Hearts vs Aberdeen Prediction: Top 4 battle continues

At Tynecastle Park, round 22 of the Scottish Premiership will feature a match between Hearts and Aberdeen. The host squad will attempt to make it seven straight matches without a loss, while Aberdeen will try to avenge their last defeat in the league cup, which came at the hands of Rangers.

Following their victory over St. Mirren by a score of 1-0 in the Premiership, Hearts will be looking for a similar outcome this time around. During that game, Hearts controlled the ball for 68% of the time and had 12 shots on goal, with only three of them finding the target. Barrie McKay was the one who opened the scoring for Hearts in the 29th minute. On the opposite end of the field, St. Mirren had 19 shots on goal, but only four of them were successful. Hearts have not experienced any difficulties when it comes to scoring, as they have scored at least one goal in each of their most recent six matches. During that time period, they have accumulated a total of 13 goals while conceding only six. Prior to this clash, Hearts had gone through their previous five home league matches without suffering a loss.

Aberdeen and their fans that traveled with them will be hoping for a better outcome here after the team's previous League Cup match, which was played against Rangers and ended in a loss. Bojan Miovski was the lone player from Aberdeen to score in the 41st minute. Both Ryan Jack and Kemar Roofe scored for Rangers in the 61st and 94th minutes, respectively. Aberdeen, led by Jim Goodwin, has found the back of the net seven times during the course of their most recent six matches. There have been a total of 10 goals scored against them during that time span, bringing the total number of goals scored against them to 10.

The fact that both of these sides have the ability to score gives us reason to believe that this contest will be a close one. Therefore, you should wager on goals.