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Matchday

Premiership 26/27 · 1 Aug 2026

Aberdeen 2–1 Heart of Midlothian

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.3 – 1.1
Actual xG
2.3 – 1.3
Goals
2 – 1

Footybot made Aberdeen favourites at 40%.

Aberdeen won and made the better chances: 2.3 xG to 1.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Kevin Nisbet, 55.7 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Kevin Nisbet +15.0.

Well below it: Connor Ronan −26.6, Stuart Findlay −18.9, Calvin Miller −14.0.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Aberdeen

17 May 2026L 2–3at Dundee FC Scottish Premiership
12 May 2026L 0–2v St. Mirren Scottish Premiership
9 May 2026W 2–0v Dundee United Scottish Premiership
1 May 2026D 2–2at Livingston Scottish Premiership
25 Apr 2026W 1–0v Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership

Heart of Midlothian

28 Jul 2026L 0–2v SK Sturm Graz Champions League
21 Jul 2026L 0–4at SK Sturm Graz Champions League
16 May 2026L 1–3at Celtic Scottish Premiership
13 May 2026W 3–0v Falkirk FC Scottish Premiership
9 May 2026D 1–1at Motherwell Scottish Premiership

Head to head

28 Feb 2026Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Aberdeen Scottish Premiership
23 Nov 2025Aberdeen 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
4 Aug 2025Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Aberdeen Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Stuart Armstrong Midfielder1800–63.4–
Kevin Nisbet Forward90201.8155.7+15.0
Marius Müller Goalkeeper9000–53.4–
Lewis Mayo Defender90010.2646.8+7.6
Daniel Happe Defender90000.1344.0–
Bradley Lyons Midfielder9000–37.1−6.9
Aremu Afeez Midfielder72000.0236.3+0.2
Chris Cadden Midfielder73000.0536.2−0.6
Toyosi Olusanya Forward9000–35.9−3.5
Ayoub Mouloua Forward1700–35.8–
Tony Yogane Midfielder73000.0434.1−1.5
Alexander Briedl Midfielder1700–33.3–
Lewis Smith Forward1700–32.4–
Nesta Guinness-Walker Defender8300–26.0–
Connor Ronan Midfielder7300–25.9−26.6
Gavin Molloy Defender1600–6.9–

Heart of Midlothian

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Oisin McEntee Defender90100.3443.2+1.1
Blair Spittal Midfielder80000.1139.1−0.8
Pierre Landry Kaboré Forward30000.2038.5–
Beau Reus Goalkeeper9000–38.1–
Cláudio Braga Forward90000.1937.4−3.4
Laurent Mendy Midfielder75000.0236.9–
Sabah Kerjota Forward74000.1336.2–
Amadou Ba-Sy Forward60000.1435.1–
Jordi Altena Defender9000–35.1−3.6
Harry Milne Defender90000.0632.4−5.8
Severin Sabri Guendouz Forward1600–30.0–
Calvin Miller Midfielder90000.1024.6−14.0
Stuart Findlay Defender90000.0523.0−18.9
Tomas Magnusson Midfielder1000–22.7–
Jamie McCart Defender1500–22.6–