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 Motherwell.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hibernian form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Hibernian at their home stadium (Easter Road) is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Easter Road, but a victory now would be sweet for Hibernian.
A good away victory last time out for Hibernian, who won 4-1 against St. Johnstone (placed 11th). Preceding that match was a League Cup defeat to Celtic (2-5).
Christian Doidge was absolutely essential when Hibernian beat St. Johnstone 4-1, scoring 3 goals.
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 five games. Hibernian has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Hibernian are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at St. Mirren awaits in three days.
Hibernian have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Easter Road with 9 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hibernian defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Motherwell form and stats
Playing away, Motherwell have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premiership this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Motherwell have lost on their last two travels.
Motherwell play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Celtic (placed 1st). Before that, Motherwell secured a home win against Livingston with the score 2-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Motherwell playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were 0 Motherwell wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Motherwell find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Motherwell have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Motherwell - Hibernian 3-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Hibernian victories, 2 draws and 3 Motherwell wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Donnelly 5 goals |   S. Allan 4 goals |  C. Doidge 3 goals |
Hibernian missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Hibernian | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 23 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 85% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 69% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 6.1 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 31 |
| 2 | Rangers | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 31 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Ross County | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 7 | Livingston | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | Hearts | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 10 |
| 12 | St. Mirren | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 8 |