Aberdeen 2–1 Hearts

Aberdeen vs Heart of Midlothian

1 Aug 2026 · Home · Win · Stephen Robinson

AFC 1903

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The verdict

Event data: Opta

A dominant second-half attacking performance after a poor first half.

Aberdeen generated 2.29 xG after the break, having managed just 0.37 before it.

Aberdeen

11 shots

Heart of Midlothian

21 shots

Off target On target GoalCircle size = xG

By half

xG

1st half

0.37

2nd half

2.29

Usual for this half: 0.45 (1st), 0.93 (2nd) — 11 games

Shots

1st half

2nd half

Usual for this half: 6 (1st), 7 (2nd) — 11 games

Possession %

1st half

2nd half

Usual for this half: 45 (1st), 49 (2nd) — 11 games

Match overview

51Ball possession49

2.32Expected goals1.34

2Big chances1

11Total shots19

3Goalkeeper saves1

4Corner kicks6

10Fouls17

359Passes348

19Tackles15

16Free kicks10

2Yellow cards2

0Red cards1

7.9Average rating6.28

Shots

11Total shots19

3Shots on target4

0Hit woodwork0

4Shots off target7

4Blocked shots8

7Shots inside box12

4Shots outside box7

Attack

2Big chances scored1

24Touches in penalty area32

3Fouled in final third1

3Offsides0

Passes

272Accurate passes258

25Throw-ins32

61Final third entries70

69/107 (64%)Final third phase93/152 (61%)

31/60 (52%)Long balls21/65 (32%)

6/27 (22%)Crosses3/27 (11%)

Duels

58Duels41

11Dispossessed12

43/71 (61%)Ground duels28/72 (39%)

20/37 (54%)Aerial duels17/37 (46%)

7/11 (64%)Dribbles3/11 (27%)

Defending

63Tackles won80

19Total tackles15

13Interceptions6

47Recoveries40

40Clearances39

Goalkeeping

3Total saves1

0.06Goals prevented-0.42

1Big saves1

1High claims0

1Punches0

10Goal kicks12

In context — full match

Metric	This match	This season	5-year	SPFL average	Verdict
Shots	11	13	12.2	14.5	about normal
Shots in the box	7	8.7	8	10	about normal
Passes	356	394.6	392.9	–	about normal
Pass accuracy %	71.6	75	72.3	–	about normal
Passes into the final third	35	30.3	25.4	–	above usual
Long balls	63	57.3	57.9	–	about normal
Long balls, % of passes	17.7	14.8	15.5	–	above usual
Tackles won	12	10.9	9.6	10.3	above usual
Interceptions	13	10	8	8.6	above usual
Recoveries	38	42.5	48.7	–	below usual
Balls won	63	63.5	66.4	–	about normal
Won in the final third	5	4.6	4.6	–	about normal
Clearances	41	28.7	26.9	–	above usual
Fouls conceded	10	12	11.8	12.1	below usual

Aberdeen — player stats

Raw counts, no ratings — Heart of Midlothian player detail isn’t held in the same source, so this side only.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	xA	Shots	Passes	Key P	Crosses	Touches
M. Müller	90’	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	15/26 (58%)	0	0/0	39
L. Mayo	90’	1	1	1.23	0.02	1	35/41 (85%)	1	0/0	66
D. Happe	90’	0	0	0.13	0.01	1	46/56 (82%)	1	0/0	71
B. Lyons	90’	0	0	0.00	0.01	0	40/48 (83%)	0	0/1	65
T. Olusanya	90’	0	0	0.00	0.08	0	6/7 (86%)	1	0/0	21
K. Nisbet	90’	1	0	1.19	0.09	5 (2)	9/14 (64%)	0	0/0	30
N. Guinness-Walker	83’	0	0	0.00	0.02	0	29/37 (78%)	0	0/4	68
C. Cadden	73’	0	0	0.05	0.03	1 (1)	14/23 (61%)	0	1/3	56
C. Ronan	73’	0	0	0.00	0.18	0	25/32 (78%)	2	2/11	50
T. Yogane	73’	0	0	0.04	0.00	2	4/8 (50%)	0	0/2	23
A. Afeez	72’	0	0	0.01	0.13	1	31/37 (84%)	0	0/2	53
S. Armstrong (sub)	18’	0	0	0.00	0.12	0	7/8 (88%)	1	2/2	13
A. Briedl (sub)	17’	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	4/8 (50%)	0	0/0	14
L. Smith (sub)	17’	0	0	0.00	0.05	0	3/7 (43%)	1	1/1	14
A. Mouloua (sub)	17’	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	2/4 (50%)	0	0/0	5
G. Molloy (sub)	16’	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	2/3 (67%)	0	0/1	6

Duels & defending

Player	Duels	Aerial	Tackles	Interc.	Recov.	Clear.	Fouls (won/con.)
M. Müller	–	–	0/0	0	10	2	0/0
L. Mayo	3/7	3/6	0/0	3	3	16	0/1
D. Happe	7/9	6/6	1/1	1	2	9	0/1
B. Lyons	9/14	2/4	2/4	2	4	3	3/2
T. Olusanya	5/16	0/4	2/2	0	2	0	3/3
K. Nisbet	5/7	4/5	0/0	0	2	1	1/0
N. Guinness-Walker	10/11	1/2	2/3	1	4	4	5/0
C. Cadden	6/8	1/1	3/4	2	2	4	0/0
C. Ronan	0/4	0/1	0/0	0	7	0	0/0
T. Yogane	7/10	1/2	0/1	0	1	0	2/1
A. Afeez	6/8	0/1	2/3	1	5	0	2/1
S. Armstrong	1/2	–	0/1	1	0	0	0/0
A. Briedl	1/1	1/1	0/0	2	1	1	0/0
L. Smith	2/8	0/2	0/0	0	3	0	1/0
A. Mouloua	1/3	1/2	0/0	0	0	0	0/1
G. Molloy	–	–	0/0	0	1	0	0/0

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