Hearts 5-0 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 18 January 2023

Result

Hearts 5-0 Aberdeen

Premiership · Wednesday 18 January 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Hearts 5-0 Aberdeen: match report

Hearts won against Aberdeen 5-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 18 January 2023. The half-time score was 4-0.

Hearts's goals came from an own goal by Graeme Shinnie (15'), Michael Smith (28'), Lawrence Shankland (40', penalty), Josh Ginnelly (45+1') and Cammy Devlin (61'). Aberdeen did not score.

Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Hearts were 3rd on 35 points from 21 and Aberdeen 5th on 29 points from 21. Hearts went on to finish that season 4th with 54 points, and Aberdeen 3rd with 57.

Hearts lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Aberdeen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Smith of Hearts (8.6), ahead of Lawrence Shankland (8.5).

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

Going into the match Hearts's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Aberdeen's W-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Own goal · Graeme ShinnieHearts · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Michael SmithHearts · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · DukAberdeen
  • 40'Penalty goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 3-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Josh GinnellyHearts · 4-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Kye RowlesHearts
  • 61'Goal · Cammy DevlinHearts · 5-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Zander Clark, James Hill, Toby Sibbick, Kye Rowles, Michael Smith, Cammy Devlin, Robert Snodgrass, Alex Cochrane, Lawrence Shankland, Barrie McKay, Josh Ginnelly

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

Joe Lewis, Matty Kennedy, Ross McCrorie, Liam Scales, Hayden Coulson, Ylber Ramadani, Graeme Shinnie, Jonny Hayes, Leighton Clarkson, Duk, Bojan Miovski