Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen

The home side opened the scoring after 20 minutes, when Rudi Skacel drilled home his fourth goal of the season past Ryan Esson.

Five minutes from time, substitute Pospisil secured the points with a fine volley from 18 yards.

The win continues the Edinburgh side's 100 per cent record this season.

Hearts started the game brightly with Paul Hartley playing a neat one-two with left-back Takis Fyssas but his cross was easily claimed by Ryan Esson.

Roman Bednar then broke free on the opposite wing and his low cross caused defender Russell Anderson problems, as he sliced his attempted clearance high into the air, but the move came to an end when Rudi Skacel pushed Alexander Diamond in the back.

Aberdeen began to settle down as the first period progressed with former Hearts player Scott Severin pulling the strings in the midfield for the visitors.

Gary Dempsey was then afforded time and space to to take on the Hearts rearguard in the 16th minute but his left-footed strike deflected off Robbie Neilson and landed comfortably in Craig Gordon's arms.

Just as Aberdeen began to take control, Hearts went ahead in the 20th minute with clinical finishing from Czech international Skacel after he rode two challenges inside the box.

The midfielder notched his fourth goal in as many games after picking up a loose ball inside the box to fire a low shot under Esson.

Hearts skipper Steven Pressley should have doubled the home side's lead in the 32nd minute after Skacel's corner somehow fell to the unmarked Scotland defender at the back post, but he lacked composure as he blasted the ball over the bar.

Dons manager Jimmy Calderwood was forced to replace the influential Russell Anderson with Scott Muirhead after the break, with blood pouring from the defender's face as he disappeared up the tunnel.

With Severin being forced to play in a more defensive role following the substitution of Anderson, Hearts began to dominate in the midfield area.

Skacel saw a lot of the ball on the left wing as he gave Chris Clark a difficult time.

In the 72nd minute, the on-loan Marseille player edged past the wing-back but his cross along the six-yard box was just too strong for Jankauskas and the ball drifted to safety.

Burley introduced Pospisil for Roman Bednar as the hosts looked to add a second and he got involved immediately, delivering a deep cross which was just too strong for Jankauskas.

The Czech hitman was again at the centre of the action as his cross was volleyed onto the post by McAllister following a superb move that also involved Takis Fyssas and Skacel.

Pospisil made sure of the points in the 85th minute after he ran onto Jankauskas' knock down to volley high into the net from 18 yards.

Hearts: Gordon, Neilson, Pressley, Webster, Fyssas, Mikoliunas (McAllister 45), Brellier, Hartley, Skacel (Simmons 88), Jankauskas, Bednar (Pospisil 78). Subs Not Used: Banks, Cesnauskis, Berra, Wallace.

Booked: McAllister.

Goals: Skacel 20, Pospisil 85.

Aberdeen: Esson, McNaughton, Anderson (Muirhead 57), Diamond, Clark, Dempsey (Stewart 76), Nicholson, Severin, Considine (Foster 82), Smith, Lovell. Subs Not Used: Langfield, Winter, Donald.

Booked: Lovell, Smith.

Att: 16,139

Ref: M McCurry

Taken from the BBC