Heart of Midlothian vs Arbroath – Match Preview
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 10 – Season 2020 / 2021
Tuesday 29th December 2020, Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh, 7.45pm kick off
Arbroath travel to Tynecastle for the first time since their 2015 visit in the 1st round of the Scottish League Cup where despite David Gold opening the scoring the Lichties went down 4-2.
Of course the two teams both faced each other in the 2nd game of this season’s Championship and despite the Lichties missing Thomas O’Brien it was a close game with Craig Gordon making two world class saves in the first half before a lob from Craig Wighton in the 70th minute secured the win for Robbie Neilson’s side.
Since then of course Hearts took Celtic to a penalty shoot out in the final of last season’s Scottish Cup and have continued to punish teams at Tynecastle with only Dunfermline being able to defeat the Edinburgh side so far this season.
Arbroath will be without Connor Smith who cannot face his parent club, but should welcome back Mark Whatley to the squad.
Hearts were at near full strength for their boxing day match against Ayr United where they came back from 2-1 down to win 5-3 with Wighton also netting a double after coming off the bench.
With 3 tough games inside a week it will be yet another very tough evening for the Lichties up against the League favourites but as always the team will give everything they have for you.
C’mon the Lichties!
Heart of Midlothian
Manager – Robbie Nielson
Assistant Managers – Gordon Forrest, Lee McCulloch
Goalkeeping Coach – Paul Gallacher
Goalkeepers
1 – Craig Gordon
13 – Ross Stewart
23 – Zdenek Zlamal
Defenders
2 – Michael Smith
3 – Aidy White
4 – John Souttar
6 – Christophe Berra
21 – Stephen Kingsley
25 – Jamie Brandon
26 – Craig Halkett
28 – Mihai Popescu
Midfielders
5 – Peter Haring
7 – Jamie Walker
8 – Olly Lee
11 – Jordan Roberts
16 – Andy Halliday
19 – Andy Irving
20 – Harry Cochrane
22 – Loic Damour
24 – Elliot Frear
27 – Lewis Moore
30 – Josh Ginnelly
36 – Scott McGill
Forwards
10 – Liam Boyce
14 – Steven Naismith
15 – Craig Wighton
31 – Euan Henderson
Heart of Midlothian – Scottish Championship Results 2020/2021
Game 01 – Heart of Midlothian 6 – 2 – Dundee Friday 16th October
Game 02 – Arbroath 0 – 1 Heart of Midlothian – Friday 23rd October
Game 03 – Heart of Midlothian 3 – 0 Alloa Athletic – Tues 24th November
Game 04 – Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 nverness Caledonian Thistle – Sat 7th November
Game 05 – Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian – Fri 20th November
Game 06 – Greenock Morton 0 – 2 Heart of Midlothian – Sat 5th December
Game 07 – Heart of Midlothian 6 – 1 Queen of the South – Sat 12th December
Game 08 – Raith Rovers vs Heart of Midlothian – Tues 26th January 2021
Game 09 – Heart of Midlothian 5 – 3 Ayr United – Sat 26th December
Heart of Midlothian vs Arbroath – Head to Head
Arbroath 0 – 1 Heart of Midlothian – Friday 23rd October 2020
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 02 – Season 2020 / 2021
Goal – Wighton 70
Scottish League Cup – 1st Round
Heart of Midlothian 4 – 2 Arbroath – Thursday 30th July 2015
Goals – McGhee 57, Sow 60, 61 pen, Wilson 90+3 OG – Gold 40, Grehan 85
Suspensions;
Neither side has any players suspended.
Officials;
Referee – Nick Walsh
Assistant Referee 1- Gordon Crawford
Assistant Referee 2 – Gordon McCabe
How to watch all the action;
Pay Per View
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This stream costs £18.50
C’mon the Lichties!
