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Hearts 1–1 Aberdeen

Sunday 22 August 2021, 15:00 · Tynecastle Park · Round 3 · Half-time 0–0 · Attendance 17,449

Hearts Boyce 56' (pen)

Aberdeen Ojo 71'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Hearts	Aberdeen
Goals	1	1
xG	1.17	0.54
Non-penalty xG	0.38	0.54
Expected Points	2.02	0.65

Hearts 56%Draw 33%Aberdeen 11%

Most likely score 1–0, 31%. Final score 1–1, 23%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Stoppage time is shaded as far as the last shot or event recorded in it. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.

Match stats

HeartsAberdeen

1.17 +0.24xG0.54 −0.02

0.38Non-penalty xG0.54

0.98 −0.06xG on target1.17 +0.55

7 −4.0Shots6 −3.0

2 −2.0Shots on target4 +1.0

2 +1.5Big chances1 0.0

22 +6Touches in the opposition box14 +1

46% +8Possession54% −6

373 +60Passes451 −54

72% 0Pass accuracy78% −3

52% +18Field tilt48% −5

33 −4Final-third entries36 +2

14 +6.5Box entries7 +2.0

11.5 −5Passes per defensive action12.8 −3

3 0.0Corners3 −0.5

17 −4.5Tackles20 +12.0

5 −8Interceptions11 −4

17 −12Clearances21 +5

3 −1.0Saves1 −1.0

16 +8.5Fouls12 0.0

3 −1.5Offsides3 +2.0

The small figure beside each value is its difference from the side's average per league match this season before this one. Field tilt is each side's share of the open-play passes completed in the final third; entries are completed open-play passes and carries into the final third and the box; passes per defensive action (PPDA) counts the opponent's passes in its own 60% of the pitch for each tackle, interception, challenge, or foul there.

Chance locations

Zones Shots

Hearts

Aberdeen

Each area's share of the side's xG from open play and set pieces, with the xG in it. The two wide areas of the box count together, as on the club pages. Shots shows each of those shots instead, sized by its xG, with goals filled in.

Chance types

HeartsAberdeen

0.33 3 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.34 4 shots, 1 goal

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.18 1 shot, 0 goals

0.06 3 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.02 1 shot, 0 goals

0.79 1 shot, 1 goalPenalties0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.

Game state

0–01–01–1

Level: 81 min (84%) · Hearts 1.17, Aberdeen 0.27 xG
Hearts ahead: 15 min (16%) · Hearts 0.00, Aberdeen 0.27 xG

Line-ups

Hearts substitutes

75' Walker for Halliday · yellow card 90+5'
78' McEneff for Mackay-Steven
90+3' Henderson for Ginnelly

Aberdeen substitutes

40' Emmanuel-Thomas for McLennan
46' Campbell for Hayes · 1 assist

Players

Hearts

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Gordon	GK	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	0
Souttar	CB	90		0.00	0.05	0	0.16	9	6
Halkett	CB	90		0.02	0.01	0	0.04	3	9
Cochrane	CB	90		0.00	0.04	2	0.03	4	5
M. Smith	RWB	90		0.02	0.02	0	0.04	6	2
Baningime	CM	90		0.00	0.17	1	−0.01	2	2
Haring	CM	90		0.00	0.02	0	0.04	1	8
Halliday	LWB	75		0.00	0.06	0	0.12	7	2
Ginnelly	RW	90		0.06	0.02	0	0.11	7	0
Boyce	ST	90	1	0.79	0.01	1	0.01	1	4
Mackay-Steven	LW	78		0.30	0.03	0	0.13	1	0
Walker	MF	15		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1
McEneff	MF	12		0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	1	0
Henderson	FW	0		0.00	0.00	0	–	–	0

Aberdeen

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Lewis	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	5	2
Ramsay	RB	90			0.00	0.03	1	0.04	5	11
Gallagher	CB	90			0.02	0.02	0	0.13	11	3
McCrorie	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.10	7	10
Hayes	LB	46			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	4
Brown	DM	90			0.00	0.02	0	0.04	5	7
Ferguson	DM	90			0.00	0.25	1	0.07	6	5
Ojo	RW	90	1		0.29	0.01	0	−0.05	1	2
Jenks	AM	90			0.04	0.00	0	0.02	1	5
McLennan	LW	40			0.00	0.01	0	0.00	0	2
Ramirez	ST	90			0.18	0.04	0	−0.01	1	0
Emmanuel-Thomas	FW	50			0.00	0.03	0	0.10	8	1
Campbell	MF	44		1	0.00	0.26	2	0.16	4	2

Starters, then substitutes in the order they came on. KP is chances created and Def defensive actions (tackles, blocks, clearances, and interceptions). xT is the expected threat added by the player's completed open-play passes and carries, and Prog counts progressive passes and carries.

Pass networks

Hearts

Aberdeen

Each starter at the average position of their passes and receptions until the side's first substitution or red card, sized by completed passes. Lines join pairs who passed to each other often, thicker for more passes.

Passing combinations

Hearts

From	To	Passes
Cochrane	Halkett	13
Halkett	Souttar	13
Souttar	Halkett	13
Halliday	Cochrane	11
Halkett	Cochrane	10

Aberdeen

From	To	Passes
Gallagher	Ramsay	15
Brown	McCrorie	10
Lewis	Gallagher	9
Ojo	Ferguson	9
Brown	Ferguson	8

The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.

Defensive actions

Hearts

Against its average of 2 matches

Aberdeen

Against its average of 2 matches

Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page. Areas are shaded by the difference from the side's average per match this season before this one: amber for more, blue for fewer.

Threat

Hearts

Aberdeen

Expected threat added by completed open-play passes and carries, by where the move started, attacking up the page. Expected threat is the chance that possession in an area leads to a goal; a move adds the difference between where it ends and where it starts.

Ratings

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday (ring) and after it (dot); a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs after the matchday, spread up and down only so they don't overlap. The change takes in the whole matchday.

League probabilities

Chance	Before	With this result	Change
Hearts
Title	2%	1%	−1
Top six	76%	74%	−2
11th	2%	2%	0
Bottom	1%	1%	0
Aberdeen
Top six	81%	81%	0
11th	1%	1%	0

From the forecast before the match (22 August 2021): each chance then, and across the simulations in which the match ended this way. The change is in percentage points.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	Hearts	Aberdeen
Expected goals	1.13	0.94
Win	39%	30%
Expected Points	1.49	1.20
Clean sheet	39%	32%

Hearts 39%Draw 31%Aberdeen 30%

Most likely score 1–1, 14%. Both sides score 42%.

From the forecast as it stood on 22 August 2021: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	Hearts win	Draw	Aberdeen win
Hearts
Title	2%	3%	1%	1%
Top six	76%	85%	74%	66%
11th	2%	1%	2%	4%
Bottom	1%	<1%	1%	1%
Aberdeen
Top six	81%	76%	81%	88%
11th	1%	1%	1%	<1%

Each chance before the match and across the simulations ending in each result. Other teams are listed where a chance moves by at least 3 percentage points.

Form

Hearts

Aberdeen

The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.

Season to date

Measure	Hearts	Aberdeen
Position	4th	3rd
Played	2	2
Won, drawn, lost	2–⁠0–⁠0	2–⁠0–⁠0
Points	6 (3.00 per game)	6 (3.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.15	1.06
Goals	4–⁠2	4–⁠1
xG per game	0.93–⁠1.11	0.56–⁠0.86
Home: points, xG per game	3.00, 1.40–⁠1.49	3.00, 0.67–⁠0.43
Away: points, xG per game	3.00, 0.47–⁠0.73	3.00, 0.44–⁠1.30
Manager	Robbie Neilson (2)	Stephen Glass (7)

League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.

Ratings

This season

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday, with their rank among the league's clubs; a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs, spread up and down only so they don't overlap.

Strengths and weaknesses

Chances	Hearts		Aberdeen
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−4%	−6%	−23%	−28%
Counter-attacks	−33%	−33%	−13%	+24%
Set pieces	−18%	+11%	−15%	−21%
Penalties	−33%	−33%	−26%	−26%
Headers	−12%	+3%	+3%	−17%
Left side	−18%	+4%	−26%	−22%
Centre	+1%	−15%	−20%	−39%
Right side	−20%	+15%	−7%	−2%

xG created and conceded per game against the league average this season: +24% is 24% more than an average side. Left and right are each side's own, so chances conceded on its left come from opponents attacking down their right. Green favours the side and amber doesn't. Until a side has played six matches its figures are blended with last season's, or with the league average where there is no last season to use.

Matchups

Hearts attacking

Hearts createdAberdeen concededLeft side−18%−2%Centre+1%−39%Right side−20%−22%Open play−4%−28%Counter-attacks−33%+24%Set pieces−18%−21%Headers−12%−17%

Aberdeen attacking

Aberdeen createdHearts concededLeft side−26%+15%Centre−20%−15%Right side−7%+4%Open play−23%−6%Counter-attacks−13%−33%Set pieces−15%+11%Headers+3%+3%

Each side's xG created per game down each side of the pitch, through the centre, and from each type of chance, against what its opponent concedes there, both relative to the league average.

Season averages

HeartsAberdeen

0.93xG0.56

1.11xG against0.86

38%Possession60%

11.0Shots9.0

14.5Shots against8.5

4.0Shots on target3.0

0.5Big chances1.0

16.5Touches in the opposition box13.0

312Passes506

71%Pass accuracy81%

3.0Corners3.5

34%Field tilt53%

37.5Final-third entries33.5

7.5Box entries5.0

16.4Passes per defensive action16.2

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Hearts

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	30	2.11	0.52
Ahead	60	0.37	1.40
Behind	0	–	–

Aberdeen

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	52	0.63	0.80
Ahead	32	0.49	0.74
Behind	6	0.30	2.10

xG by period

Hearts

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.52	0.21	1–0
16–30	0.07	0.05	1–0
31–45	0.10	0.18	0–0
46–60	0.03	0.16	0–1
61–75	0.04	0.02	1–0
76–90	0.19	0.49	1–1

Aberdeen

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.07	0.21	0–0
16–30	0.11	0.01	1–0
31–45	0.00	0.39	0–1
46–60	0.30	0.04	2–0
61–75	0.06	0.09	0–0
76–90	0.01	0.11	1–0

Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.

Most used players by position

Hearts

Formations: 3-4-2-1 (1), 3-4-3 (1)

Aberdeen

Formations: 4-1-4-1 (1), 4-4-2 (1)

This season's most used formation, with up to three players who started most often in each position and their league starts there. Underneath, when a side has used more than one, every formation with its starts.

Key players

Aberdeen

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
McGinn	13	1,093	0	1	0.17	0.33
Ferguson	36	3,201	9	3	0.28	0.07
Hedges	26	2,173	5	4	0.16	0.17
Hayes	36	2,992	3	3	0.05	0.14

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes. Until a side has played six matches, last season's minutes at the club count too.