Hibernian will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Aberdeen.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian have collected 11 points from their Premiership home games so far after 2-5-1.
The fans are hoping that Hibernian will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Premiership game against Ross County (placed 7th). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Kilmarnock.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hibernian have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 3 Lost 1.
A decent goal production from Hibernian in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hibernian defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Aberdeen form and stats
4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Aberdeen playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
There were no winners in Aberdeen's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 2-2 vs Rangers (placed 2nd). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against St. Mirren.
A comeback secured a point in the match against Rangers. Aberdeen were trailing 0-2 but refused surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with A. Considine scoring the equalizer.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Aberdeen playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were 1 Aberdeen win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Aberdeen find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by Aberdeen in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Aberdeen - Hibernian 1-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Hibernian won 1, Aberdeen won 5 and 4 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Cosgrove 9 goals |   C. Doidge 7 goals |  S. Allan 4 goals |
Hibernian missing players
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| Hibernian | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 29 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 94% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 81% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 56% |
| 44% | 62% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 31% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 44% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 25% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 172 | 103 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 88 | 154 |
| 75 | 46 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 33 | 63 |
| 32% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 30% | 40% |
- Hibernian has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Hibernian has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
- Hibernian has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
- Hibernian have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hibernian have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 37 | 40 |
| 2 | Rangers | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 35 | 38 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 7 | Ross County | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 17 |
| 8 | Livingston | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Hearts | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 12 |
| 12 | St. Mirren | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 11 |