About Match
Aberdeen go into the game 10th in the table on 4 points; Hearts sit 3rd on 12 — an 8-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 0.4/1.4 for Aberdeen and 2.4/1 for Hearts (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.3. Aberdeen would climb to 7 points with a win and up to 6th (other results held equal).
Hearts come in having won five on the spin, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Aberdeen 5/15, Hearts 15/15.
40 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Aberdeen 17, draws 9, Hearts 14, at 2.3 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 63% of the meetings.
Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen stages the fixture, a ground that holds 20,866.