Hearts fixtures: Jambos visit Aberdeen on opening weekend

Hearts will kick off their 2026/27 Scottish Premiership season at Aberdeen on August 1, live on Sky Sports.

The Saturday evening clash at Pittodrie, scheduled for 5.30pm, is part of a groundbreaking opening weekend that will see all six Scottish Premiership games shown live on Sky Sports for the first time.

The Tynecastle Park club, who are searching for a new head coach after Derek McInnes left for Rangers, then host Dundee United the following weekend before a trip to Falkirk on August 22 and the visit of St Johnstone to Edinburgh on August 29 round out the opening month.

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September starts with a bang in the capital with Hearts travelling to play Hibernian in the first Edinburgh derby of the season under the lights at Easter Road on Wednesday, September 2. David Gray's side then travel to Tynecastle for the reverse fixture on Boxing Day before the pair meet again in the final pre-split fixture on April 10 back in Leith.

Hearts will return to Celtic Park on league business for the first time since their final day title heartbreak last season on October 17 before welcoming Martin O'Neill's side to Tynecastle on November 28. Former boss McInnes will return to Gorgie with Rangers on Wednesday, October 28 before Hearts travel to Ibrox on December 19.

Indeed, with no winter break, December is a busy month in the Premiership with Hearts in action six times. They host Aberdeen on Wednesday, December 2 before travelling to St Mirren three days later. Motherwell travel to the capital on December 12 before those massive fixtures against Rangers and Hibernian, with a trip to St Johnstone on December 30 rounding out the league fixtures for 2026.

The post-split league campaign concludes on the weekend of May 15/16.

What about Europe?

Hearts enter the Champions League at the second qualifying round, with the first and second legs of their fixture against Sturm Graz taking place before their Premiership campaign gets underway.

Should Hearts progress, their next game would kick off potentially three days after the league campaign begins - with the first leg on August 4/5 and the return game on August 11, either side of their clash against Dundee United on August 8.

They have a League Cup game on August 15/16 ahead of what would be the first leg of their play-off tie, be that in the Champions League or Europa League, should they drop into that.

They are then due to face Falkirk on August 22, however, the Tynecastle Park club are allowed to request that league game is postponed in order to prepare for the second leg of the play-off the following week.

Hearts' 2026/27 Scottish Premiership fixtures

August

1: Aberdeen (a) - 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports

8: Dundee United (h) - 3pm

22: Falkirk (a) - 3pm

29: St Johnstone (h) - 3pm

September

2: Hibernian (a) - 7.45pm

5: Dundee (h) - 3pm

19: Kilmarnock (a) - 3pm

October

10: St Mirren (h) - 3pm

17: Celtic (a) - 3pm

24: Motherwell (a) - 3pm

28: Rangers (h) - 7.45pm

31: Dundee United (a) - 3pm

November

8: Falkirk (h) - 3pm

21: Dundee (a) - 3pm

28: Celtic (h) - 3pm

December

2: Aberdeen (h) - 7.45pm

5: St Mirren (a) - 3pm

12: Motherwell (h) - 3pm

19: Rangers (a) - 3pm

26: Hibernian (h) - 3pm

30: St Johnstone (a) - 7.45pm

January

2: Kilmarnock (h) - 3pm

9: Aberdeen (a) - 3pm

23: Falkirk (a) - 3pm

30: St Mirren (h) - 3pm

February

3: Dundee (h) - 7.45pm

13: Celtic (a) - 3pm

20: Motherwell (a) - 3pm

27: Dundee United (h) - 3pm

March

13: Kilmarnock (a) - 3pm

20: Rangers (h) - 3pm

April

3: St Johnstone (h) - 3pm

10: Hibernian (a) - 3pm

*all fixtures are subject to change