After the first round it's Hibernian - Hearts 3-3 in points. Who will prevail in this second Premiership match of the season?
This is the Edinburgh derby, one of the longest running rivalries in world football. The first match between the two teams was played in 1875. Hearts and Hibernian are the two oldest professional clubs from Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. A lot of pride is at stake when these teams meet.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian are confident in defense, having played 184 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Hibernian in their previous game, a fixture away at St. Johnstone (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Gray when Campbell scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute. Čabraja, defender, was given a rating of 8.01/10 in that game, top of the team. Čabraja hit three key passes and won 7 of 12 duels.
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 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Hearts form and stats
Let's have a look at how Hearts performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 2 with 19/8 goals scored/conceded.
Forrest and McKay scored in Hearts's previous match, the home game against Ross County that ended 2-1. Midfield player Cochrane was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.34/10. Cochrane signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 45 total).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Hibernian wins - draws - Hearts wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Campbell 1 goals |   B. McKay 1 goals |  A. Forrest 1 goals |
Hibernian missing players
Hearts missing players
| Hibernian | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
