Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hibernian & Kilmarnock face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
7-5-24 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Kilmarnock when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 36 matches are 26-55 (scored/conceded).
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the League Cup.The Hibernian supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ross County in Premiership and win 3-0. Defender Ryan Porteous got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.81/10. Porteous hit two key passes and won 8 of 9 duels. The 3-0 win against Ross County was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle.
Before that match, a Premiership win away at Motherwell.Kilmarnock form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated East Kilbride, Stranraer, Clyde and Greenock Morton in order to reach 2nd round of League Cup. Kilmarnock was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Kilmarnock playing as the away team in the Championship this season. When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 2W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Kilmarnock, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Queen of the South in the Championship last time out. Late drama in the previous game, when J. Naismith scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Queen of the South.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Ayr United.Kilmarnock have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hibernian four wins, three draws and Kilmarnock three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Magennis 2 goals |  M. Boyle 2 goals |  C. Doidge 2 goals |
Hibernian missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| Hibernian | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 43 | 13 | Scored | S | 15 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 7 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.3 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |