Home advantage could prove decisive in Hibernian - Motherwell battle

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 15.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Easter Road Stadium (20421 seats)

The Hibernian manager J. Ross attacks this game with the team placed 2nd so far. In the visitors dressing room Motherwell and their manager S. Robinson are in 8th place before this match.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hibernian and Motherwell.

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Hibernian form and stats

The hosts won their first Premiership game here at Easter Road Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Hibernian last season were 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses from 15 games.

A strong away win for Hibernian against Dundee United the last match, as Christian Doidge were on target. In the game before, an away victory match versus Livingston with a 4-1 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hibernian handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and one defeat.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Hibernian at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Motherwell form and stats

Motherwell have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premiership were 7 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 15 fixtures.

Motherwell played 2-2 against Livingston in their previous match. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Dundee United.

We have checked recent matches where Motherwell have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, two draws and three defeats.

0 goals so far away for Motherwell, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Hibernian-Motherwell H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hibernian six wins, Motherwell two wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HibernianK. Nisbet
K. Nisbet
3 goals
HibernianM. Boyle
M. Boyle
2 goals
HibernianC. Doidge
C. Doidge
2 goals

Hibernian missing players

Motherwell missing players

Hibernian Motherwell
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
7 2 2 Scored S 0 0 2
2 1 1 Conceded C 1 1 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 67%
 
4 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 8 6
5.3 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 6
1.3 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
34 10 10 Total Shots T S 15 15 40
13 3 3 Shots on Target S O 1 1 8
54% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Hibernian has the most scored goals in the first half (5)
Hibernian Last season Motherwell
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
9 5   Won W   7 14
10 7   Drew D   3 4
11 3   Lost L   5 12
42 26   Scored S   18 41
49 22   Conceded C   15 38
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 90%
93% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 73%
67% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 60%
33% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 23%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 10%
67% 73%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
17% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 37%
20% 7%   Failed to Score F T   27% 27%
 
4.7 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5
6.3 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.8
1.9 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
3 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
276 165   Total Shots T S   118 297
122 71   Shots on Target S O   51 121
34% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 34%

  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 3 3 0 0 7 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 9
2 Hibernian 3 3 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 9
3 Ross County 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
4 Celtic 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
5 Dundee United 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
6 St. Mirren 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
7 Kilmarnock 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 2
8 Motherwell 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
9 St. Johnstone 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 1
10 Livingston 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 1
11 Aberdeen 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Hamilton Academical 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 -5 0
Last season 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 30 26 2 2 89 19 15 14 0 1 50 7 15 12 2 1 39 12 70 80
2 Rangers 29 21 4 4 64 19 14 11 1 2 33 7 15 10 3 2 31 12 45 67
3 Motherwell 30 14 4 12 41 38 15 7 1 7 23 23 15 7 3 5 18 15 3 46
4 Aberdeen 30 12 9 9 40 36 15 7 3 5 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 45
5 Livingston 30 10 9 11 41 39 14 8 4 2 19 8 16 2 5 9 22 31 2 39
6 Hibernian 30 9 10 11 42 49 15 5 7 3 26 22 15 4 3 8 16 27 -7 37
7 St. Johnstone 29 8 12 9 28 46 16 5 6 5 19 26 13 3 6 4 9 20 -18 36
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 15 15 3 1 11 11 26 -10 33
9 St. Mirren 30 7 8 15 24 41 15 5 6 4 13 13 15 2 2 11 11 28 -17 29
10 Ross County 30 7 8 15 29 60 14 5 3 6 17 23 16 2 5 9 12 37 -31 29
11 Hamilton Academical 30 6 9 15 30 50 16 4 3 9 16 26 14 2 6 6 14 24 -20 27
12 Hearts 30 4 11 15 31 52 15 2 7 6 19 23 15 2 4 9 12 29 -21 23

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.