2021–22 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

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Heart of Midlothian
2021–22 season
ChairmanAnn Budge
ManagerRobbie Neilson[1]
StadiumTynecastle Park
Premiership3rd
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Liam Boyce
(4 goals)
All: Liam Boyce
(8 goals)
Highest home attendance18,177 v. Hibernian, 12 September
Lowest home attendance5,272 v. Celtic, 31 July
Average home league attendance13,633
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2021–22 season is the 125th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It is the club's first season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football since 2020, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the previous season,[2] having played just one season in the Scottish Championship. The club had been relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2019–20 season.

They will also compete in this season's Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season / Friendlies[]

25 June 2021 Friendly Berwick Rangers Postponed Heart of Midlothian Shielfield Park
19:00
Note: Five members of staff tested positive for Covid.[3]
26 June 2021 Friendly Linlithgow Rose 0–6 Heart of Midlothian Prestonfield
Report Pollock Goal
Boyce Goal pen.' Goal pen.'
Smith Goal
Gnanduillet Goal
Kirk Goal		 Attendance: 500
29 June 2021 Friendly Civil Service Strollers 0–4 Heart of Midlothian Christie Gillies Park
Report Halliday Goal 26'
Walker Goal 47'
Gnanduillet Goal
Kirk Goal
29 June 2021 Friendly Spartans 0–7 Heart of Midlothian Ainslie Park
Report Boyce Goal 5' Goal
Halkett Goal
Mackay-Steven Goal 47', 56'
Damour Goal
Cochrane Goal 54'
2 July 2021 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Ayr United National Sports Training Centre
Boyce Goal 76' Report Moffat Goal 75'
3 July 2021 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 4–0 Falkirk National Sports Training Centre
Henderson Goal 2'
Gnanduillet Goal 31', 69'
Kingsley Goal 89'		 Report
8 July 2021 Friendly Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 0–3 Heart of Midlothian New Dundas Park
Report Smith Goal 19'
Gnanduillet Goal 30' Goal
17 July 2021 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 0–2 Sunderland Tynecastle Park
15:00 Hearts Report McGeady Goal 14 pen.', 41' Referee:

Premiership[]

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Premiership
31 July 2021 1 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Celtic Tynecastle Park
20:00 Mackay-Steven Goal 8'
Souttar Goal 89'		 BBC Report Ralston Goal 54' Attendance: 5,272
Referee: Madden
7 August 2021 2 St Mirren 1–2 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
15:00 Shaughnessy Goal 85'
Dennis Red card 86'		 BBC Report Halliday Goal 16'
Boyce Goal 73'		 Attendance: 1,039
Referee:
22 August 2021 3 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
15:00 Boyce Goal 56 pen.' BBC Report Ojo Goal 71' Attendance: 17,449
Referee: Madden
28 August 2021 4 Dundee United 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report Boyce Goal 45+1 pen.'
Gnanduillet Goal 90'		 Attendance: 9,234
Referee:
12 September 2021 5 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Hibernian Tynecastle Park
12:00 BBC Report Attendance: 18,177
Referee: Walsh
18 September 2021 6 Ross County 2–2 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00 Spittal Goal 10' Goal 45' BBC Report Boyce Goal 9'
Kingsley Goal 66'		 Attendance: 3,802
Referee: Dickinson

League Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup
10 July 2021 Group Stage Peterhead 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Balmoor Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Mackay-Steven Goal 31'
Boyce Goal 58'		 Attendance: 246
Referee: Robertson
13 July 2021 Group Stage Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Cove Rangers Tynecastle Park
19:45 Halliday Goal 12'
Boyce Goal 45+1'
Mackay-Steven Goal 55'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,000
Referee:
20 July 2021 Group Stage Stirling Albion 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Forthbank Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Boyce Goal 31'
Goal 74'		 Referee: Irvine
25 July 2021 Group Stage Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Park
17:15 Walker Goal 75' BBC Report Gardyne Red card 88' Attendance: 2,989
Referee: Walsh
15 August 2021 Second Round Celtic 3–2 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
15:00 Édouard Goal 29'
Welsh Goal 34'
Furuhashi Goal 63'		 BBC Report Boyce Goal 57 pen.'
McEneff Goal 90+2'		 Attendance: TBA
Referee: Beaton

First team player statistics[]

Captains[]

Craig Gordon was appointed captain for the 2021–22 season,[4] taking over from Steven Naismith[5] who retired at the end of the previous season.[6] Naismith took on a coaching role at the club.[7]

No Pos Country Name No of games Notes
1 GK Scotland Gordon 11 Captain

Last updated: 18 September 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 2021–22 campaign, Hearts have used twenty-four players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Number Position Nation Name Totals Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Craig Gordon 11 0 6+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Northern Ireland Michael Smith 10 0 5+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland Stephen Kingsley 8 1 3+0 1 5+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Scotland John Souttar 10 1 6+0 1 4+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Austria Peter Haring 10 0 4+1 0 3+2 0 0+0 0
6 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Beni Baningime 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland Jamie Walker 6 1 0+2 0 0+4 1 0+0 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland Aaron McEneff 6 1 0+2 0 1+3 1 0+0 0
9 MF Wales Ben Woodburn 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Northern Ireland Liam Boyce 11 8 6+0 4 5+0 4 0+0 0
11 MF Scotland Gary Mackay-Steven 11 3 6+0 1 5+0 2 0+0 0
14 MF Australia Cameron Devlin 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF England Taylor Moore 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Scotland Andy Halliday 9 2 4+0 1 4+1 1 0+0 0
17 DF England Alex Cochrane 10 0 5+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland Barrie McKay 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF Scotland Craig Halkett 11 0 6+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW England Jordan Roberts 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 FW Ivory Coast Armand Gnanduillet 6 1 1+3 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
22 FW Scotland Euan Henderson 5 0 0+2 0 0+3 0 0+0 0
27 DF Scotland Connor Smith 2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
30 MF England Josh Ginnelly 10 0 3+2 0 4+1 0 0+0 0
35 MF Scotland 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
38 MF Scotland 4 1 0+0 0 2+2 1 0+0 0
  • Last updated: 18 September 2021
  • Source:Match Reports[8][9]
  • 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 2021–22 season, Hearts players have so far been issued fifteen yellow cards and no red cards. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.

Last updated 18 September 2021
Number Position Nation Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
5 DF Austria Peter Haring 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
6 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Beni Baningime 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 MF Scotland Jamie Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW England Ben Woodburn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 FW Northern Ireland Liam Boyce 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF Scotland Andy Halliday 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
17 MF England Alex Cochrane 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF Scotland Craig Halkett 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
30 MF England Josh Ginnelly 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
38 MF Scotland 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 9 0 7 0 0 0 16 0

Clean sheets[]

R Pos Nat Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Scotland Craig Gordon 2 4 0 6
Total 2 4 0 6

Last updated: 18 September 2021
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Rangers 5 4 0 1 10 4 +6 12 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round[b]
2 Hibernian 5 3 2 0 10 4 +6 11 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 5 3 2 0 7 3 +4 11 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4 Motherwell 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 Celtic 5 3 0 2 16 3 +13 9
Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2021. Source: [10][11]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[12]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ Should the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League also qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage via their domestic league, the Scottish Premiership winners will instead qualify for the group stage.

League Cup table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOM STI INV COV PET
1 Heart of Midlothian 4 4 0 0 0 8 0 +8 12 Qualification for the second round — — 1–0 3–0 —
2 Stirling Albion 4 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 8 0–2 — — — 3–1
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 1 0 1 2 5 6 −1 4 — 2–2p — — 2–0
4 Cove Rangers 4 1 0 0 3 6 10 −4 3 — 2–3 3–1 — —
5 Peterhead 4 1 0 0 3 4 8 −4 3 0–2 — — 3–1 —
Source: [13]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[14]

Division summary[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHA
ResultWWDWDD
Position212233
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics[]

Last updated 18 September 2021
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Robbie Neilson 10 July 2021 Present 11 7 3 1 063.64

Transfers[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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