Scotland - PremiershipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Aberdeen and Hearts, taking place on Saturday, 09 December 2023, at Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen.
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Aberdeen, Recent FormThe 1-0 home defeat to Kilmarnock will not have sat easily with the Aberdeen squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. During that encounter they had 64% possession and had 17 attempts on goal with 3 on target, while their opponents hit 2 of their 8 shots on goal.
Having lost 14 goals in their past 6 matches, boss Barry Robson will surely be casting a critical eye over his defensive line, even though his team managed to pick up some points along the way due to the 5 goals they scored. They have failed to score in 4 of their last 6 games, and they have only kept 2 clean sheets in their last 6 games at home.
It's been a bad run of form of late for them, having racked up 4 losses and only a single victory in their last 6 league matches, so they'll need to turn things around if they want to start climbing the table.
Hearts, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Hearts players having failed to take any points away from their recent 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Rangers. In that game they had 48% possession and managed 12 attempts on goal, with 5 on target, compared to Rangers who had 22 attempts and 5 on target.
Manager Steven Naismith will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, and they have recorded 7 clean sheets in their 15 games so far this season.
They have had a good run of form recently, winning 4 out of their last 6 games.
Goalscorer Lawrence Shankland will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 4 goals in his last 6 league matches for Hearts.
Last time these two teams met in the league it resulted in an unsurprising 2-0 win for Hearts.
Aberdeen have scored in each of their last 7 games at home in the league against The Jam Tarts. During the last 2 times these two teams have met in the league at Pittodrie Stadium, The Jam Tarts have been unable to break through the Aberdeen defence and find the back of the net.
Hearts will be hoping to get at least a point from this game having lost the last 7 times they've visited Aberdeen in the league and not won this away fixture at Pittodrie Stadium for 10 games in a row.
With no real injury worries, Aberdeen manager Barry Robson will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Steven Naismith has a number of injury concerns in his Hearts squad to contend with: Liam Boyce (Leg), Cammy Devlin (Unknown) and Odel Offiah (Illness)
Aberdeen Playing at home | Hearts Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 0.7 |
| 19' | Time first goal scored | 39' |
| 68' | Time first goal conceded | 60' |
| 1.5 | Yellow cards | 2.1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.2 | Subs used | 4.1 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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