Premiership: Aberdeen tops Hearts 2-0 on Sunday
ABERDEEN. Aberdeen prevails over Hearts with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Duk (74') and a goal from V. Besuijen (79').
ABERDEEN. Aberdeen conquers Hearts with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Duk (74′) and a goal from V. Besuijen (79′). Hearts lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Pittodrie Stadium stadium in Aberdeen on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Don Robertson who was helped by John McCrossan and Michael Banks. The 4th official was Iain Snedden. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 12.3 degrees Celsius or 54.07 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 55%.
Match Statistics
Hearts was in firm control of the ball 58% while Aberdeen was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Aberdeen was more aggressive with 39 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Aberdeen won the encounter.
Aberdeen shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Hearts shot 12 times, 1 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Aberdeen received 3 yellow cards (J. Richardson, J. MacKenzie and A. Stewart). On the other side, Hearts received 3 yellow cards (R. Snodgrass, O. Kiomourtzoglou and J. Grant).
After this contest, Aberdeen will have 13 points like Motherwell to stay in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Hearts will stay with 14 points to stay in the 6th place.
Match Events
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2'2'
J. Richardson
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10'10'
L. Neilson
A. Halliday
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37'37'
R. Snodgrass
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44'44'
O. Kiomourtzoglou
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66'66'
J. MacKenzie
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70'70'
V. Besuijen
L. Clarkson
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74'74'
Duk
Y. Ramadani
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79'79'
V. Besuijen
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81'81'
M. Watkins
L. Duk
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82'82'
P. Haring
R. Snodgrass
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82'82'
C. Smith
A. Forrest
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87'87'
M. Kennedy
J. MacKenzie
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90'90'
J. Grant
P. Haring
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90'90'
J. Grant
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90'90'
L. Scales
Next match
In the upcoming Premiership match, Aberdeen will play away with Motherwell on the 22nd of October with a 21-20 head to head record in favor of Motherwell (13 draws).
Hearts will host Celtic on the 22nd of October with a 41-9 head to head record in favor of Celtic (7 draws).
Aberdeen: Formation and Lineups
Aberdeen started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Jim Goodwin chose to play with the following team: Kelle Roos , Ross McCrorie , Anthony Stewart , Liam Scales , Jayden Richardson , Connor Barron , Ylber Ramadani , Leighton Clarkson , Jack Mackenzie , Bojan Miovski and Duk .
Substitutes
Aberdeen made 3 changes: L. Clarkson for V. Besuijen (70′), L. Duk for M. Watkins (81′) and J. MacKenzie for M. Kennedy (87′).
Top player: Duk
The player who no doubt impressed Aberdeen the most was Duk even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 12 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.
Hearts: Formation and Lineups
Hearts started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
On the opposite side, Robbie Neilson played with: Craig Gordon , Alex Cochrane , Toby Sibbick , Stephen Kingsley , Andy Halliday , Alan Forrest , Robert Snodgrass , Orestis Kiomourtzoglou , Barrie McKay , Stephen Humphrys and Lawrence Shankland .
Hearts could not rely on the presence of L. Neilson (injured).
Substitutes
Hearts made 4 changes: A. Halliday for L. Neilson (10′), R. Snodgrass for P. Haring (82′), A. Forrest for C. Smith (82′) and P. Haring for J. Grant (90′).
Top player: Robert Snodgrass
Probably the most impressive player in Hearts was Robert Snodgrass.
His rating is with 48 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership
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