Hearts 4-0 Dunfermline Athletic: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 17 December 2011

Result

Hearts 4-0 Dunfermline Athletic

Premiership · Saturday 17 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Hearts 4-0 Dunfermline Athletic: match report

Hearts defeated Dunfermline Athletic 4-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 17 December 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Stephen Elliott opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Hearts's goals came from Stephen Elliott (2'), Mehdi Taouil (27'), D. Templeton (71') and Rudolf Skacel (90'). Dunfermline Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Hearts received 2 yellow cards; Dunfermline Athletic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 5th on 22 points from 18 and Dunfermline Athletic 12th on 14 points from 17. Hearts went on to finish that season 5th with 52 points, and Dunfermline Athletic 12th with 25.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Hearts wins, 1 draw and 0 for Dunfermline Athletic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Stephen ElliottHearts · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Alex KeddieDunfermline Athletic
  • 27'Goal · Mehdi TaouilHearts · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Paul BurnsDunfermline Athletic
  • 65'Yellow card · Andy DowieDunfermline Athletic
  • 66'Yellow card · Andy WebsterHearts
  • 71'Goal · D. TempletonHearts · 3-0
  • 73'Yellow card · J. HamillHearts
  • 81'Yellow card · Martin HardieDunfermline Athletic
  • 90'Goal · Rudolf SkacelHearts · 4-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Hearts 3, draws 1, Dunfermline Athletic 0.

Team news

Hearts line-up

Marián Kello, Andy Webster, Ryan McGowan, Marius Zaliukas, Adrian Mrowiec, Jamie Hamill, Ian Blackstone, David Templeton, Mehdi Taouil, Stephen Elliott, Scott Robinson

Dunfermline Athletic line-up

Paul Gallacher, Alex Keddie, Andy Dowie, John-Paul Potter, Gary Mason, Martin Hardie, David Graham, Paul Burns, Paul Willis, Andy Barrowman, Liam Buchanan