📏 Form Guide

Motherwell

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Motherwell, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-3 Premiership victory over Dundee.

In that match, Motherwell managed 53% possession and 20 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Motherwell, the goals were scored by Georgie Gent (79'), Theo Bair (81') and Ebiye Moses (93'). On the other side, Dundee got 6 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Jordan McGhee (36') and Luke McCowan (70') scored for Dundee.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Motherwell have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Motherwell have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals along the way. We will just have to find out if that trend will be continued on in this game.

Taking a look at their past results, Motherwell:

• are unbeaten in the league by Hibernian in their previous 3 games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 league matches.

Hibernian

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of St Johnstone in Premiership competition, Hibernian will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Hibernian had 71% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Hibernian was Chris Cadden (56'). On the other side, St Johnstone had 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Adama Sidibeh (49') and Tony Gallacher (81') scored for St Johnstone.

During their six latest matches, Nick Montgomery's Hibernian have found the back of the net 9 times - giving them a goals per game average of 1.5.

Coming into this contest, Hibernian are without a win away from home in their last 6 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 13/03/2022 shows that Motherwell have won 2 of them & Hibernian 3, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 20 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 10 of them for The Steelmen and 10 being from The Hibees. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Premiership match day 22 on 02/01/2024 and the score finished Hibernian 2-2 Motherwell.

In that match, Hibernian had 68% possession and 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Élie Youan (28', 91').

Motherwell had 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Theo Bair (35') and Bevis Mugabi (64') scored.

The referee was Don Robertson.

🗞️ Team News: Motherwell

There’s just a single fitness concern for the Motherwell gaffer Stuart Kettlewell to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength group. Callum Slattery (Knee injury) will miss out.

In our view, The Steelmen will probably opt for a 3-4-1-2 system for the game, utilising Liam Kelly, Dan Casey, Shane Blaney, Paul McGinn, Adam Devine, Andrew Halliday, Davor Zdravkovski, Georgie Gent, Blair Spittal, Jack Vale and Theo Bair.

🗞️ Team News: Hibernian

Due to a mostly available group, there is only the lone fitness worry for the Hibernian manager Nick Montgomery to be concerned with. Jake Doyle-Hayes (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

We believe The Hibees seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with David Marshall, Chris Cadden, Will Fish, Rocky Bushiri, Jordan Obita, Nectarios Triantis, Joe Newell, Martin Boyle, Emiliano Marcondes, Myziane Maolida and Adam Le Fondre.

⚡ Prediction

In our opinion, Hibernian and Motherwell could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. That is why we are leaning toward a close game with a 1-1 scoreline at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 13:02 13/04/2024