Premiership: Hearts crushes Dundee United 4-1 with a superb match
EDINBURGH. Hearts demolishes Dundee United 4-1 with goals of
EDINBURGH. Hearts demolishes Dundee United 4-1 with goals of L. Shankland (1′), B. McKay (48′), J. Grant (62′) and J. Ginnelly (90′). On the opposite side, Dundee United scored with S. Fletcher (71′ pen).
The match was played at the Tynecastle Park stadium in Edinburgh on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Colin Steven with the help of John McCrossan and Gordon Crawford. The 4th official was Alan James Muir. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 18.5 degrees Celsius or 65.21 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 87%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Hearts was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Dundee United that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Dundee United was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Hearts was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Hearts shot 12 times, 11 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Dundee United shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Hearts. On the opposite side, Dundee United received 4 yellow cards (M. Cudjoe, J. McGrath, R. Graham and R. Edwards).
After this match, Hearts has 4 points to occupy the 5th place in the table. while Dundee United stays with 1 points (10th).
Match Events
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1'1'
L. Shankland
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19'19'
M. Cudjoe
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48'48'
B. McKay
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52'52'
C. Sibbald
C. Mulgrew
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52'52'
S. Fletcher
M. Cudjoe
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54'54'
J. McGrath
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57'57'
P. Haring
L. Boyce
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58'58'
G. Mackay-Steven
A. Forrest
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62'62'
J. Grant
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64'64'
R. Graham
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71'71'
S. Fletcher (Penalty)
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76'76'
S. Kingsley
A. Cochrane
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77'77'
A. Halliday
J. Grant
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77'77'
J. Ginnelly
B. McKay
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87'87'
R. Edwards
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90'90'
J. Ginnelly
Next match
In the upcoming Premiership match, Hearts will play away with Celtic on the 20th of August with a 40-9 head to head in favor of Celtic (7 draws).
Dundee United will host St. Mirren on the 20th of August with a 17-6 head to head stats in favor of Dundee United (12 draws).
Hearts: Formation and Lineups
Hearts started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Robbie Neilson chose to play with the following team: Craig Gordon , Michael Smith , Craig Halkett , Kye Rowles , Alex Cochrane , Cameron Devlin , Jorge Grant , Alan Forrest , Liam Boyce , Barrie McKay and Lawrence Shankland .
Substitutes
Hearts made 5 changes: L. Boyce for P. Haring (57′), A. Forrest for G. Mackay-Steven (58′), A. Cochrane for S. Kingsley (76′), J. Grant for A. Halliday (77′) and B. McKay for J. Ginnelly (77′).
Top player: Kye Rowles
Probably the most impressive player in Hearts was Kye Rowles even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 80 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.
Dundee United: Formation and Lineups
Dundee United started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Jack Ross played with: Mark Birighitti , Liam Smith , Ryan Edwards , Ross Graham , Aziz Behich , Ian Harkes , Charlie Mulgrew , Jamie McGrath , Mathew Anim Cudjoe , Tony Watt and Glenn Middleton .
Substitutes
Dundee United made 2 changes: C. Mulgrew for C. Sibbald (52′) and M. Cudjoe for S. Fletcher (52′).
Best player: Mark Birighitti
The player that probably impressed the most for Dundee United was the goalkeeper: Mark Birighitti. His rating is 7.30. He performed 8 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership
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