On the 11th of January, in this week 23 match, Hibernian and Celtic will play a match in Glasgow in a clash of these two evenly matched Premiership teams. Celtic is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Rangers. Callum McGregor struck first for Rangers on an own goal in the 70th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Celtic couldn’t muster any offence and Rangers ran away with the shutout win. Celtic should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while hibernian sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Livingston. Joshua Mullin struck first for Livingston in the 9th minute, then Jon Guthrie added another in the 16th minute In the end, Hibernian was frustrated by Livingston’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Livingston ended the match with the shutout victory. Hibernian is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
Hibernian and Celtic last played eachother at the Easter Road Stadium on the 21st of November. Hibernian and Celtic battled to a 2-2 draw. Jamie Murphy struck first for Hibernian in the 52nd minute, then Kevin Nisbet added another in the 59th minute on a feed from Jamie Murphy .
Hibernian hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Kyle Magennis and Kevin Nisbet, and they each have 1 goal. David Turnbull has been the most prolific scorer on Celtic in the last five matches with 3 goals.