Hearts 2-2 Ross County: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 30 December 2023

Result

Hearts 2-2 Ross County

Premiership · Saturday 30 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Hearts 2-2 Ross County: match report

Hearts drew with Ross County 2-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 30 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Hearts's goals came from Kenneth Vargas (71') and Lawrence Shankland (79'). Ross County scored through an own goal by Alex Cochrane (55') and Yan Dhanda (61').

Discipline: Hearts received 2 yellow cards; Ross County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 3rd on 32 points from 19 and Ross County 10th on 17 points from 17. Hearts went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and Ross County 11th with 35.

Hearts lined up in a 3-5-2 and Ross County in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yan Dhanda of Ross County (8.7), ahead of Lawrence Shankland (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Hearts wins, 3 draws and 0 for Ross County.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Nathaniel AtkinsonHearts
  • 51'Yellow card · Alan ForrestHearts
  • 55'Own goal · Alex CochraneRoss County · 0-1
  • 61'Goal · Yan DhandaRoss County · 0-2
  • 71'Goal · Kenneth VargasHearts · 1-2
  • 79'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 2-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Josh SimsRoss County
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Ryan LeakRoss County

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Hearts 5, draws 3, Ross County 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ben PatonRoss County · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • R. CallachanRoss County · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)

Hearts line-up (3-5-2)

Zander Clark, Frankie Kent, Craig Halkett, Kye Rowles, Nathaniel Atkinson, Aidan Denholm, Alex Lowry, Calem Nieuwenhof, Alex Cochrane, Lawrence Shankland, Kyosuke Tagawa

Ross County line-up (3-4-1-2)

Ross Laidlaw, James Brown, Jack Baldwin, Ryan Leak, Ben Purrington, Yan Dhanda, Max Sheaf, S. Allardice, Josh Sims, Jordan White, Simon Murray