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Scottish Cup (4th Round Replay) |
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Goalscorers | |
Robbie Winters (4) |
None. |
Team Managers | |
Tommy McLean |
Jim Jefferies |
Starting Eleven | |
Sieb Dijkstra Steven Pressley Mark Perry Maurice Malpas Erik Pedersen Lars Zetterlund Andy McLaren Ray McKinnon Jamie Dolan Kjell Olofsson Robbie Winters |
Gilles Rousset Gary Locke Gary Naysmith David Weir Dave McPherson Paul Ritchie Stefano Salvatori Steve Fulton Jim Hamilton Colin Cameron Neil McCann |
Bench | |
David Sinclair Jim McInally Gary McSwegan |
Grant Murray Gary Mackay John Robertson |
Substitutions | |
Jim McInally for Andy McLaren (80) Gary McSwegan for Robbie Winters (83) David Sinclair for Ray McKinnon (89) |
Gary Mackay for Stefano Salvatori (46) John Robertson for Gary Locke (59) |
Cautions | |
Kjell Olofsson (25) Ray McKinnon (55) |
Stefano Salvatori (35) Colin Cameron (51) Jim Hamilton (56) |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Hugh Dallas (Motherwell) (Referee) |
United extended their unbeaten run to 12 matches and in the process secured a place in the last eight of the Scottish Cup for the third consecutive season since winning the competition. A goal by Robbie Winters after only four minutes proved crucial. But even before that, Lars Zetterlund was unlucky not to have found the net for the first time after he ran on to a Perry chip, but his first time shot the bar.
Respite for the visitors was very brief. From the corner which ensued, Maurice Malpas headed a clearance back into the six yard box, and Robbie Winters, unmarked, headed in at Rousset's right-hand post. Hearts were reeling under United's whirlwind start with Kjell Olofsson whipping in a cross which Lars just failed to make contact with. Apart from a McPherson header which Sieb Dykstra clutched low down at his near post, most of the action was confined to the midfield area. However, Hearts almost equalised just before the interval. Colin Cameron was released through on Sieb Dykstra, but the keeper spread himself to block the shot and Unifed went into the break still ahead.
Although Hearts may have had more of game in the second period they created few, if any chances. A Robertson volley which dipped fiercely over and a Ritchie header which Sieb Dykstra saved being about the sum total of their efforts until the last minute when Sieb Dykstra was at full stretch to hold a McPherson header. Earlier Steven Pressley had a shot saved by Rousset and Gary McSwegan mis-hit a shot to give the Hearts deeper an easy save. offer Ae Tannadice substihjte had created the opening for himself. But in the cup, one goal is enough provided you don't concede any and with the application and organisation so lacking at Rugby Park, reinstated, Hearts rarely looked like finding a way past a United defence in outstanding form.
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Sieb Dijkstra (GK) | 30 |
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16 | - | 16 | - |
Maurice Malpas | 34 |
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24 | 1 | 724 | 25 |
Steven Pressley | 23 |
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32 | 2 | 77 | 4 |
Mark Perry | 26 |
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32 | - | 103 | 3 |
Erik Pedersen | 29 |
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20 | - | 20 | - |
Jamie Dolan | 28 |
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8 | - | 8 | - |
Ray McKinnon | 26 |
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23 | 6 | 100 | 13 |
Andy McLaren | 23 |
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30 | 2 | 150 | 9 |
Lars Zetterlund | 33 |
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20 | - | 20 | - |
Kjell Olofsson | 31 |
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21 | 9 | 21 | 9 |
Robbie Winters | 22 |
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32 | 9 | 91 | 21 |
David Sinclair (sub) | 27 |
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4 | - | 4 | - |
Jim McInally (sub) | 33 |
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17 | 1 | 392 | 22 |
Gary McSwegan (sub) | 26 |
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28 | 8 | 59 | 25 |
No league table has been added for this season.