Raith Rovers (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Prior to that result Aberdeen won their away game at Livingston in the Premiership. The scoreline was 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Aberdeen playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were five Aberdeen wins, four draws and two defeats.
It's early days yet, but Aberdeen has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these contenders: Hearts won three, Aberdeen triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Souttar 1 goals |  A. Halliday 1 goals |  G. Mackay-Steven 1 goals |
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| Hearts | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| Hearts | Last season | Aberdeen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 63 | 44 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 82% | ||
| 78% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 55% | ||
| 59% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 26% | 32% | ||
| 41% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 13% | ||
| 22% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 29% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 45% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 45% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 46% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hibernian | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Hearts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Celtic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Rangers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Ross County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Dundee | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 12 | Livingston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |
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