Aberdeen 2-1 Hibernian: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 29 September 2012
Result
Aberdeen 2-1 Hibernian
Premiership · Saturday 29 September 2012, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Aberdeen 2-1 Hibernian: match report
Aberdeen defeated Hibernian 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 29 September 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
Niall McGinn opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Aberdeen's goals came from Niall McGinn (4') and G. Rae (71'). Hibernian scored through E. Doyle (33').
Discipline: Aberdeen received no yellow cards; Hibernian received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aberdeen were 8th on 8 points from 7 and Hibernian 2nd on 12 points from 7. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 7th with 48 points, and Hibernian 8th with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aberdeen wins, 3 draws and 3 for Hibernian.
Going into the match Aberdeen's last five read D-D-D-D-W and Hibernian's D-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Niall McGinn
- 12'Yellow card · A. Maybury
- 33'Goal · E. Doyle
- 63'Yellow card · Paul Cairney
- 66'Yellow card · P. Hanlon
- 71'Goal · G. Rae
Head-to-head
Team news
Aberdeen line-up
Jamie Langfield, Russell Anderson, Andy Considine, Mark Reynolds, Ryan Jack, Isaac Osbourne, Stephen Hughes, Scott Vernon, Niall McGinn, Ryan Fraser, Gavin Rae
Hibernian line-up
Ben Williams, Paul Hanlon, Alan Maybury, Gary Deegan, Jorge Claros, Paul Cairney, David Wotherspoon, Eoin Doyle, Tim Clancy, James McPake, Leigh Griffiths