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Hibernian vs Kilmarnock Live Stream, Predictions
The Premiership meeting at Easter Road Stadium on Saturday sees home side Hibernian welcoming opponents Kilmarnock.
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📊 Form Guide
Hibernian
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Hibernian head into this match following a 1-1 Premiership drawn result vs Celtic.
In that match, Hibernian had 42% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Hibernian was Kevin Nisbet (90'). At the other end, Celtic had 10 attempts on goal with 6 on target. David Turnbull (81') was the scorer for Celtic.
Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Hibernian have taken part. Breaking down the goal split in this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 8 and The Hibees totted up 3. It will be interesting to see if that trend will be sustained here.
Their prior results show that Hibernian:
- have not lost a league tie with Kilmarnock in their previous 4 games.
- are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.
Kilmarnock
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Kilmarnock will come into the encounter after a 2-0 Premiership win over Hamilton Academical in their most recent fixture.
In that match, Kilmarnock managed 63% possession and 18 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Kilmarnock was Greg Kiltie (36', 63'). On the other side, Hamilton Academical got 6 attempts at goal with 1 on target.
In 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Kilmarnock, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game in that spell works out to a paltry 2.17, with the average goals for Killie standing at 1.
Going into this contest, Kilmarnock have left without a victory over Hibernian when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
↔️ Head to head
Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 14/09/2019 tells us that Hibernian have won 3 of these games & Kilmarnock 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.
A total of 13 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 7 of them for The Hibees and 6 netted by Killie. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.
🗞️ Team News: Hibernian
Ofir Marciano (Hamstring Injury) and Scott Allan (Unknown Injury) are not available for Hibs boss Jack Ross.
📰 Team News: Kilmarnock
Thanks to a completely injury-free squad to choose from, Kilmarnock manager Alex Dyer does not have any fitness concerns to report ahead of this clash.
✨ Prediction
In our view, Kilmarnock should be able to put a goal past this Hibernian lineup, but that probably shouldn’t be as many as they will have scored against them.
Our tip is for a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Hibernian at the end of the match. It really should be an interesting one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 00:09 12/01/2021

⚽️ Team Focus:
Hibernian
Formed: 1875
Stadium: Easter Road Stadium (20,421)
Captain: David Gray
Chairman: Ron Gordon
Manager: Jack Ross
Competitions: Premiership position 4, League Cup (Semi-Finals)
🔑 Star Player: Kevin Nisbet

Typically taking up the Striker position, Kevin Nisbet was born in Scotland. Having made a first senior appearance for East Stirlingshire in the 2014 - 2015 season, the goalscoring Forward has scored a sum of 11 league goals in the Premiership 2020 - 2021 season to date coming from a total of 21 appearances.
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23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 65 | WWWWW |
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20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 44 | WWWLD |
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21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 39 | WDWDL |
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23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 37 | WLLLD |
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21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 30 | WWWWW |
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23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | -10 | 27 | WDLDD |
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22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | -2 | 24 | LLWDW |
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20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 23 | LWLDD |
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23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 20 | LLDDD |
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21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 18 | DDLLD |
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22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -26 | 18 | LLDWL |
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23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -28 | 17 | LLWDL |
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Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 24 |
Time first goal conceded | 49 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.1 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 36 |
Yellow cards | 1.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.1 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Kevin Nisbet | 11 |
Martin Boyle | 5 |
Christian Doidge | 5 |
Paul McGinn | 3 |
Alex Gogić | 1 |
Chris Burke | 6 |
Nicke Kabamba | 5 |
Greg Kiltie | 5 |
Eamonn Brophy | 2 |
Aaron Tshibola | 2 |
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