Hibernian are considered as favourites to win this home game against Ross County, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or could we be looking at a possible?
- Hibernian have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ross County have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Hibernian nor Ross County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at Easter Road Stadium. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
Hibernian lost their last game at Aberdeen (placed 3rd) after a 1-4 scoreline. Kukharevych has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Impressive! Midfield player Cadden got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Cadden hit four key passes.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting St. Mirren in a game that was won 3-0.The manager Johnson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kilmarnock in only four days.
The Hibernian fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Hibernian have conceded only 6 goals.
Ross County form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ross County so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
White, Tillson and Harmon scored in County's previous match, the home game against St. Mirren that ended 3-2. That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league matches without winning. Watson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Watson hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
A loss against Hearts was the result prior to that, in a home game.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ross County manager Mackay as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Celtic.
Goals are few and far between in County's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 6 travels. As opposed to that, Ross County have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the participants faced each other earlier this season; Ross County - Hibernian 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Hibernian victories, two draws and three Ross County wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Boyle 5 goals |  J. Campbell 4 goals |  M. Kukharevych 3 goals |
Hibernian missing players
Ross County missing players
| Hibernian | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 64% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 64% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 17% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 43% |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 7.1 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.4 | 15.7 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.5 | 8.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| 23% | 30% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 28% |
| 9.7 | 8.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 29 | 16.7 | 15.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 12 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
- Hibernian have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hibernian have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ross County have scored away.
- Hibernian have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Hibernian have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ross County have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premiership
- Ross County have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premiership
- Ross County have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premiership
| 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 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 35 | 36 |
| 2 | Rangers | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Livingston | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 7 | Hearts | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 12 |
| 11 | Ross County | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -14 | 12 |
| 12 | Dundee United | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -17 | 9 |
