Dundee United vs Hearts; Scottish Premiership
Dundee United vs Hearts. Scottish Premiership.
CalForth Construction Arena at Tannadice ParkAttendance10,874.
Dundee United 2
- I Dolcek (22nd minute, 41st minute)
Hearts 3
- L Shankland (19th minute pen)
- S Findlay (58th minute, 94th minute)
Dundee Utd 2-3 Hearts: Stuart Findlay’s brace helps visitors fight back for victory
Report as defender Stuart Findlay scored twice as Hearts snatched a last-gasp 3-2 victory against Dundee United in a pulsating Scottish Premiership contest at Tannadice
Sunday 10 August 2025 20:43, UK
Defender Stuart Findlay scored twice as Hearts snatched a last-gasp 3-2 victory against Dundee United in a pulsating contest at Tannadice.
Hearts skipper Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring with a penalty against his former side, with the hosts bouncing back strongly before the break thanks to Ivan Dolcek's double.
Findlay equalised just before the hour mark and popped up in stoppage time to grab a dramatic winner.
The result leaves Hearts top of the table after two games.
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United made three changes to the starting line-up that secured a notable draw against Rapid Vienna in Austria on Thursday night, with Owen Stirton, Miller Thomson and Dolcek coming in for Will Ferry, Max Watters and Isaac Pappoe.
Hearts made just one change to the team that beat Aberdeen 2-0 on Monday night at Tynecastle, with Alan Forrest replacing Christian Borchgrevink.
The visitors made a bright start and were first to threaten in the eighth minute when Frankie Kent got his head to a Harry Milne corner but the defender could not trouble United goalkeeper Yevhenii Kucherenko as the ball sailed over the crossbar.
The Terrors made a quickfire response with Vicko Sevelj hitting a blistering 30-yard drive which keeper Zander Clark dived to his right to push away for a corner.
Hearts had another gilt-edged opportunity when Forrest whipped in a superb cross from the right but Claudio Braga's glancing header flew straight into Kucherenko's grateful grasp.
However, the visitors broke the deadlock in the 19th minute. United defender Iurie Iovu grappled Findlay to the ground inside the home box and referee David Dickinson pointed to the spot. Hearts skipper Shankland stepped up and calmly struck his penalty into the bottom corner, sending Kucherenko the wrong way.
That lead only lasted three minutes. United were awarded a free-kick 25 yards out following a foul on Stirton and Dolcek's effort flew high into the back of the net despite the best efforts of Clark, who got a hand to the ball.
Dundee United then took the lead in the 42nd minute. Panutche Camara threaded a great ball through to Dolcek, with the Croatian hitting a shot that Clark could not keep out at his near post.
Hearts pinned the Terrors back at the start of the second half and equalised in the 58th minute. Milne sent an inswinging corner from the left towards Findlay who powered a header high past Kucherenko.
And in the fourth minute of stoppage time, Findlay pounced to seal the win for his side with another fine diving header from an Alex Kyziridis corner.
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Hearts boss Derek McInnes heaped praise on Findlay after the defender's decisive double, including a stoppage-time winner, sealed victory.
He said: "I couldn't get him to score a goal at Kilmarnock, but I cannot stop him now! Stuart's a brilliant human, he's a brilliant boy.
"First and foremost he's got to do his job well defensively as they all do at the back and I think he does that week in, week out.
"It's actually nice to see him getting a wee bit of a chance to shine and getting a wee bit of applause from that side of it.
"You see the supporters are choking for heroes.
"Stuart's job is to try and stop the other team's better players and he does that time and time again, but it's great for him to score goals."
Meanwhile Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin admitted his side's efforts in securing a 2-2 draw away to Rapid Vienna in the Conference League last week, allied to a lengthy injury list, took their toll on his players.
He said: "The second half we didn't offer a great deal going forward. Hearts dominated the ball, but given the situation we're in with seven big players out this afternoon, we've got very little in the way of being able to rotate the squad and freshen things up."
