Football
Ross County vs Hearts. Scottish Premiership.
3:00pm, Saturday 16th March 2024.
Global Energy StadiumAttendance: Attendance5,304.
Match ends, Ross County 2, Heart of Midlothian 1.
Second Half ends, Ross County 2, Heart of Midlothian 1.
Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
Victor Loturi (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Ross County. George Harmon replaces Josh Reid.
Goal! Ross County 2, Heart of Midlothian 1. Yutaro Oda (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jorge Grant.
Attempt missed. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jorge Grant following a corner.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Michee Efete.
Attempt blocked. Yutaro Oda (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenneth Vargas.
Attempt missed. Yutaro Oda (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kye Rowles.
Substitution, Ross County. Josh Sims replaces Simon Murray.
Offside, Ross County. Eamonn Brophy is caught offside.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Yutaro Oda replaces Alex Cochrane.
Attempt missed. Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian) with an attempt from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alex Cochrane with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by George Wickens.
Attempt saved. Kenneth Vargas (Heart of Midlothian) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jorge Grant with a cross.
Victor Loturi (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jorge Grant (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Victor Loturi (Ross County).
Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Eamonn Brophy (Ross County).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Heart of Midlothian).
Substitution, Ross County. Brandon Khela replaces Yan Dhanda.
GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
Offside, Heart of Midlothian. Lawrence Shankland is caught offside.
Beni Baningime (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorge Grant.
Attempt blocked. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Lawrence Shankland.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Victor Loturi.
Delay in match because of an injury Loick Ayina (Ross County).
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Josh Reid.
Attempt saved. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Jorge Grant (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Cochrane.
Attempt blocked. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dexter Lembikisa.
Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card.
Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
Attempt blocked. Max Sheaf (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yan Dhanda.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Kye Rowles.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Jorge Grant replaces Aidan Denholm.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Dexter Lembikisa replaces Nathaniel Atkinson.
Yan Dhanda (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nathaniel Atkinson (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yan Dhanda (Ross County).
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Ryan Leak.
Attempt blocked. Max Sheaf (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Max Sheaf (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Goal! Ross County 2, Heart of Midlothian 0. Simon Murray (Ross County) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Eamonn Brophy.
Attempt saved. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aidan Denholm.
Second Half begins Ross County 1, Heart of Midlothian 0.
Substitution, Ross County. Eamonn Brophy replaces Jordan White.
First Half ends, Ross County 1, Heart of Midlothian 0.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Loick Ayina.
Goal! Ross County 1, Heart of Midlothian 0. Simon Murray (Ross County) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Simon Murray (Ross County) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yan Dhanda.
Kenneth Vargas (Heart of Midlothian) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
Attempt blocked. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kye Rowles.
Attempt missed. Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alex Cochrane with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Jack Baldwin.
Attempt missed. Yan Dhanda (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Beni Baningime (Heart of Midlothian).
Yan Dhanda (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Delay in match because of an injury Nathaniel Atkinson (Heart of Midlothian).
Foul by Nathaniel Atkinson (Heart of Midlothian).
Josh Reid (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Ross County. Simon Murray is caught offside.
Aidan Denholm (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Loick Ayina (Ross County).
Attempt blocked. Michee Efete (Ross County) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Yan Dhanda with a cross.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Stephen Kingsley.
Attempt blocked. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Toby Sibbick (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephen Kingsley.
Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan Leak (Ross County).
Kenneth Vargas (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Reid (Ross County).
Attempt missed. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Kenneth Vargas.
Attempt missed. Jordan White (Ross County) left footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Simon Murray.
Foul by Kenneth Vargas (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt missed. Max Sheaf (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Michee Efete.
Yan Dhanda (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Aidan Denholm following a corner.
Attempt missed. Simon Murray (Ross County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
