The visiting Aberdeen side should be favourites in this visit to Hearts, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hearts and Aberdeen.
Hearts have had a bad season and will be relegated from Premiership. For Aberdeen most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Hearts form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Hearts have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Tynecastle Park. It's trouble wherever Hearts are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. With Hearts having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager D. Stendel.
Hearts's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Hibernian (placed 5th). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Hamilton Academical.
The Hearts fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Hearts have conceded 15 from these games.
Aberdeen form and stats
4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Aberdeen playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Aberdeen have lost on their last two travels.
The supporters enjoyed Aberdeen's previous game versus Livingston (placed 7th), a Premiership 2-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Celtic wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Aberdeen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Aberdeen in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Aberdeen - Hearts 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hearts 3 wins, 3 draws and Aberdeen 4 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Cosgrove 11 goals |  R. Hedges 4 goals |  A. Considine 3 goals |
Hearts missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Hearts | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 29 |
| 34 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 65% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 70% | 80% |
| 45% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 30% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 45% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 35% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 25% |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 1.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.7 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 5 | 5.4 | 6.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 3.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 199 | 115 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 102 | 193 |
| 68 | 45 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 40 | 79 |
| 25% | 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 28% | 37% |
- Hearts has the fewest points (7) at home
- Hearts has the most conceded goals in the first half (18)
- Hearts is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 43 | 52 |
| 2 | Rangers | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 41 | 47 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 25 |
| 6 | Kilmarnock | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 7 | Livingston | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Ross County | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 19 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 12 | Hearts | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 12 |