Match Report


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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Tynecastle where Heart of Midlothian play host to Dundee. A crowd of 16,761 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Heart of Midlothian are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Dundee appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Today's match is refereed by Garry Mccall.


0.00
Dundee get the match underway!
12.51
Billy Hopkin knocks the ball to his team mate, David Davies. David Davies whips in a cross ball towards Jack Van Ede. Jack Van Ede beats his man to it with a header but Harvey Adams is on top of his game. Great save!
21.13
Felipe Hidalgo makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Marcello Martinelli. Marcello Martinelli flicks a high pass forward. Patricio Pascual controls it well on his chest. Patricio Pascual knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Morris Gascoigne.
22.31
Scott Cleland makes a beautiful solo run. Scott Cleland knocks in a cross ball towards Alec Mcallister. Alec Mcallister whips the ball goalwards with his head. Alec Mcallister scores for Heart of Midlothian!!
26.26
Billy Hopkin chips the ball to his team mate, Jack Van Ede. Jack Van Ede knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
30.51
Norio Ogawa flicks a high pass forward to Colin Inglis who brings the ball under control. Colin Inglis knocks in a cross ball towards Ralph Maclean. Ralph Maclean powers a header at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Ralph Maclean!
33.27
Mauricio Soto darts forward. Mauricio Soto whips in a cross ball towards Colin Inglis. Colin Inglis jumps high and flicks the ball with his head but it is tipped over by Jon Nicholls.
34.14
Scott Cleland takes the corner, swinging a high ball in towards the far post. Jon Nicholls gets down and smothers the ball with his body.
39.40
Iwan Willems flicks a high ball forward to Jack Van Ede who takes it down. Jack Van Ede knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
44.20
Mauricio Soto makes a probing pass to Alec Mcallister. Alec Mcallister shoots from outside the area but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
With great vision, Edoardo Maniero plays the ball forward to Billy Hopkin. Billy Hopkin passes the ball forward to David Davies. David Davies lofts in a cross ball towards Jack Van Ede. Jack Van Ede outjumps his marker and heads the ball goalward but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Heart of Midlothian appear unchanged since the first half. Dundee also appear unchanged since the first half. The Heart of Midlothian players look more determined than they did at the start of the game.

45.00
Heart of Midlothian kick off the second half!
49.17
Jack Van Ede barges into Morris Gascoigne. The referee warns Jack Van Ede to calm down! Morris Gascoigne hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
55.54
Billy Hopkin makes a probing pass to Patricio Pascual. Patricio Pascual shoots from outside the area but Harvey Adams is on top of it.
59.50
Mauricio Soto takes it forward alone. Mauricio Soto tries a spectacular long range effort. The ball swerves viciously but the keeper is on top of it. Nice keeping!
60.13
Heart of Midlothian have made a substitution with Gary Hughes replacing Morris Gascoigne .
61.17
Norio Ogawa makes a beautiful solo run. Norio Ogawa shoots from distance. The ball takes a deflection leaving Jon Nicholls with no chance!! Goal for Heart of Midlothian!
66.37
Iwan Willems catches Scott Cleland on the ankles. Iwan Willems is shown the yellow card! Scott Cleland runs off the knock.
66.37
Dundee are keeping the ball well. They need to convert this possession into goals.
72.55
Mauricio Soto catches Iwan Willems on the ankles. Mauricio Soto is shown the yellow card! Iwan Willems grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
75.21
Scott Cleland flicks a high pass forward. Alec Mcallister collects the pass. Alec Mcallister tries a spectacular long range effort but it's drastically wayward!
77.30
David Inglis makes a simple pass to Norio Ogawa. Norio Ogawa sees Alec Mcallister in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Alec Mcallister whips in a cross ball towards Ralph Maclean. Ralph Maclean connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
81.26
Edoardo Maniero pushes up the pitch. Edoardo Maniero makes a probing pass to David Davies. David Davies knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Gerhard Breitner.
85.23
Marcello Martinelli barges into Scott Cleland. Marcello Martinelli is shown the yellow card! Scott Cleland runs off the knock.
90.00
Iwan Willems runs deep into the other half of the pitch. Iwan Willems lofts in a cross ball towards Patricio Pascual. Patricio Pascual powers a header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle

Match Statistics
Goals
4
0
Shots on Target
6
2
Shots off Target
2
2
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
3
Yellow Cards
1
2
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
48.3%
51.7%
Play Area
23.3%
48.3%
28.3%


Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Ralph Maclean of Heart of Midlothian

Match Ratings
1.Harvey Adams (GK)
6
2.David Inglis (DEF)
6
3.Morris Gascoigne (DEF)
6
4.Gerhard Breitner (DEF)
6
5.Ricardo Vieira (MID)
6
6.Norio Ogawa (MID)goal scored
8
7.Scott Cleland (MID)
7
8.Mauricio Soto (MID)yellow card
7
9.Alec Mcallister (ATT)goal scored
8
10.Ralph Maclean (ATT)goal scoredgoal scored
9
11.Colin Inglis (ATT)
7
 
12.Gary Hughes (DEF)
6
13.Gavin Caldwell (ATT)
0
14.Billy Morton (DEF)
0

1.Jon Nicholls (GK)
7
2.Scott McCoist (DEF)
6
3.Felipe Hidalgo (DEF)
6
4.Edoardo Maniero (DEF)
6
5.Samuel Marques (DEF)
6
6.Iwan Willems (MID)yellow card
6
7.Marcello Martinelli (MID)yellow card
5
8.Billy Hopkin (MID)
7
9.David Davies (ATT)
6
10.Patricio Pascual (ATT)
6
11.Jack Van Ede (ATT)
6
 
12.Pius Beukenkamp (DEF)
0
13.Neil Henderson (DEF)
0
14.Ian Boyd (GK)
0