Hearts vs Aberdeen Prediction & Tips
The club’s management gambled on a fresh start in the off-season, bringing in Derek McInnes from Kilmarnock, an experienced coach with a solid reputation in Scottish football. The start was promising: Hearts have clearly dominated their Scottish League Cup group, scoring four goals in each game against Dunfermline, Hamilton, Stirling and Dumbarton – a total of 16 goals in four games without defeat.
Aberdeen are coming off the back of one of their most memorable recent seasons, in which they won the Scottish Cup – their first trophy after a 35-year hiatus – after a spectacular run in the knockout stages and a dramatic final win over Celtic on penalties.
In the league, however, the Dons showed a noticeable slump: they started excellently with 10 wins and a draw in the opening 11 games, but finished modestly with just five wins in their last 27 matches.
