Aberdeen 3-2 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 4 August 2019

Result

Aberdeen 3-2 Hearts

Premiership · Sunday 4 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aberdeen 3-2 Hearts: match report

Aberdeen defeated Hearts 3-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 4 August 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Sam Cosgrove opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Aberdeen's goals came from Sam Cosgrove (13'), Sam Cosgrove (80', penalty) and Ryan Hedges (85'). Hearts scored through S. Naismith (68') and Jamie Walker (76').

Discipline: Aberdeen received 4 yellow cards; Hearts received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Aberdeen went on to finish that season 4th with 45 points, and Hearts 12th with 23.

Aberdeen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Hearts in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Cosgrove of Aberdeen (8.6), ahead of Steven Naismith (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aberdeen wins, 2 draws and 3 for Hearts.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Sam CosgroveAberdeen · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Aaron HickeyHearts
  • 34'Yellow card · Uche IkpeazuHearts
  • 35'Yellow card · Sean ClareHearts
  • 45'Yellow card · S. LoganAberdeen
  • 47'Yellow card · Lewis FergusonAberdeen
  • 53'Yellow card · Jake MulraneyHearts
  • 55'Yellow card · Funso OjoAberdeen
  • 68'Goal · S. NaismithHearts · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · Jamie WalkerHearts · 1-2
  • 78'Second yellow · Aaron HickeyHearts
  • 80'Penalty goal · Sam CosgroveAberdeen · 2-2
  • 85'Goal · Ryan HedgesAberdeen · 3-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Ryan HedgesAberdeen

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Aberdeen 3, draws 2, Hearts 3.

Team news

Aberdeen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Joe Lewis, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Scott McKenna, Greg Leigh, Lewis Ferguson, Jon Gallagher, F. Ojo, Scott Wright, Sam Cosgrove, James Wilson

Hearts line-up (5-4-1)

Zdeněk Zlámal, Michael Smith, John Souttar, Christophe Berra, Craig Halkett, Aaron Hickey, Sean Clare, Jamie Walker, Jake Mulraney, Andrew Irving, Uche Ikpeazu