Match Report


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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Tynecastle where Heart of Midlothian play host to Hamilton Academical. A crowd of 19,673 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Heart of Midlothian and Hamilton Academical are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.


0.00
Heart of Midlothian kick off and get the match underway!
3.15
Stan Deane knocks the ball to his team mate, Callum Rae. Callum Rae deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Neil Souness. Neil Souness knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
6.39
Graham Henry kicks a strong pass forward to Billy Liddell. Billy Liddell shoots from long range but Carlos Bento is on top of it.
12.45
Ralph Lineker makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Colin Hendry. Colin Hendry shoots from distance but it is miles over!
18.56
Billy Liddell hacks Alejandro Pascual from behind! Billy Liddell is warned by the referee! Alejandro Pascual stretches but gets up unharmed.
20.31
Stan Deane flicks the ball to his team mate, Callum Rae. Callum Rae threads the ball through to Neil Souness. Neil Souness sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
33.43
Ralph Lineker makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Billy Liddell. Billy Liddell whips in a cross ball towards Colin Hendry. Colin Hendry is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it flies wide!
34.27
Craig McNeill knocks the ball forward to Neil Souness. Neil Souness knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Andy Burley.
36.12
Heart of Midlothian are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
44.22
Stuart Greig knocks the ball to his team mate, Gary Brady. Gary Brady tries a spectacular long range effort. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!


45.00
Hamilton Academical kick off the second half!
47.10
Alejandro Pascual controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Stuart Greig. Stuart Greig kicks a strong pass forward to Gary Brady. Gary Brady sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but Serge Nogueira is on top of it.
48.23
Ralph Lineker knocks the ball to his team mate, Colin Hendry. Colin Hendry knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Scott Souness.
51.04
David Mcallister threads the ball through to Stuart Greig. Stuart Greig advances with the ball. Stuart Greig makes a probing pass to Gary Brady. Gary Brady tries a spectacular strike but Serge Nogueira is on top of it.
59.28
Craig McNeill makes a probing pass to Neil Souness. Neil Souness knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Don Matteo.
65.03
Don Matteo flicks the ball to his team mate, Stefan Melis. Stefan Melis makes a simple pass to Billy Liddell. Billy Liddell knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
77.37
Andy Burley knocks the ball to his team mate, Ralph Lineker. Ralph Lineker makes a beautiful solo run. Ralph Lineker lofts in a cross ball towards Billy Liddell. Billy Liddell flicks the ball with his head which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
85.26
Gary Souness flicks the ball to his team mate, Stefan Melis. Stefan Melis sees a break and surges forward. Stefan Melis plays a perfect one-two with Billy Liddell and rushes in on goal... Stefan Melis shows great control and tries a shot on goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Stefan Melis!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle


The man of the match was awarded to Billy Liddell of Hamilton Academical
Match Statistics
Goals
1
2
Shots on Target
3
3
Shots off Target
1
2
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
57.1%
42.9%
Play Area
30.2%
44.4%
25.4%