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Revision as of 18:06, 27 February 2021

Heart of Midlothian
2020–21 season
ChairmanAnn Budge
ManagerRobbie Neilson[1]
StadiumTynecastle Park
Top goalscorerLeague:
Liam Boyce (10)
All:
Liam Boyce (12)

The 2020–21 season is the 124th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian (Hearts), with the team participating in the Scottish Championship. It is the club's first season of play in the second tier of Scottish football since 2015, and only the second since 1983, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership,[2] after the previous season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.[3] Hearts had reached the semi-finals of the 2019–20 Scottish Cup before the coronavirus pandemic stopped all football activity in Scotland during the previous season. Their semi-final against Hibs, which was originally due to be played in April, was rescheduled to take place this season.[4]

Hearts played the rearranged fixture against Hibs on 31 October, a game they won 2-1.

They will also compete in this seasons Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

28 August 2020 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 0 – 1 Sheffield United Oriam
Report Fleck 7' Attendance: None[note 1]
2 September 2020 Friendly St Mirren 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
McAllister 57' Report Roberts 33'
Walker 43'		 Attendance: None[note 1]
5 September 2020 Friendly Burnley 4 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Barnfield Training Centre
Rodriguez 5' (pen.)
Richardson 18'
Thompson 30'
Guðmundsson 47'		 Report Wighton 37' Attendance: None[note 1]
18 September 2020 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 5 – 0 East Fife Tynecastle Park
Halkett 10'
Frear 29'
Walker 34'
Boyce 46'
Hamilton 79'		 Report Attendance: None[note 1]
22 September 2020 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 3 – 0 Falkirk Oriam
Boyce 44'
Walker 75'
Wighton 82 pen.'		 Report Attendance: None[note 1]
26 September 2020 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Tynecastle Park
Walker 10'
Halkett 58'		 Report Attendance: None[note 1]
2 October 2020 Friendly Partick Thistle 0 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Firhill Stadium
Report Walker 61'
Irving 74'		 Attendance: None[note 1]

Championship

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish Championship

Due to COVID-19 restrictions in Scotland forcing an October start to the Scottish Championship season,[5] the length of the league was reduced from thirty-six to twenty-seven games.[6] The fixture list for the truncated Championship was announced on 29 July,[7] starting with a home game against Dundee.

16 October 2020 Scottish Championship Heart of Midlothian 6 – 2 Dundee Tynecastle Park
19:45 Smith 4'
Ginnelly 25'
Boyce 34' (Penalty)
Kingsley 45+2', 84'
Halliday 90'		 BBC Report Adam 27'
Mullen 68'		 Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Munro
23 October 2020 Scottish Championship Arbroath 0 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Gayfield Park
19:45 BBC Report Wighton 70' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Aitken
7 November 2020 Scottish Championship Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Park
19:45 Naismith 47'
Boyce 70'		 BBC Report Doran 86' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Madden
20 November 2020 Scottish Championship Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian East End Park
19:45 Thomas 49'
Murray 54'		 BBC Report Kingsley 84' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Robertson
24 November 2020 Scottish Championship Heart of Midlothian 3 – 0 Alloa Athletic Tynecastle Park
19:45 Smith 6'
Halliday 24'
Haring 37'		 BBC Report Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Irvine
5 December 2020 Scottish Championship Greenock Morton 0 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Gayfield Park
15:00 BBC Report Walker 37', 48' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Aitken
12 December 2020 Scottish Championship Heart of Midlothian 6 – 1 Queen of the South Tynecastle Park
15:00 Naismith 20'
Boyce 45+1', 46'
Walker 76'
Frear 82'
Ginnelly 90+1'		 BBC Report Obileye 72' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Collum
26 December 2020 Scottish Championship Heart of Midlothian 5 – 3 Ayr United Tynecastle Park
15:00 Kingsley 11'
Wighton 68', 74'
Lee 71'
Boyce 81'		 BBC Report Smith 57'
McCowan 60'
Walsh 90+4'		 Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Munro
29 December 2020 Scottish Championship Heart of Midlothian 3 – 1 Arbroath Tynecastle Park
19:45 Naismith 30', 33', 36' (Penalty) BBC Report Doolan 48' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Walsh
2 January 2021 Scottish Championship Dundee 3 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Dens Park
19:20 McGhee 14'
Mullen 36'
Afolabi 84 pen.'		 Irving 56' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Robertson
12 January 2021 Scottish Championship Heart of Midlothian P – P Arbroath Tynecastle Park
19:45 Hearts News
16 January 2021 Scottish Championship Alloa Athletic 1 – 3 Heart of Midlothian Stark's Park
15:00 Williamson Yellow card 84' Red card
Cawley 87'		 BBC Report Irving 35'
Frear 45'
Ginnelly 90+3'		 Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Muir
23 January 2021 Scottish Championship Heart of Midlothian 2 – 3 Raith Rovers Tynecastle Park
15:00 Boyce 58', 90' BBC Report Ugwu 5'
Duku 47' (pen.)
Tumilty 52'		 Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Beaton
26 January 2021 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 4 Heart of Midlothian Stark's Park
19:45 Boyce 36'
Henderson 39'
Gnanduillet 84', 90'		 Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Anderson
30 January 2021 Scottish Championship Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Tynecastle Park
15:00 Walker 81' BBC Report Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Collum
5 February 2021 Scottish Championship Ayr United 0 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Somerset Park
19:45 BBC Report Boyce 48' (Penalty) Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: McLean
12 February 2021 Scottish Championship Queen of the South 1 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Palmerston Park
19:45 Obileye 43' (pen.) BBC Report Boyce 90' (Penalty) Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Steven
20 February 2021 Scottish Championship Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 Greenock Morton Tynecastle Park
15:00 Walker 71' BBC Report McGuffie 53' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Dickinson
26 February 2021 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle – Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Walsh

League Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish League Cup

Hearts were drawn into Group A of the League Cup group stage, alongside Cowdenbeath, East Fife Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Raith Rovers.[8]

6 October 2020 League Cup Group A Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Park
19:45 Walker 62' (pen.) SPFL Report Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: McLean
10 October 2020 League Cup Group A Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Bayview Stadium
15:00 SPFL Report Halkett 78' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Newlands
13 October 2020 League Cup Group A Heart of Midlothian 3 – 1 Raith Rovers Tynecastle Park
19:45 Wighton 2' (pen.), 40' (pen.), 87' SPFL Report Duku 54' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Napier
10 November 2020 League Cup Group A East Fife 2 – 3 Heart of Midlothian Bayview Stadium
19:45 Hamilton 39'
Wallace 64'		 BBC Report Lee 1', 3'
Irving 62'		 Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Anderson
28 November 2020 League Cup Second round Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Heart of Midlothian Recreation Park
15:00 Trouten 109' (Penalty) BBC Report Attendance: None[note 1]

Scottish Cup

Main articles: 2019–20 Scottish Cup and 2020–21 Scottish Cup

Hearts had reached the semi-finals of the 2019–20 Scottish Cup before the coronavirus pandemic stopped all football activity in Scotland. Their semi-final against Hibernian, which was originally due to be played in April, was rescheduled to take place during the 2021–2021 season.[9][10]

2020

31 October 2020 Scottish Cup Semi-final Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Hibernian Hampden Park
17:00 Wighton 60'
Boyce 111' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Doidge 67' Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: Collum
20 December 2020 Scottish Cup Final Celtic 3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p)		 Heart of Midlothian Hampden Park
14:15[11] Christie 19'
Édouard 29' (Penalty)
Griffiths 105'		 Boyce 48'
Kingsley 67'
Ginnelly 111'		 Attendance: None[note 1]
Referee: John Beaton
Penalties

2021

8 January 2021 Scottish Cup Second round Brora Rangers or Camelon P – P Heart of Midlothian
15:00 [12] Attendance: None[note 1]

First team player statistics

Captains

Steven Naismith will continue as captain for season 2020–21,[13] having been appointed as captain the previous season.[14]

No Pos Country Name No of games Notes
14 FW Scotland Naismith 12 Captain
1 GK Scotland Gordon 2 Vice Captain
5 DF Austria Haring 1 Vice Captain
6 DF Scotland Berra 2 Vice Captain
26 DF Scotland Halkett 5 Vice Captain

Last updated: 5 February 2021
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad information

During the 2020–21 season, Hearts have used twenty-eight players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Last Updated 20 February 2021
Number Position Nation Name Totals Championship League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Craig Gordon 22 0 17+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Northern Ireland NIR Michael Smith 19 2 16+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Ireland EIR Aidy White 12 0 1+4 0 5+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF Austria AUT Peter Haring 14 1 4+4 1 2+2 0 0+2 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Christophe Berra 11 0 8+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Walker 21 5 10+5 4 3+1 1 2+0 0
8 MF England ENG Olly Lee 17 3 9+1 1 4+1 2 1+1 0
9 FW Ivory Coast CIV Armand Gnanduillet 4 2 1+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Northern Ireland NIR Liam Boyce 18 12 14+1 10 1+0 0 2+0 2
11 FW England ENG Jordan Roberts 11 0 4+2 0 1+3 0 1+0 0
13 GK Scotland SCO Ross Stewart 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW Scotland SCO Steven Naismith 20 5 10+4 5 2+2 0 1+1 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Craig Wighton 15 7 5+3 3 3+2 3 1+1 1
16 MF Scotland SCO Andy Halliday 21 2 15+2 2 1+1 0 2+0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Gary Mackay-Steven 7 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Ireland EIR Aaron McEneff 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF Scotland SCO Andy Irving 20 3 11+4 2 2+1 1 1+1 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Harry Cochrane 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF Scotland SCO Stephen Kingsley 22 5 16+0 4 2+2 0 2+0 1
24 MF England ENG Elliott Frear 12 2 5+3 2 2+1 0 0+1 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Brandon 5 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Scotland SCO Craig Halkett 21 1 17+0 0 2+0 1 2+0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Moore 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF Romania ROU Mihai Popescu 18 0 9+3 0 4+1 0 1+0 0
29 MF Curaçao CUW Gervane Kastaneer 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF England ENG Josh Ginnelly 10 4 3+3 3 2+1 0 0+1 1
31 FW Scotland SCO Euan Henderson 10 1 2+3 1 2+2 0 0+1 0
36 MF Scotland SCO Scott McGill 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
  • Last updated: 30 January 2021
  • Source: Match Reports[15][16]
  • Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Scottish Championship, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Disciplinary Record

During the 2020–21 season, Hearts players have so far only been issued thirty-two yellow cards. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.

