Dundee travel to Tynecastle on Tuesday to take on Hearts in the Ladbrokes Premiership and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Heart of Midlothian v Dundee
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Premiership
DATE: Tuesday 12th December 2017
KICK-OFF: 7.45pm
VENUE: Tynecastle Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1874
STADIUM: Tynecastle Stadium
CAPACITY: 20,000
PITCH SIZE: 100m x 64m
MANAGER: Craig Levein
CHAIRWOMAN: Ann Budge
NICKNAMES: Jam Tarts, Jambos
MASCOTS: Hearty Harry
CLUB COLOURS: Maroon and White
HONOURS: Scottish League Division One (1st tier) winners: 1894/95,
1896/97, 1957/58, 1959/60
Scottish League First Division (2nd tier) winners: 1979/80
SPFL Championship (2nd tier) winners: 2014/15
Scottish Cup winners: 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1956, 1996, 2006, 2012
League Cup winners: 1954/55, 1958/59, 1959/60, 2011/12
RECORD WIN: 21-0 v Anchor, Edinburgh FA Cup, 1880
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 57,857 v Barcelona, 24/7/2007, Friendly, Murrayfield
CLUB WEBSITE: www.heartsfc.co.uk
Getting to the Ground
The full address of Tynecastle for Sat-Nav is Tynecastle Stadium, Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2NL
General Directions – Tynecastle Stadium is located close to the West End of Edinburgh and can be located from there by taking the Dalry Road fork at Haymarket and continuing until Dalry Road joins Gorgie Road.
From the Edinburgh City Bypass (A720), take the A71 Edinburgh West slip road and follow signs for City Centre.
Away Supporters (Roseburn Stand) – Away supporters are allocated in part of the Roseburn Stand which is located at the north end of the stadium. Access is by the McLeod Street turnstiles 23 – 32. Coach parking is in Russell Road, which is accessed from McLeod Street as shown on the plan linked above.
Please note: Russell Road is unsuitable for double decker coaches.
Travel from the North – Join the A8 Corstorphine Road and travel along it until you reach the Haymarket junction. Take the right-hand lane in the one-way system (West Maitland Street, Torphichen Place and Morrison Street) before bearing left along Dalry Road until you join Gorgie Road. Travel along Gorgie Road until you pass under the railway bridge. McLeod Street is immediately on your right with the Tynecastle Arms on the corner. Proceed along McLeod Street until you join Russell Road. Coaches are parked here or on the overflow areas in Roseburn Street.
Please note: Russell Road is unsuitable for double decker coaches.
Train – If travelling from the West and North, disembark at Haymarket Station (the last stop before Waverley Station) and proceed along Dalry Road and Gorgie Road.
If travelling from the South, continue your journey through Waverley Station to Haymarket Station.
Bus – Buses from Haymarket/Dalry to Tynecastle are Lothian numbers 1, 2, 3, 21, 25, 33 and First numbers 25, 27, 28 & 427.
Car – There are no special parking arrangements and traffic wardens strictly control street parking in the immediate vicinity of the stadium.
To the north of the stadium, there is some on-street parking available north of Murrayfield Stadium and Corstorphine Road. To the south of the stadium, there is some on-street parking available south of Gorgie Road and in the Shandon area.
Supporters coaches to park in Russell Road enter via McLeod Street.
Tynecastle is a no smoking stadium.
Head to Head v Heart of Midlothian
LEAGUE: Won 70, Drawn 51, Lost 100
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 3, Drawn 5, Lost 9
LEAGUE CUP: Won 6, Drawn 4, Lost 9
TOTALS: Won 79, Drawn 60, Lost 118
Last Five Dundee v Heart of Midlothian Matches
30/9/2017 | Home | Premiership | Won 2-1 | 7,029 | Waddell (2)
8/4/2017 | Away | Premiership | Lost 1-0 | 16,304
23/12/2016 | Home | Premiership | Won 3-2 | 6,160 | O’Dea, McGowan, Haber
15/10/2016 | Away | Premiership | Lost 2-0 | 16,512
12/3/2016 | Home | Premiership | Lost 1-0 | 6,195
Last Meeting
Kerr Waddell was the unlikely hero as the Dees beat Hearts 2-1 at Dens last September. The 19-year-old headed home at the end of both halves to cancel out Kyle Lafferty’s equaliser as the Dark Blues grabbed all three points with Waddell’s 93rd winner.
