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That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
Hearts are replacing Laryea Kingston with Garcia Ruben Palazuelos.
Richard Offiong goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
Goal!! Hamilton have scored with Derek Lyle putting it in the back of the net.
David Obua is replaced by Andrius Ksanavicius.
Jamie Mole is being taken off, Christian Nade has come on in his place.
Alex Neil goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
Hamilton are replacing Lucas Akins with Derek Lyle.
Joel Thomas is being taken off, Mark Corcoran has come on in his place.
Goal!! Hearts have scored with Andrew Driver putting it in the back of the net.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.
Half time whistle is blown by C Thomson
Hamilton are replacing Chris Swailes with James McCarthy.
Goal!! Hearts have scored with Marius Zaliukas putting it in the back of the net.
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
Hearts inflicted a second successive league defeat on Hamilton Accies, the host club's first in over a season at New Douglas Park, but the Edinburgh side were made to work for their win. In front of a bumper 4,210 crowd, the game started slowly, with Hearts backing off the first division champions in the early stages. However, Hearts soon got into their stride and took the lead on 18 minutes when Andy Driver's corner from the right was headed in by Marius Zaliukas, despite Tomas Cerny's efforts to keep it out at the back post. Accies were dealt a further blow when Chris Swailes limped off seconds later, to be replaced by James McCarthy. The young midfielder nearly got on the scoresheet just three minutes later when he latched on to a superb diagonal ball by Richard Offiong, but keeper Marian Kello blocked well with his chest. Hearts should have scored in 37 minutes when Laryea Kingston mugged Brian Easton on the right and played in Eggert Jonsson, but he sliced his shot well wide. Simon Mensing was unlucky to see his 25-yard effort fly inches wide of the right post in 41 minutes. Cerny then produced a simply breath-taking save to claw David Obua's deft head-flick out of the bottom left corner, following good set-up play by Michael Stewart on 44 minutes. Hamilton came out in the second half and flew at Hearts, but failed to sufficiently hurt the visitors. David Elebert sent a wicked cross over the face of goal in 47 minutes, and three minutes later McCarthy's cross was headed over by striker Lucas Akins. But Hearts doubled their lead in 59 minutes when Mensing lost possession to Driver and the midfielder drove through on the left, evaded Mensing's desperate challenge and drilled low into the right corner. That seemed to knock the stuffing out of Accies, but they eventually hit back in 80 minutes when Elebert's cross from the left was headed past Kello by sub Derek Lyle. With five minutes remaining Kingston had a free-kick blocked, but collected the rebound and burst into the box, only to send his angled shot inches past the right post with Cerny beaten.
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