Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hearts & Hibernian face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is the Edinburgh derby, one of the longest running rivalries in world football. The first match between the two teams was played in 1875. Hearts and Hibernian are the two oldest professional clubs from Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. A lot of pride is at stake when these teams meet.
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.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Hearts form and stats
Last season, Hearts's Scottish Cup journey ended in the final.Hearts have collected 3 points from their Championship home games so far after 1-0-0. This match is a Scottish Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Before that game, the 6-2 home victory against Dundee.
Manager R. Neilson felt very clever after C. Wighton scored the winning goal against Arbroath, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 9th minute.
This is expected to be a close game, with Hearts perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hearts as a small favourite), we find six games. Hearts has won zero of these, drawn three and lost three.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Hearts at home in the league. 6 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Hibernian form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.When we have look at the Scottish Cup statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Hibernian, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Kilmarnock in the Premiership last time out. Ahead of that match was the Premiership away draw versus Ross County that ended 0-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hibernian playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Hibernian wins, two draws and two defeats.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Hearts won five, Hibernian won three and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Nisbet 7 goals |  M. Boyle 3 goals |  C. Doidge 3 goals |
Hearts missing players
Hibernian missing players
| Hearts | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 47 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 284 | 202 | Total Shots | T S | 141 | 276 | ||
| 112 | 86 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 113 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Hearts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Dundee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |