Hearts vs Aberdeen

16 September 2023 · Scottish Premiership · 2023/24 · Referee K Clancy

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Yutaro Oda 14’
  • Liam Boyce 64’

Match summary

Hearts beat Aberdeen 2-0. Hearts led 1-0 at half-time.

Yutaro Oda put Hearts ahead in the 14th minute and Liam Boyce made it 2-0 in the 64th minute.

Shots finished 12-11 to Hearts, with 4 on target for Hearts and 5 for Aberdeen.

Match stats

Hearts Aberdeen
12 Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 5
9 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Hearts Aberdeen
Kick-off
Yutaro Oda1-0 (Hearts)
14’
Half-time1-0
Liam Boyce2-0 (Hearts)
64’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Hearts
  • Nathaniel Atkinson
  • Frankie Kent
  • Peter Haring
  • Liam Boyce
Aberdeen
  • Slobodan Rubežić
  • Leighton Clarkson

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aberdeen attacking Hearts attacking 
2’ James McGarry (Aberdeen), open play, saved 12’ Nathaniel Atkinson (Hearts), open play, saved 14’ Yutaro Oda (Hearts), open play, goal 21’ James McGarry (Aberdeen), open play, saved 21’ Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 22’ James McGarry (Aberdeen), from a corner, saved 34’ Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen), set piece, saved 40’ Liam Boyce (Hearts), open play, off target 46’ Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen), open play, off target 48’ Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen), open play, off target 55’ Cameron Devlin (Hearts), set piece, blocked 60’ Nathaniel Atkinson (Hearts), open play, blocked 60’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, blocked 60’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, hit the woodwork 63’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, off target 64’ Liam Boyce (Hearts), open play, goal 76’ Kye Rowles (Hearts), from a corner, blocked 79’ Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), open play, off target 80’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, off target 82’ Habib Gueye (Aberdeen), open play, saved 82’ Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 86’ Ester Sokler (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 90+1’ Cameron Devlin (Hearts), open play, saved 2’ James McGarry (Aberdeen), open play, saved 12’ Nathaniel Atkinson (Hearts), open play, saved 14’ Yutaro Oda (Hearts), open play, goal 21’ James McGarry (Aberdeen), open play, saved 21’ Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 22’ James McGarry (Aberdeen), from a corner, saved 34’ Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen), set piece, saved 40’ Liam Boyce (Hearts), open play, off target 46’ Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen), open play, off target 48’ Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen), open play, off target 55’ Cameron Devlin (Hearts), set piece, blocked 60’ Nathaniel Atkinson (Hearts), open play, blocked 60’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, blocked 60’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, hit the woodwork 63’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, off target 64’ Liam Boyce (Hearts), open play, goal 76’ Kye Rowles (Hearts), from a corner, blocked 79’ Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), open play, off target 80’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, off target 82’ Habib Gueye (Aberdeen), open play, saved 82’ Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 86’ Ester Sokler (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 90+1’ Cameron Devlin (Hearts), open play, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Nathaniel Atkinson Taken off
66′ – – 2 – – –
Frankie Kent
90′ – – – – – –
Kye Rowles
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Peter Haring Taken off
50′ – – – – – –
Yutaro Oda Taken off
34′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Liam Boyce Taken off
66′ 1 – 2 – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Alan Forrest Came on as a substitute
56′ – – – – – – –
Calem Nieuwenhof Came on as a substitute
40′ – – – – – – –
Toby Sibbick Came on as a substitute
24′ – – – – – – –
Jorge Grant Came on as a substitute
24′ – – – – – – –
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

Hearts win 46% Avg odds 2.08
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.58
Aberdeen win 28% Avg odds 3.35

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

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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.