Last updated 5 February 2021
Number Position Nation Name Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 GK Scotland Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2 DF Northern Ireland Michael Smith 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Aidy White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Scotland John Souttar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Austria Peter Haring 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 DF Scotland Christophe Berra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Scotland Jamie Walker 4 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
8 MF England Olly Lee 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 FW Northern Ireland Liam Boyce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW England Jordan Roberts 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 GK Czech Republic Zdeněk Zlámal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK Scotland Ross Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
15 FW Scotland Craig Wighton 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
16 MF Scotland Andy Halliday 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
19 MF Scotland Andy Irving 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
20 MF Scotland Harry Cochrane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Scotland Stephen Kingsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF France Loïc Damour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF England Elliott Frear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Scotland Jamie Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Scotland Craig Halkett 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
27 MF Scotland Lewis Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Romania Mihai Popescu 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
30 MF England Josh Ginnelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Scotland Euan Henderson 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 MF Scotland Scott McGill 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 18 0 5 0 10 0 32 0

Goal scorers

Last updated 20 February 2021

Place Position Nation Name Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 FW Northern Ireland Liam Boyce 10 0 2 12
2 FW Scotland Craig Wighton 3 3 1 7
3 MF Scotland Jamie Walker 5 1 0 6
4 DF Scotland Stephen Kingsley 4 0 1 5
FW Scotland Steven Naismith 5 0 0 5
5 MF England Josh Ginnelly 3 0 1 4
6 MF England Olly Lee 1 2 0 3
7 DF Northern Ireland Michael Smith 2 0 0 2
MF Scotland Andy Halliday 2 0 0 2
MF Scotland Andy Irving 2 1 0 2
MF England Elliott Frear 2 0 0 2
FW Ivory Coast Armand Gnanduillet 2 0 0 2
8 DF Austria Peter Haring 1 0 0 1
DF Scotland Craig Halkett 0 1 0 1
FW Scotland Euan Henderson 1 0 0 1
Total 43 8 5 55

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Heart of Midlothian (C, P) 27 17 6 4 63 24 +39 57 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Dundee (O, P) 27 12 9 6 49 40 +9 45 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Raith Rovers 27 12 7 8 45 36 +9 43 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Dunfermline Athletic 27 10 9 8 38 34 +4 39
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 27 8 12 7 36 31 +5 36
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[17]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

League Cup table

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOM RAI ICT EFI COW
1 Heart of Midlothian 4 4 0 0 0 8 3 +5 12 Qualification for the Second round — 3–1 1–0 — —
2 Raith Rovers 4 2 1 0 1 7 7 0 8 — — p3–3 2–1 —
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 0 6 — — — 1–0 p0–0
4 East Fife 4 1 0 0 3 5 6 −1 3 2–3 — — — 2–0
5 Cowdenbeath 4 0 0 1 3 0 4 −4 1 0–1 0–1 — — —
Source: [18]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[19]

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAHHHAAHAHAAHA
ResultWWWLWWWWWLWLWWWDDD
Position113321111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2021. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 25 February 2021
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Robbie Neilson 6 October 2020 Present 24 17 2 5 070.83

Club

Staff

Deaths

The following players and people associated with the club died over the course of the season. Former captain Jim Townsend[25] and 2012 Scottish Cup winning captain Marius Zaliukas.[26]

Management

Following football being suspended indefinitely during the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[27] Manager Daniel Stendel advised the club he would not take any wages during the closed period and returned to Germany.[28] Stendel's contract included a clause which rendered him a free agent should the club be relegated.[29]

Following the vote to end the 2019–20 season and Hearts being relegated on an average points basis,[30] Stendel's contract was ended, rendering him a Free Agent.[31] Despite Stendel indicating he wished to negotiate a new contract,[31] on 21 June 2020, Hearts appointed Dundee United Manager Robbie Neilson,[32] He had previously managed Hearts between 2014 and 2016[33] and was awarded a three-year contract.[1] Stendel's assistants Jorg Sievers and Dale Tonge also departed the club.[34] On 12 August 2020, Neilson's former United assistants Gordon Forrest and Lee McCulloch were appointed as First Team Assistant Managers. They joined on a three year deal.[35]

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Attendance restricted due to COVID-19 restrictions.
  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.
  2. ^ Emergency Seven Day Loan.[64]
  3. ^ Emergency Loan.[67] name="note3"
  4. ^ Returned from Emergency loan at Stirling Albion, before being loaned out for a second time.[69]

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