A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Hibernian fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Motherwell's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premiership. That game, against St. Mirren, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Motherwell.
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian have collected 23 points from their Premiership home games so far after 6-5-4. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Hibernian has won their last four matches. Hibernian has recorded two wins in a row here at Easter Road Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Hibernian are confident in defense, having played 196 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Hibernian supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hamilton Academical in Premiership and win 2-0. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Aberdeen.
Hibernian goalkeeper Ofir Marciano did an outstanding job against Hamilton Academical with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Hibernian matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, one draw and zero defeats (from one game).
The Hibernian fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Motherwell form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Motherwell have produced an overall stat of 4-5-6 so far.
Motherwell are looking to quickly end their 202 minutes long goal drought in the Premiership.
Motherwell has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to St. Mirren for a Premiership game that ended a draw (0-0). Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus St. Johnstone.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Motherwell when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
The attacking power of Motherwell when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. As opposed to that, Motherwell have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Motherwell - Hibernian 0-3. Last ten meetings between the teams: Hibernian won six, Motherwell won two and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Nisbet 11 goals |  M. Boyle 10 goals |  C. Doidge 5 goals |
Hibernian missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Hibernian | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 15 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 41 | 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 26 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | 46 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 90% |
| 69% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 70% |
| 41% | 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 40% | 47% |
| 21% | 27% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 7% | 20% |
| 7% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 31% | 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| 45% | 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 33% | 27% |
| 31% | 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.2 | 10.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 11.3 | 10.7 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3 | 3 |
| 35% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| 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 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 64 | 82 |
| 2 | Celtic | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 41 | 64 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 52 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 48 |
| 5 | Livingston | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 40 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -6 | 36 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -15 | 34 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | -8 | 33 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -20 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -31 | 26 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 24 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 33 | -28 | 24 |