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Hearts 3-1 Arbroath - December 29, 2020 / Championship 2020/2021

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Championship 2020/2021 - Round 10

Tynecastle Park - Edinburgh - Scotland

December 29, 2020

Behind closed doors

Hearts

3 - 1

Arbroath

Assist by Jamie Walker (right foot) Steven Naismith

30'

Assist by Michael Smith (header) Steven Naismith

33'

(penalty) Steven Naismith

36'

48'

Kris Doolan (left foot)

logo Heart of Midlothian HM

21' - Substitution Liam Boyceis substituted by Jamie Walker21

30' - Goal Steven Naismith30

33' - Goal Steven Naismith33

36' - Goal Steven Naismith36

36' - Yellow card Colin Hamilton

logo Heart of Midlothian HM

48' - Goal Kris Doolan

51' - Substitution Gavin Swankieis substituted by Bobby Linn

57' - Substitution Luke Donnellyis substituted by Scott Stewart

72' - Substitution James Craigenis substituted by Michael McKenna

75' - Yellow card Craig Wighton75

76' - Substitution Christophe Berrais substituted by Elliott Frear76

79' - Substitution Olly Leeis substituted by Mihai Popescu79

87' - Yellow card Jamie Walker87

90' - Yellow card Scott Stewart

logo Arbroath ARB

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Hearts

3 - 1

Arbroath

Hearts Arbroath

Team line-ups

Hearts

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

15Wighton75

Craig Wighton

Scotland

B.date27/07/1997

Age23 years

H1m75

positionSecond striker

10Boyce21

Liam Boyce

Northern Ireland

B.date08/04/1991

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

14Naismith303336

Steven Naismith

Scotland

B.date14/09/1986

Age34 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

19Irving

Andy Irving

Scotland

B.date13/05/2000

Age20 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

8Lee79

Olly Lee

England

B.date11/07/1991

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft central midfielder

5Haring

Peter Haring

Austria

B.date02/06/1993

Age27 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

16Halliday

Andy Halliday

Scotland

B.date11/10/1991

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

6Berra76

Christophe Berra

Scotland

B.date31/01/1985

Age35 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

26Halkett

Craig Halkett

Scotland

B.date29/05/1995

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2Smith

Michael Smith

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1988

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Gordon

Craig Gordon

Scotland

B.date31/12/1982

Age37 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Craig Gordon		37	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Christophe Berra	76	35	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Craig Halkett		25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Michael Smith		32	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Peter Haring		27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Olly Lee	79	29	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Andy Irving		20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Andy Halliday		29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Liam Boyce	21	29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Steven Naismith	303336	34	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Craig Wighton	75	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arbroath

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

15Donnelly57

Luke Donnelly

Scotland

B.date20/01/1996

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

14Doolan48

Kris Doolan

Scotland

B.date11/12/1986

Age34 years

H1m70

positionStriker

28Craigen72

James Craigen

England

B.date28/03/1991

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

22Virtanen

Miko Virtanen

Finland

B.date26/01/1999

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

10Swankie51

Gavin Swankie

Scotland

B.date22/11/1983

Age37 years

H1m80

positionSecond striker

7Gold

David Gold

Scotland

B.date01/01/1993

Age27 years

positionCentre Midfield

3Hamilton36

Colin Hamilton

Scotland

B.date07/05/1992

Age28 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

5O'Brien

Thomas O'Brien

Scotland

B.date07/08/1991

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

4Little

Ricky Little

Scotland

B.date20/05/1989

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

2Thomson

Jason Thomson

Scotland

B.date26/07/1987

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Gaston

Derek Gaston

Scotland

B.date18/04/1987

Age33 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Derek Gaston		33	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Thomas O'Brien		29	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ricky Little		31	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Colin Hamilton	36	28	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jason Thomson		33	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	James Craigen	72	29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Miko Virtanen		21	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	David Gold		27	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Luke Donnelly	57	24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Gavin Swankie	51	37	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Kris Doolan	48	34	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

111

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Ross Stewart		25
28	D	Mihai Popescu	79	27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Jamie Brandon		22
24	M	Elliott Frear	76	30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Jordan Roberts		26
7	M	Jamie Walker	2187	27	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	F	Euan Henderson		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Scott Gallacher		31
12	M	Scott Stewart	5790	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Michael McKenna	72	29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Mark Whatley		30
11	F	Bobby Linn	51	35	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Michael Ruth		18

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Haring

Stephen Kingsley

OUT

Steven Naismith

Elliott Frear

OUT

Craig Wighton

Jordan Roberts

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kris Doolan

Dale Hilson

OUT

Gavin Swankie

Michael McKenna

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Robbie Neilson

123

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Neilson vs Arbroath

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2020

Neilson vs Campbell

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2020

Manager

Age

Match num

Dick Campbell

192

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Campbell vs Hearts

0 victory

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on December 29, 2020

Campbell vs Neilson

1 victory

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 29, 2020

Referee

Nick Walsh

14 victories	4 draws	10 losses	Hearts28 matches	General total	Arbroath9 matches	3 victories	1 draw	5 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Hearts2 matches	Season total	Arbroath1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 11, 2024					Latest figure on September 18, 2021

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Key figures

Hearts keeps its 4 consecutive wins vs Arbroath at home in Championship running (since 08/04/1978). It's a record streak. The first of history

Hearts keeps its 8 consecutive wins vs Arbroath running (since 24/12/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/12/1968 (3 matches)

It's the first time since the 30/11/2019 (Steven Naismith1 with Dunfermline Athletic vs Partick Thistle ) that a player (Steven Naismith) scores at least 3 goals during the same Championship game

Read the next 24 key stats

General ranking

	1	Heart of Midlothian	24 pts	9 rd
	2	Dunfermline Athletic	19 pts	10 rd
+1	3	Dundee FC	16 pts	10 rd
-1	4	Raith Rovers	15 pts	9 rd
	5	Greenock Morton	14 pts	9 rd

General ranking

	6	Ayr United	13 pts	10 rd
	7	Inverness	12 pts	9 rd
+2	8	Queen of the South	7 pts	10 rd
-1	9	Alloa Athletic	7 pts	10 rd
-1	10	Arbroath	5 pts	10 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VHeart of Midlothian 3-1 Raith Rovers13/10/2020

VHeart of Midlothian 6-2 Dundee FC16/10/2020

VHeart of Midlothian 2-1 Inverness07/11/2020

VHeart of Midlothian 3-0 Alloa Athletic24/11/2020

VHeart of Midlothian 6-1 Queen of the South12/12/2020

VHeart of Midlothian 5-3 Ayr United26/12/2020

Overall

VHeart of Midlothian 3-0 Alloa Athletic24/11/2020

LAlloa Athletic 1-0 Heart of Midlothian28/11/2020

VGreenock Morton 0-2 Heart of Midlothian05/12/2020

VHeart of Midlothian 6-1 Queen of the South12/12/2020

DCeltic Glasgow 3-3 Heart of Midlothian20/12/2020

VHeart of Midlothian 5-3 Ayr United26/12/2020

Current form

Away

VStirling Albion 1-2 Arbroath06/10/2020

LRoss County 2-1 Arbroath13/10/2020

LRaith Rovers 3-0 Arbroath17/10/2020

LInverness 3-1 Arbroath31/10/2020

LDundee FC 1-0 Arbroath05/12/2020

LDunfermline Athletic 1-0 Arbroath26/12/2020

Overall

DArbroath 0-0 Greenock Morton21/11/2020

LArbroath 1-3 Dunfermline Athletic28/11/2020

LDundee FC 1-0 Arbroath05/12/2020

LArbroath 0-1 Alloa Athletic12/12/2020

VArbroath 2-1 Ayr United19/12/2020

LDunfermline Athletic 1-0 Arbroath26/12/2020

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	1
Unbeaten streak	10	4
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	14	4
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	5	1
Winless streak	5	1
Drawless streak	6	5
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	7	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	9
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	9
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
7	Victories (Competition total)	1
5	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
3.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.44
4.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.25
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
6-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	18
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Liam Boyce	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	James Craigen
Liam Boyce	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kris Doolan
Liam Boyce	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Liam Boyce	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Olly Lee	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Bobby Linn
Olly Lee	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Bobby Linn
Craig Wighton	2 goals, 1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	James Craigen

