On Saturday Oct 16th, Hibernian hosts Dundee United in a Premiership match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Hibernian is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Rangers. Kevin Nisbet struck first for Hibernian in the 8th minute on a feed from Christopher Cadden, then Kemar Roofe tied it up for Rangers in the 60th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 78th minute on a goal by Alfredo Morelos to cap off a wild match. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Hibernian should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in Dundee United’s last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Ross County. Ilmari Niskanen struck first for Dundee United in the 31st minute on a feed from Ian Harkes, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Ross County was frustrated by Dundee United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Dundee United ended the match with the shutout victory. Dundee United is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Hibernian won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Ian Harkes has been the most prolific scorer on Dundee United in his last five matches with 2 goals. Martin Boyle has been the most effective weapon for Hibernian lately. The Australian attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches.