Aberdeen 3-2 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 6 October 2024

Result

Aberdeen 3-2 Hearts

Premiership · Sunday 6 October 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Aberdeen 3-2 Hearts: match report

Aberdeen won against Hearts 3-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 6 October 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Topi Keskinen opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Aberdeen's goals came from Topi Keskinen (2'), Nicky Devlin (65') and Ante Palaversa (88'). Hearts scored through Frankie Kent (36') and Blair Spittal (63').

Discipline: Aberdeen received 1 yellow card; Hearts received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Aberdeen were 2nd on 18 points from 6 and Hearts 12th on 2 points from 7. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 4th with 53 points, and Hearts 5th with 52.

Aberdeen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hearts in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ante Palaversa of Aberdeen (7.9), ahead of Frankie Kent (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aberdeen win, 0 draws and 2 for Hearts.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Topi KeskinenAberdeen · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Lawrence ShanklandHearts
  • 36'Goal · Frankie KentHearts · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Yan DhandaHearts
  • 63'Goal · Blair SpittalHearts · 1-2
  • 65'Goal · Nicky DevlinAberdeen · 2-2
  • 75'Red card · J. GrantHearts
  • 75'Yellow card · J. GrantHearts
  • 76'Yellow card · Adam ForresterHearts
  • 83'Yellow card · James PenriceHearts
  • 86'Yellow card · Craig GordonHearts
  • 88'Goal · Ante PalaversaAberdeen · 3-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Ante PalaversaAberdeen

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Aberdeen 1, draws 0, Hearts 2.

Team news

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

Dimitar Mitov, Nicky Devlin, Slobodan Rubežić, Gavin Molloy, Jack MacKenzie, Graeme Shinnie, Sivert Heltne Nilsen, Topi Keskinen, Leighton Clarkson, Jamie McGrath, Kevin Nisbet

Hearts line-up (4-1-4-1)

Craig Gordon, Daniel Oyegoke, Frankie Kent, Kye Rowles, Stephen Kingsley, Malachi Boateng, Kenneth Vargas, Jorge Grant, Blair Spittal, Yan Dhanda, Lawrence Shankland