Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hibernian & Celtic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premiership. That game, against Ross County, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Celtic.
Hibernian form and stats
Last season, Hibernian's League Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.5 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Hibernian have to build on here at Hampden Park in the League Cup. This match is a League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
The Hibernian supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Dundee in Premiership and win 1-0. Boyle, an attacker, was the declared top performer for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 8.13 (out of 10). Boyle hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at St. Mirren that finished 1-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hibernian, as the Premiership home game vs Aberdeen is only three days away.
The Hibernian fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Hibernian have conceded 22 goals.
Celtic form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Celtic so far, with 12-2-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are League Cup statistics. When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Celtic have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Joe Hart. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in League Cup.
Celtic play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Ross County. Celtic made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Starfelt receiving a red card in the 79th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Celtic won the match 2-1! The end of the last match, against Ross County, was very satisfying as Ralston scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Turnbull was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.31/10. Turnbull hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Motherwell in the Premiership.Celtic have another game away from home in just three sleeps, a Premiership fixture vs St. Mirren. A strenuous schedule for the guests!
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 39 goals in 15 league games away this season. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
Hibernian-Celtic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hibernian zero wins, Celtic five wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 8 goals |   M. Boyle 7 goals |  D. Turnbull 5 goals |
Hibernian missing players
Celtic missing players
| Hibernian | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 50 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.4 | 17.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 70 | 80 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 45 | 67 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 36 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -31 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 12 | Hearts | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -21 | 23 |