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Hearts vs Aberdeen
4 Aug 2025, 20:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
N. WalshPremiership 2025/2026 · 25 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
HeartsMin
Aberdeen- ⚽
Graeme Shinnie 1-0
Own Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
11′ Frankie Kent
Yellowcard
Foul
19′- VAR
Lawrence Shankland
VAR · Goal Disallowed
45+2′ Craig Halkett
Yellowcard
Foul
54′- 60′
Adil Aouchiche
Yellowcard
Argument
Cammy Devlin
Yellowcard
Foul
61′- 62′⇄
Fletcher Boyd
Substitution
Off: Kusini Yengi
- 62′⇄
Dante Polvara
Substitution
Off: Topi Keskinen
- 69′⇄
Shayden Morris
Substitution
Off: Sivert Heltne Nilsen
- ⇄
Alan Forrest
Substitution
Off: Christian Borchgrevink
70′ - ⇄
Alexandros Kyziridis
Substitution
Off: Blair Spittal
70′ - ⇄
Michael Steinwender
Substitution
Off: Frankie Kent
70′ - ⇄
James Wilson
Substitution
Off: Cláudio Braga
71′ - ⚽
Stuart Findlay 2-0
Goal · Header
Header
73′ - 78′
Nicolas Milanovic
Yellowcard
Foul
- 80′⇄
Ester Sokler
Substitution
Off: Nicolas Milanovic
- 81′⇄
Nicky Devlin
Substitution
Off: Graeme Shinnie
- ⇄
Tómas Bent Magnússon
Substitution
Off: Lawrence Shankland
90+1′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.86 | |
| 70 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.82 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.38 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 8.00 | |
| 70 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.84 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.01 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | 7.15 | |
| 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.39 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | — | 7.13 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.72 | |
| 71 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.59 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.76 | |
| 20 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.61 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.78 | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Hearts
Latest: St. Johnstone · 2–1
Match stats
14 May 2025, 19:45 · Home vs St. Johnstone · 2024/2025
Aberdeen
Latest: Dundee United · 1–2
Match stats
17 May 2025, 12:30 · Away vs Dundee United · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Hearts’s ground: 24 previous meetings, 16 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Hearts’s home games with Aberdeen’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Hearts
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Aberdeen
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Hearts
Aberdeen
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Hearts
Aberdeen
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Hearts
Aberdeen
Previous meetings
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