Aberdeen vs Hearts

6 October 2024 · Scottish Premiership · 2024/25 · Referee A Beaton

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Topi Keskinen 2’
Nicky Devlin 65’
Ante Palaversa 88’

Frankie Kent 36’
Blair Spittal 63’

Match summary

Aberdeen came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Hearts, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Topi Keskinen put Aberdeen ahead in the 2nd minute and Frankie Kent equalised with a header in the 36th minute. In the second half, Blair Spittal put Hearts in front from a corner in the 63rd minute, Nicky Devlin equalised in the 65th minute, and Ante Palaversa won it in the 88th minute.

Both sides had 11 shots, with 3 on target for Aberdeen and 3 for Hearts. Hearts had a player sent off.

Match stats

11 Shots 11

3 Shots on Target 3

2 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Aberdeen Hearts

Kick-off

Topi Keskinen

1-0

2’

36’

Frankie Kent

1-1

Half-time1-1

63’

Blair Spittal

1-2

Nicky Devlin

2-2

65’

Ante Palaversa

3-2

88’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aberdeen

Ante Palaversa

Hearts

Jorge Grant
Craig Gordon
Yan Dhanda
Lawrence Shankland
James Penrice
Adam Forrester

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Hearts attacking Aberdeen attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players15 players


Dimitar Mitov	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nicky Devlin	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Slobodan Rubežić	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Gavin Molloy	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Mackenzie	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Graeme Shinnie	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sivert Heltne Nilsen	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Topi Keskinen Taken off	72′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Leighton Clarkson Taken off	61′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamie McGrath Taken off	72′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kevin Nisbet Taken off	61′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Duk Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ester Sokler Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Ante Palaversa Came on as a substitute	18′	1	–	1	–	–	–
Shayden Morris Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–


Craig Gordon	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Daniel Oyegoke Taken off	69′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Frankie Kent	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kye Rowles	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Stephen Kingsley Taken off	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Malachi Boateng	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kenneth Vargas Taken off	78′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jorge Grant Sent off	75′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Blair Spittal	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Yan Dhanda Taken off	79′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Lawrence Shankland	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–
James Penrice Came on as a substitute	70′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Forrester Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Beni Baningime Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alan Forrest Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Aberdeen win 51% Avg odds 1.85

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.74

Hearts win 24% Avg odds 4.01

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aberdeen W W W W W

Hearts L L L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen, 27 Jan 24 Next meeting: Hearts 1-1 Aberdeen, 01 Dec 24 All Aberdeen vs Hearts meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.