National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hibernian or Hearts that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning increased nervousness and significance.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premiership.
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.The spoils were shared in Hibernian's previous game, also at home. Visiting Dundee United travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. The striker Nisbet was declared "man of the match" for Hibernian with a rating of 8.12/10. Nisbet scored two goals.
Before that match, a Premiership win away at Motherwell.Hearts form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the final.The visitors are W6-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Scottish Cup.
Hearts go into this game after a win, the home game against Aberdeen that ended 5-0. As you can tell from the results above, Hearts was very dominant against Aberdeen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Devlin, Shankland, Smith and Ginnelly providing the goals. Midfielder Smith was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.65. Smith scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus St. Mirren in the Premiership.Hearts find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Hearts are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Hearts have won at least one point in the last 8 matches (5-3-0) facing Hibernian.Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 16 goals |   K. Nisbet 7 goals |  M. Boyle 5 goals |
Hibernian missing players
Hearts missing players
| Hibernian | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 15.3 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11 | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 41% | ||
| 10.1 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 15.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 9 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |
