Hibernian vs Hearts Live Stream, Predictions

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Hibernian

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Hibernian prepare for this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Premiership drawn game vs Dundee United.

In that match, Hibernian managed 61% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Hibernian was Kevin Nisbet (25', 92'). For their opponents, Dundee United got 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Glenn Middleton (6') and Ian Harkes (30') scored for Dundee United.

At least three goals per game have been seen in 6 of the past 6 meetings where Hibernian have participated. Their opponents scored 14 of them in this period while Hibernian managed a tally of 11.

Hearts

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Hearts will go into this match following a 5-0 Premiership win vs Aberdeen in their previous fixture.

In that match, Hearts had 54% possession and 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Hearts, the goals were scored by Michael Smith (28'), Lawrence Shankland (40'), Josh Ginnelly (45') and Cammy Devlin (61'). At the other end, Aberdeen had 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Graeme Shinnie (15' Own goal) was the scorer for Aberdeen.

In their previous half-dozen clashes, Hearts have helped themselves to the sum of 15 goals. Hearts have also scored on each one of those occasions. During that period, their defenders have seen 5 goals scored by their opponents. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 12/09/2021 tells us that Hibernian have won 0 of them and Hearts 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A total of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 3 of them from The Hibees and 9 netted by The Jam Tarts. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Premiership match day 20 on 02/01/2023 when it finished Hearts 3-0 Hibernian.

On that occasion, Hearts had 51% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Lawrence Shankland (8', 38') and Stephen Humphrys (94').

Hibernian had 14 shots on goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Kevin Clancy.

🗞️ Team News: Hibernian

Mykola Kukharevych (Unknown Injury) and Martin Boyle (Knee Surgery) will not be able to play for Hibernian boss Lee Johnson.

🗞️ Team News: Hearts

Hearts manager Robbie Neilson has to choose a team with limited availability. Craig Gordon (Fractured Leg), Peter Haring (Concussion), Gary Mackay-Steven (Fractured Foot), Beni Baningime (Cruciate Ligament Injury), Liam Boyce (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Craig Halkett (Cruciate Ligament Injury) are those who can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Hearts will do well to hit the back of the net against this Hibernian side who we think should manage to score & go ahead.

Therefore, we predict a very even match with a 1-0 winning score for Hibernian when the full-time whistle blows.

A close call.

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Andre Moura, 01:35 18/01/2023