Premiership: The middle-of-the-table spots tell a story of the journey Hibernian and Aberdeen have taken so far. Both contenders are eager to play; let's get this boat on the water!
- Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Aberdeen have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premiership
These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only three days ago in the League Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Celtic, was also a home game here at Easter Road Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Hibernian form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Hibernian have to build on here at Easter Road Stadium in the Premiership.
The Hibernian fans got no joy from their last match, a League Cup game also here at Easter Road Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Celtic (placed 2nd).
Previous to that game, a Premiership home match hosting Dundee in a game that was won 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Hibernian perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hibernian as a small favourite), we find seven games. Hibernian has won one of these, drawn three and lost three.
There will be little rest for Hibernian after this match as they are travelling to Dundee United for a Premiership game in only four days.
The Hibernian fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Aberdeen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Aberdeen so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Aberdeen, whose manager Glass could celebrate last time after the Premiership win against St. Johnstone. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Glass when Jenks scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. Ferguson got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, top player of the team. Ferguson hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 62 successful passes (of 73 total).
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus St. Mirren.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Aberdeen in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Aberdeen, two draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dundee in just four days.
The visiting Aberdeen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Aberdeen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Aberdeen - Hibernian 1-0 was the end result in these participants' previous head to head game, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these teams: Hibernian won three, Aberdeen were winners in six and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ramírez 8 goals |   M. Boyle 7 goals |  K. Nisbet 4 goals |
Hibernian missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Hibernian | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 22 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 78% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 44% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 28% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 33% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 22% |
| 5.7 | 6.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.7 | 5 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 12.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11 | 12.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 30% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 20% | 23% |
| 10.2 | 10 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.9 | 9.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
- Aberdeen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aberdeen have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premiership
- Aberdeen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | Celtic | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | Hearts | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 28 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 25 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Livingston | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 18 |
| 10 | Dundee | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
| 11 | Ross County | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 14 |
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