Match Report
| Heart of Midlothian | Heart of Midlothian |  |  | Ross County | Ross County | ||||||||||||||||
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| Dominic Niven | D. Niven |  | 62 | G |  | 1 | | G | 53 | | Paul Hansen | P. Hansen | |||||||||
| Andy Hendry | A. Hendry | | 60 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 58 | | Matt Ritchie | M. Ritchie | |||||||||
| John Cleland | J. Cleland | | 55 | D | | 3 | | D | 58 | | Alex McGrory | A. McGrory | |||||||||
| Duncan Dalglish | D. Dalglish | | 53 | D | | 4 | | D | 57 | | Stuart Hopkin | S. Hopkin | |||||||||
| Andy Sullivan | A. Sullivan | | 47 | D | | 5 | | D | 56 |  | Nuno Ramos | N. Ramos | |||||||||
| Callum Sullivan | C. Sullivan | | 60 | M | | 6 | | M | 64 | | Gavin Henderson | G. Henderson | |||||||||
| Stuart Gemmell | S. Gemmell | | 58 | M | | 7 | | M | 60 | | Duncan Sullivan | D. Sullivan | |||||||||
| Milan Berck Van Der Gaag | M. Van Der Gaag |  | 57 | M | | 8 | | M | 58 | | Dominic Henderson | D. Henderson | |||||||||
| Albert Pardo | A. Pardo |  | 48 | M | | 9 | | M | 52 | | Leonardo Diaz | L. Diaz | |||||||||
| Alec Hopkin | A. Hopkin | | 61 | A | | 10 | | A | 56 | | Duncan Inglis | D. Inglis | |||||||||
| Garry Gough | G. Gough | | 60 | A | | 11 | | A | 56 | | Callum Strachan | C. Strachan | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Tynecastle where Heart of Midlothian play host to Ross County. A crowd of 9,819 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Heart of Midlothian and Ross County are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Heart of Midlothian and Ross County are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Heart of Midlothian start the game by kicking off the first half!
2.32
0-0Callum Sullivan makes a probing pass to Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
8.08
0-0Milan Berck Van Der Gaag advances with the ball. Milan Berck Van Der Gaag shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
9.52
Duncan Dalglish threads the ball through to Stuart Gemmell. Stuart Gemmell deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Stuart Hopkin.
12.43
0-0Ross County are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Heart of Midlothian's defence.
16.41
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
21.57
1-0Milan Berck Van Der Gaag controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Garry Gough. Garry Gough sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
27.29
Milan Berck Van Der Gaag knocks the ball forward to Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin shoots from 25 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
28.42
Duncan Dalglish makes a simple pass to Milan Berck Van Der Gaag. Milan Berck Van Der Gaag deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Garry Gough. Garry Gough shoots from outside the area but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
30.38
Stuart Hopkin threads the ball through to Dominic Henderson. Dominic Henderson makes a beautiful solo run. Dominic Henderson sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
32.11
1-0Duncan Dalglish controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Callum Sullivan. Callum Sullivan sees a break and surges forward. Callum Sullivan whips in a cross ball towards Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin heads the ball goalwards. Paul Hansen easily picks it out of the air!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
The whistle blows and Ross County kick off!
47.16
Duncan Sullivan makes a simple pass to Duncan Inglis. Duncan Inglis knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
49.45
Duncan Sullivan makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Duncan Inglis. Duncan Inglis knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
51.45
Duncan Sullivan knocks the ball forward to Duncan Inglis. Duncan Inglis knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Duncan Dalglish.
55.05
Callum Sullivan knocks the ball forward to Garry Gough. Garry Gough knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Paul Hansen who gathers it comfortably.
57.33
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
63.11
Milan Berck Van Der Gaag kicks a strong pass forward to Garry Gough. Garry Gough controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
67.27
Alex McGrory passes the ball forward to Duncan Sullivan. Duncan Sullivan passes the ball forward to Duncan Inglis. Duncan Inglis threads the ball through to Callum Strachan. Callum Strachan tries a spectacular strike but it is tipped over by Dominic Niven.
75.17
Heart of Midlothian are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
79.16
Duncan Dalglish makes a probing pass to Stuart Gemmell. Stuart Gemmell makes a simple pass to Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin knocks in a cross ball towards Garry Gough. Garry Gough is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. What a cracker!! Paul Hansen had no chance!! Goal for Heart of Midlothian!
89.09
Duncan Dalglish makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Albert Pardo. Albert Pardo chips the ball to his team mate, Garry Gough. Garry Gough finds some space and shoots from distance but it is miles over!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
3
1
Shots off Target
5
1
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
56%
44%
Play Area
20%
49.3%
30.7%
Scorers
| Garry Gough 22, 79 |