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Aberdeen face a trip to Heart Of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 120 games played, Dons have recorded 24 wins, and Hearts have come away with 58 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2005, the Jambo's carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Premier match thanks to Saturday's referee Mike McCurry.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 22 May | Aberdeen | 2 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 29 Jan | Hearts | 1 - 0 | Aberdeen | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 07 Nov | Aberdeen | 0 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 14 Aug | Hearts | 0 - 0 | Aberdeen | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 11 Feb | Hearts | 1 - 0 | Aberdeen | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 09 Nov | Aberdeen | 0 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 09 Aug | Hearts | 2 - 0 | Aberdeen | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart Of Midlothian have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
The Dons have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Hearts are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 3 games giving them a return of 9 points. Aberdeen's 4 points from 3 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Dons could well see them head back from Tynecastle Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Aberdeen | No sequences of note |