Aberdeen FC vs. Heart of Midlothian FC

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Market context

Aberdeen and Hearts are due to meet at Pittodrie this evening, and the main change in the last 24-48 hours is simply that the fixture has moved into the matchday window with broadcast and kick-off details now confirmed at 17:30 BST / 16:30 UTC. The market’s 100% implied YES is consistent with a scheduled league fixture that is no longer contingent on whether the game happens, but traders still need to track whether the match starts on time and whether any late pre-match disruption appears in team news or venue operations.[4][5]

Historically, this pairing has been competitive rather than one-sided. Aberdeen’s club preview notes 145 previous meetings with Hearts, with Aberdeen winning 69, Hearts 43 and 33 drawn, while more recent head-to-head datasets show the balance can tighten over shorter samples, including a 19-17-13 split in Hearts’ favour across all listed meetings on one live data feed.[1][10] That matters for reading the current price: a perfect YES is about event occurrence, not about the result, and this is still a fixture where form, venue and late selection calls have mattered more than legacy head-to-head advantage.[1][12]

For traders, the key catalysts are the official line-ups, any late injury or illness updates, and confirmation that the kick-off holds at the published time, since Aberdeen’s own preview indicates the clubs are treating this as an early-season league test rather than a routine placeholder.[1] The most useful near-term signal is team selection, especially whether either side makes unexpected changes from the expected matchday squad, because those announcements are the main dependency that can shift how the game is interpreted even when the fixture itself is already locked in.[1][5]

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to Prediction Today, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

FAQ

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How does resolution work?

Through the UMA Optimistic Oracle on Polygon: a proposer submits the outcome, a two-hour challenge window opens, and USDC payouts settle automatically once the result is final.

What's the difference between YES and NO shares?

A YES share pays $1.00 if the event happens, $0 otherwise. A NO share pays $1.00 if the event doesn't happen. The market price between 0¢ and 100¢ is the implied probability.

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How reliable are the quoted odds?

The YES/NO percentages are the live mid-prices of the Polymarket order book. On deep markets they move every few seconds; on thinner ones you'll see short plateaus.