Dundee (3-5-2): Bain, Holt, O’Dea (Kerr 64), Kamara, Moussa (Leitch-Smith 77), O’Hara, McGowan, Deacon (El Bakhtaoui 82), Hendry, Spence, Waddell
Subs Unused: Parish, Allan, Aurtenetxe, Wolters
Goals: Waddell 43’, 90+3’
Hearts (3-5-2): McLaughlin, Smith, Souttar, Hughes (Buaben 6’), Berra, Walker, Lafferty, Randall, Callachan, Cochrane (Milinkovic 72), Gonclaves
Subs Unused: Hamilton, Martin, Cole, Grezlak, Henderson
Goal: Lafferty 70’
Referee: Steven McLean
Attendance: 7,029
Match Officials
REFEREE: Craig Thompson
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Graham Chambers
ASSISTANT REFERRE: Paul O’Neil
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Euan Anderson
Heart of Midlothian’s Season So Far
Hearts’ season kicked off with back to back wins against Elgin City and East Fife in the Betfred Cup but a shock defeat at Peterhead and a 2-2 draw at home to Dunfermline, in which The Pars won the penalty shoot out bonus point, meant that Hearts failed to progress from the section.
The League Cup exit cost Head Coach Ian Cathro his job and when Hearts’ Premiership campaign kicked off with a trip to the champions Celtic, it was interim coach Jon Daly who was in charge for the 4-1 defeat.
With construction undergoing on the new main stand at Tynecastle, Hearts were forced to play their first four league games away from home and they bounced back from the Parkhead defeat with a 1-0 win at Rugby Park. A 0-0 draw at Ibrox was followed up with a 2-1 loss at Motherwell and that Fir Park game was the last in charge for Daly.
Director of Football Craig Levein was appointed as the new Hearts manager during the international break and his first game at charge would be against Aberdeen at Murrayfield. With work at Tynecastle behind schedule, the Jambos were forced to move three home games to Rugby Union’s national stadium and Levein started his second spell in charge with a 0-0 draw with The Dons in front of 24,248; denied a win thanks to an inspired performance from Aberdeen keeper Joe Lewis.
Two more away games saw a win at Hamilton and a draw at Partick before the Jam Tarts came to Dens to face former player Neil McCann, who won the Scottish Cup with Hearts in their eighth away game in nine matches.
A 93rd minute winner from Kerr Waddell gave McCann’s side a vital 2-1 win but Craig Levein picked up his first victories in the next two games with a 2-1 win in Dingwall and a 1-0 win over St Johnstone at Murrayfield.
However Hearts next match was a 1-0 derby defeat by Hibs and this was followed up with another loss, this time 3-1 to Graeme Murty’s Rangers in another game at the home of Scottish Rugby.
Hearts last game at Murrayfield was a 2-1 defeat to Kilmarnock and fortunes didn’t pick in their first game back at Tynecastle, when they drew 1-1 with Partick after the game was finally given the go ahead when a safety certificate was secured.
Another two home draws with Ross County and Hamilton meant six games without a win and the game against Accies was a stormy affair with both Craig Levein and his assistant Austin McPhee sent to the stand.
Hearts got back to winning ways last Saturday with a 1-0 win at home to Motherwell.
Top Scorers
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN: Lafferty 10; Tavares Cruz da Silva 6; Callachan, Walker 2
DUNDEE: Moussa 6: El Bahktaoui 5; Leitch-Smith, O’Hara 4; Hendry, Waddell 2
Ticketing Information
This match at Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh will be all ticket.
There will be no tickets on sale at Tynecastle, all tickets must be purchased from Dundee.
Tickets will be on sale until 5pm at the Ticket Office at Dens Park.
The prices are as follows:
UPPER SECTION
ADULTS £26
OVER 65/FTE £19
UNDER 18 £15
UNDER 12 £ 5
LOWER SECTION
ADULTS £19
OVER 65/FTE £14
UNDER 18 £11
UNDER 12 £ 5
PROOF OF CONCESSION STATUS MAY BE REQUIRED AT THE TURNSTILE
Match Programme
Hearts’ match programme is priced £3.50 and is available in the Hearts club shop or from sellers in and around the ground
How To Watch
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to subscribers of DEETV on late Tuesday evening while a shorter highlights package will be available to view on Wednesday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DEETV from Monday.
You can sign up for DEETV for just £5 a month on the official website where you will have access to Highlights, Interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button.
If you are out with the UK you will also be able to take advantage of our Live Streaming package for every home game.
