Hibernian and Motherwell have both played out a "par" performance up to now, to use a golfing expression. Both teams hold mid-table spots in the Premiership.
- Hibernian is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- All of Motherwell's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
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
The complete Premiership statistics at home this season for Hibernian are 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Three consecutive losses here at Easter Road Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Hibernian's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Rangers (placed 1st). Joe Newell (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Newell hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the game before, an away victory match versus St. Johnstone with a 2-1 scoreline.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hibernian have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost one.
Hibernian are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Livingston awaits in four days.
Hibernian are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Hibernian's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Motherwell form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Motherwell had fun at their own home (Easter Road Stadium) last time out, beating Dundee United 1-0. Tony Watt scored. Attacker Tony Watt got a player rating of 8.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Watt scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Prior to that match, the Motherwell manager G. Alexander faced defeat when travelling to Dundee and losing 0-3.Motherwell are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Motherwell have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Motherwell have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest recorded history involving both these sides is the Motherwell - Hibernian 2-3 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hibernian four wins, three draws and Motherwell three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Watt 8 goals |   M. Boyle 7 goals |  K. van Veen 4 goals |
Hibernian missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Hibernian | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 44% |
| 29% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 43% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 14% | 31% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 5.7 | 6.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 5.6 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 13 | 7.7 | 6.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 11.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 9.7 | 9.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 38% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 28% | 36% |
| 10.8 | 10.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 14.4 | 16 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.7 | 6.6 |
- All of Motherwell's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Hibernian is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Motherwell have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Motherwell 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 | Rangers | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Celtic | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Hearts | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 24 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 9 | Dundee | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 16 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Livingston | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 12 | Ross County | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 11 |