Aberdeen vs Hearts LIVE score and goal updates from Premiership clash at Pittodrie
It's over two months and ten games since Aberdeen last won.
Jimmy Thelin has gone from super Swede to needing Swede release from a nightmare run following an electric start to the season.
The wheels have come off the Dons bandwagon however and the boss could really do with three points on the board after slipping to fourth in the table.
Neil Critchley is in the same boat for different reasons. Hearts have seen a slight upturn in form after claiming seven points from their last nine, but they should have won all three and still occupy the Premiership's relegation playoff spot.
This has been a fixture that the away team simply hasn't won in recent years. The capital club performed well on the previous visit this season but threw away a second half lead, while the Reds were pegged back at Tynecastle in a 1-1 draw.
There could be new faces on show for both teams this afternoon after doing some much needed January business and Record Sport will have every kick from Pittodrie LIVE .
The visiting seem ALWAYS seems to come out second best in this fixture.
Remarkbly, Hearts' haven't tasted victory in the Granite City since claiming a 3-1 win against the Dons nearly nine years ago in May 2016.
The Dons haven't fared much better on the road in this fixture either, with their last win in the capital coming 12 months later.
Only one of Jimmy Thelin’s eight Aberdeen signings has been Scottish – but the Swedish boss insists his Dons will always have a strong home core.
It's been a busy January for the Reds, who have a loan deal for Preston winger Jeppe Okkels and a permanent transfer for Latvia skipper Kristers Tobers from Grasshoppers. As revealed by Record Sport, Aberdeen are also closing in on a deal for IF Brommapojkarna's


