Home advantage could prove decisive in Hibernian - Ross County battle

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Easter Road Stadium (20421 seats)

This is Premiership and Hibernian - Ross County. In this article you'll find numbers, scores, numbercrunching, trends and stories!

Insights:
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals (44) in Premiership

Hibernian and Ross County should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Hibernian form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Hibernian have to build on here at Easter Road Stadium in the Premiership.

Hibernian haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 328 minutes ago. Cadden scored that one.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rangers (0-2).

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

The Hibernian fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Ross County form and stats

There's been little loot from Ross County's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Premiership. Ross County only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

Ross County's last game was the home draw against Livingston (1-1). Midfield player Spittal was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Spittal served one assist and hit two key passes.

Prior to that result County won their away game at Dundee. The scoreline was 2-1.

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

Ross County find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, County rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Ross County - Hibernian 1-0. Doidge (Hibernian) and Boyle (Hibernian) were sent off when these teams met previously this season. Will it be as short-tempered this time? Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Hibernian won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Ross County have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Ross CountyR. Charles-Cook
R. Charles-Cook
11 goals
HibernianK. Nisbet
K. Nisbet
5 goals
Ross CountyB. Spittal
B. Spittal
4 goals

Hibernian missing players

Ross County missing players

Hibernian Ross County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
8 5 3 Won W 0 3 6
7 3 0 Drew D 2 3 9
11 5 1 Lost L 1 7 11
26 14 6 Scored S 2 16 38
30 14 3 Conceded C 3 21 44
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 92%
58% 54% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 85% 85%
38% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 69% 65%
23% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 35%
8% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 27%
38% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 73%
31% 46% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 15% 15%
42% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 19%
 
5.5 6.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 4.2
5 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 7.3 6.3
2 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.8 2.6
6 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.5 12.3 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12.2 10.6
3.5 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.1 3.9
28% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 30% 37%
 
11.2 10.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 19.7 16.5 15.6
3.9 3.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.8 5.1
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Ross County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals (44) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most dropped points from leading position (17) 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 26 20 3 3 57 15 12 10 2 0 28 2 14 10 1 3 29 13 42 63
2 Rangers 26 19 5 2 55 21 14 11 3 0 30 7 12 8 2 2 25 14 34 62
3 Hearts 26 12 7 7 35 27 14 8 3 3 24 12 12 4 4 4 11 15 8 43
4 Dundee United 26 9 6 11 21 27 13 7 0 6 12 14 13 2 6 5 9 13 -6 33
5 Motherwell 26 9 6 11 27 39 13 7 2 4 17 19 13 2 4 7 10 20 -12 33
6 St. Mirren 25 7 11 7 25 34 13 3 7 3 11 11 12 4 4 4 14 23 -9 32
7 Hibernian 26 8 7 11 26 30 13 5 3 5 14 14 13 3 4 6 12 16 -4 31
8 Aberdeen 26 8 6 12 31 33 13 6 3 4 19 14 13 2 3 8 12 19 -2 30
9 Livingston 26 8 6 12 25 33 12 4 2 6 12 14 14 4 4 6 13 19 -8 30
10 Ross County 26 6 9 11 38 44 13 3 6 4 22 23 13 3 3 7 16 21 -6 27
11 Dundee 25 5 6 14 21 42 12 3 4 5 13 18 13 2 2 9 8 24 -21 21
12 St. Johnstone 26 4 8 14 15 31 13 1 5 7 9 17 13 3 3 7 6 14 -16 20

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.