Aberdeen vs Heart of Midlothian, 2023-24 Scottish Premiership

· Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen

53': Bojan Miovski
90'+2': Leighton Clarkson

FT
2 - 1

Heart of Midlothian

20': Lawrence Shankland

About

Aberdeen are hosting Heart of Midlothian at Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland, starting on . The match is a part of the Scottish Premiership.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Jamie McGrath.
4': Attempt saved. Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Cochrane with a cross.
6': Ester Sokler (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
6': Foul by Frankie Kent (Heart of Midlothian).
8': Foul by Stefan Gartenmann (Aberdeen).
8': Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Kenneth Vargas (Heart of Midlothian).
9': Stefan Gartenmann (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
14': Attempt saved. Alex Lowry (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Beni Baningime.
16': Attempt blocked. Jamie McGrath (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ester Sokler.
19': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Richard Jensen.
20': Goal! Aberdeen 0, Heart of Midlothian 1. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Cochrane with a cross following a corner.
22': Foul by Ester Sokler (Aberdeen).
22': Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
25': Foul by Richard Jensen (Aberdeen).
25': Kenneth Vargas (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Nicky Devlin.
29': Foul by Alex Lowry (Heart of Midlothian).
29': Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen).
30': Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Calem Nieuwenhof (Heart of Midlothian).
33': Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
33': Calem Nieuwenhof (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
34': Attempt missed. Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jonny Hayes following a set piece situation.
35': Delay in match because of an injury Richard Jensen (Aberdeen).
36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
37': Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Toby Sibbick.
37': Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Frankie Kent.
38': Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
38': Richard Jensen (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
40': Offside, Aberdeen. Jonny Hayes is caught offside.
40': Foul by Alex Lowry (Heart of Midlothian).
40': Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Alex Lowry (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Attempt missed. Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bojan Miovski.
44': Foul by Toby Sibbick (Heart of Midlothian).
44': Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Beni Baningime (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Foul by Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen).
45'+1': Offside, Aberdeen. Ester Sokler is caught offside.
45'+2': Foul by Toby Sibbick (Heart of Midlothian).
45'+2': Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+3': First Half ends, Aberdeen 0, Heart of Midlothian 1.
45': Second Half begins Aberdeen 0, Heart of Midlothian 1.
48': Attempt saved. Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Graeme Shinnie with a cross.
49': Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
49': Stefan Gartenmann (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Attempt missed. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Alex Cochrane.
52': Attempt saved. Richard Jensen (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Graeme Shinnie.
52': Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Zander Clark.
53': Attempt missed. Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen) header from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jonny Hayes with a cross following a corner.
53': Goal! Aberdeen 1, Heart of Midlothian 1. Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie McGrath.
55': Foul by Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen).
55': Toby Sibbick (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
56': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Richard Jensen.
57': Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
57': Stefan Gartenmann (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Kyosuke Tagawa replaces Kenneth Vargas.
58': Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Jorge Grant replaces Alex Lowry.
59': Foul by Stefan Gartenmann (Aberdeen).
59': Jorge Grant (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Stefan Gartenmann (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Attempt missed. Ester Sokler (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jamie McGrath.
61': Foul by Jorge Grant (Heart of Midlothian).
61': Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Attempt missed. Ester Sokler (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jamie McGrath.
62': Foul by Beni Baningime (Heart of Midlothian).
62': Jamie McGrath (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
64': Beni Baningime (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card.
65': Frankie Kent (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card.
65': Attempt saved. Jamie McGrath (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
66': Foul by Kyosuke Tagawa (Heart of Midlothian).
66': Stefan Gartenmann (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Offside, Aberdeen. Bojan Miovski is caught offside.
68': Foul by Jamie McGrath (Aberdeen).
68': Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Alex Cochrane (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
69': Foul by Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen).
71': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Stefan Gartenmann.
72': Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Craig Halkett replaces Toby Sibbick.
72': Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Aidan Denholm replaces Calem Nieuwenhof.
72': Foul by Kye Rowles (Heart of Midlothian).
72': Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Kye Rowles (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73': Substitution, Aberdeen. Shayden Morris replaces Jack Milne.
73': Substitution, Aberdeen. Duk replaces Ester Sokler.
74': Foul by Kyosuke Tagawa (Heart of Midlothian).
74': Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Aidan Denholm (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen).
76': Delay in match because of an injury Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen).
77': Substitution, Aberdeen. Dante Polvara replaces Bojan Miovski because of an injury.
77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
78': Alex Cochrane (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Foul by Jamie McGrath (Aberdeen).
78': Jamie McGrath (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': Foul by Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian).
80': Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Delay in match because of an injury Stefan Gartenmann (Aberdeen).
84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
85': Attempt blocked. Duk (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
86': Attempt saved. Duk (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leighton Clarkson.
87': Offside, Aberdeen. Jonny Hayes is caught offside.
88': Beni Baningime (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen).
88': Dante Polvara (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Aidan Denholm (Heart of Midlothian).
88': Aidan Denholm (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Hand ball by Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian).
90'+1': Attempt missed. Duk (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Shayden Morris with a cross.
90'+2': Goal! Aberdeen 2, Heart of Midlothian 1. Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Duk following a fast break.
90'+4': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Nicky Devlin.
90'+5': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Jamie McGrath.
90'+5': Foul by Frankie Kent (Heart of Midlothian).
90'+5': Richard Jensen (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card.
90'+6': Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
90'+6': Stefan Gartenmann (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Substitution, Aberdeen. Angus MacDonald replaces Jamie McGrath.
90'+7': Foul by Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen).
90'+7': Jorge Grant (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Nicky Devlin.
90'+9': Attempt missed. Craig Halkett (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
90'+10': Second Half ends, Aberdeen 2, Heart of Midlothian 1.
0': Match ends, Aberdeen 2, Heart of Midlothian 1.

Game Information

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Venue: Pittodrie Stadium
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Attendance: 16,064

SPFL Premiership Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	37	+64	90
2	Rangers	37	+55	84
3	Heart of Midlothian	37	+12	67
4	Kilmarnock	37	+2	55

Full Table

Line-Ups

Aberdeen (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
24	Kelle Roos (GK)
6	Stefan Gartenmann
5	Richard Jensen
2	Nicky Devlin
4	Graeme Shinnie
10	Leighton Clarkson
7	Jamie McGrath
17	Jonathan Hayes
28	Jack Milne
19	Ester Sokler
9	Bojan Miovski

Aberdeen Substitutes:

Ross Doohan, Connor Barron, James McGarry, Duk, Angus MacDonald, Slobodan Rubezic, Ryan Duncan, Shayden Morris, Dante Polvara.

Heart of Midlothian (3-5-2)

No.	Name
28	Zander Clark (GK)
2	Frankie Kent
15	Kye Rowles
3	Stephen Kingsley
51	Alexander Lowry
8	Calem Nieuwenhof
6	Beni Baningime
19	Alex Cochrane
21	Toby Sibbick
77	Kenneth Vargas
9	Lawrence Shankland

Heart of Midlothian Substitutes:

Aidan Denholm, Alan Forrest, Jorge Grant, Barrie McKay, Craig Gordon, Yutaro Oda, Craig Halkett, Kyosuke Tagawa.

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