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

10 v

3 d

0 l

34 gf

12 ga

Away

13 matches

10 v

1 d

2 l

34 gf

17 ga

Total

26 matches

20 v

4 d

2 l

68 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

2 v

1 d

10 l

17 gf

34 ga

Away

13 matches

0 v

3 d

10 l

12 gf

34 ga

Total

26 matches

2 v

4 d

20 l

29 gf

68 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 24, 1977
Home	4 - 0	April 02, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 03, 1973
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 23, 2020 - Championship 2020/2021

Arbroath

0 - 1

Hearts

July 30, 2015 - Scottish League Cup 2015/2016

Hearts

4 - 2

Arbroath

March 29, 1980 - First Division 1979/1980

Hearts

1 - 0

Arbroath

March 01, 1980 - First Division 1979/1980

Hearts

2 - 1

Arbroath

August 11, 1979 - First Division 1979/1980

Arbroath

1 - 2

Hearts

Best historical scorers against Arbroath

Osman Sow	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Jordan McGhee	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Craig Wighton	1 goal	2020 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/07/2015. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Hearts

	Martin Grehan	1 goal	2015 - 2015
	David Gold	1 goal	2015 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/07/2015. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arbroath

Jamie Walker	2 matches	2015 - 2020
Callum Paterson	1 match	2015 - 2015
Morgaro Gomis	1 match	2015 - 2015
Billy King	1 match	2015 - 2015
Michael Smith	1 match	2020 - 2020
Osman Sow	1 match	2015 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/07/2015. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Hearts

David Gold	2 matches	2015 - 2020
Bobby Linn	2 matches	2015 - 2020
Ricky Little	2 matches	2015 - 2020
Kris Doolan	1 match	2020 - 2020
Jordan Lowdon	1 match	2015 - 2015
Luke Donnelly	1 match	2020 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/07/2015. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jason Thomson

45 matches

78 matches

2005 - 2020

Craig Wighton

35 matches

5 matches

2018 - 2020

Jim Hamilton

6 matches

7 matches

1997 - 2010

Connor Smith

4 matches

7 matches

2018 - 2020

Derek Holmes

3 matches

36 matches

1998 - 2013

Ryan Wallace

2 matches

62 matches

2010 - 2019

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/05/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jason Thomson

45 matches

78 matches

2005 - 2020

Ryan Wallace

2 matches

62 matches

2010 - 2019

Derek Holmes

3 matches

36 matches

1998 - 2013

Liam Gordon

2 matches

13 matches

2014 - 2015

Allan McManus

1 match

11 matches

1996 - 2011

Jim Hamilton

6 matches

7 matches

1997 - 2010

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/05/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 29, 2020

Ayr United

1 1

Greenock Morton

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Heart of Midlothian	24	9	8	0	1	29	10	+19
2	Dunfermline Athletic	19	10	5	4	1	20	13	+7
+13	Dundee FC	16	10	4	4	2	19	19	0
-14	Raith Rovers	15	9	4	3	2	21	11	+10
5	Greenock Morton	14	9	4	2	3	9	12	-3
6	Ayr United	13	10	3	4	3	14	13	+1
7	Inverness	12	9	3	3	3	15	12	+3
+28	Queen of the South	7	10	2	1	7	12	25	-13
-19	Alloa Athletic	7	10	2	1	7	10	24	-14
-110	Arbroath	5	10	1	2	7	5	15	-10

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Hearts 3-1 Arbroath - December 29, 2020 / Championship 2020/2021

Hearts

3 - 1

Arbroath

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Neilson vs Arbroath

Neilson vs Campbell

Manager

Campbell vs Hearts

Campbell vs Neilson

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Arbroath

Best historical scorers against Hearts

Players with most games played vs Arbroath

Players with most games played vs Hearts

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking