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By Nick McPheatBBC Scotland
Last updated on 17 minutes ago.From the section Scottish Cup
Hearts progressed to their fifth Scottish Cup quarter-final in six seasons after seeing off a spirited second-half showing from Championship bottom-side Hamilton Academical.
Stephen Humphrys rounded off a fine week for himself by following up his 50-yard wonder goal last weekend with the tie's opening goal at PLZ Stadium.
John Rankin's young side rallied after the top-flight visitors completely dominated the first half, but the game was put beyond them when Cammy Devlin stabbed in a second on 79 minutes.
Robbie Neilson's men will discover their last-eight opponents in Monday's quarter-final draw.
In the lead up to the encounter, Rankin was keen to heap the pressure on Hearts despite his side enjoying a recent upturn in form.
That pressure got handed straight back to his defence from the first minute, however, as the Premiership club peppered the home backline during a first half in which Hearts had 79% of possession.
The away side passed up a flurry of early opportunities, with Humphrys squandering three chances far easier than his halfway-line effort against Dundee United last Saturday before converting from a tight angle low at Ryan Fulton's near post.
For a team who played 120 minutes in a SPFL Trust Trophy semi-final win three days prior, Hamilton did well to respond in the second half, with Lewis Smith slicing wide before Lucas De Bolle rolled a close-range effort straight at Zander Clark.
But it was Hearts who scored the second goal of the tie as substitute Devlin prodded in from just yards out to send the big away following of 3,500 back along the M8 dreaming of cup glory at Hampden in June.
Player of the match - Robert Snodgrass
Hearts' experienced head in midfield was key to regaining control of the game when Hamilton had their brief spell on topMore to follow.
Line-ups
Hamilton
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Fulton
- 25OwensSubstituted forWinterat 70'minutes
- 15McGowan
- 4O'Reilly
- 22TumiltyBooked at 13minsSubstituted forZanattaat 70'minutes
- 23De Bolle
- 8MartinBooked at 45mins
- 11SmithSubstituted forOneat 61'minutes
- 3Shiels
- 16StephensonSubstituted forMcGinnat 54'minutes
- 17Tiehi
Substitutes
- 5Easton
- 10Zanatta
- 19Winter
- 31Smith
- 37McGinn
- 41One
- 42Newbury
Hearts
Formation 3-5-2
- 28Clark
- 72Hill
- 21Sibbick
- 3Kingsley
- 2SmithSubstituted forAtkinsonat 73'minutes
- 7GrantSubstituted forForrestat 58'minutes
- 77Snodgrass
- 18McKaySubstituted forOdaat 73'minutes
- 19Cochrane
- 29HumphrysSubstituted forDevlinat 65'minutes
- 30Ginnelly
Substitutes
- 8Kiomourtzoglou
- 12Atkinson
- 13Stewart
- 14Devlin
- 15Rowles
- 16Halliday
- 17Forrest
- 61Kuol
- 88Oda
Referee:Kevin Clancy
Attendance:4,731
Live Text
Match ends, Hamilton Academical 0, Heart of Midlothian 2.
Second Half ends, Hamilton Academical 0, Heart of Midlothian 2.
Attempt saved. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Yutaro Oda (Heart of Midlothian).
Daniel O'Reilly (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Hamilton Academical 0, Heart of Midlothian 2. Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Yutaro Oda (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Yutaro Oda replaces Barrie McKay.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Nathaniel Atkinson replaces Michael Smith.
Robert Snodgrass (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Scott Martin (Hamilton Academical).
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Dario Zanatta replaces Reghan Tumilty.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Andy Winter replaces Fergus Owens.
Attempt saved. Lucas De Bolle (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Robert Snodgrass (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Josh Ginnelly (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Daniel O'Reilly (Hamilton Academical).
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Cameron Devlin replaces Stephen Humphrys.
Attempt saved. Matthew Shiels (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Ryan One replaces Lewis Smith.
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Hamilton Academical
Squad number1Player nameFulton
Squad number25Player nameOwens
Squad number15Player nameMcGowan
Squad number4Player nameO'Reilly
Squad number22Player nameTumilty
Squad number23Player nameDe Bolle
Squad number8Player nameMartin
Squad number11Player nameSmith
Squad number3Player nameShiels
Squad number16Player nameStephenson
Squad number17Player nameTiehi
Squad number10Player nameZanatta
Squad number19Player nameWinter
Squad number37Player nameMcGinn
Squad number41Player nameOne
Heart of Midlothian
Squad number28Player nameClark
Squad number72Player nameHill
Squad number21Player nameSibbick
Squad number3Player nameKingsley
Squad number2Player nameSmith
Squad number7Player nameGrant
Squad number77Player nameSnodgrass
Squad number18Player nameMcKay
Squad number19Player nameCochrane
Squad number29Player nameHumphrys
Squad number30Player nameGinnelly
Squad number12Player nameAtkinson
Squad number14Player nameDevlin
Squad number17Player nameForrest
Squad number88Player nameOda
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