On Aug 7th, Hearts will travel to Edinburgh to battle Hibernian in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premiership teams in the ever popular Edinburgh derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. Hibernian sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against St. Johnstone. Josh Campbell scored the first goal for Hibernian in the 90th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, St. Johnstone was frustrated by Hibernian’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hibernian ended the match with the shutout victory. Hibernian is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed Hearts, recorded a 2-1 win against Ross County. Alan Forrest scored the first goal for Hearts in the 59th minute, then Barrie McKay added another in the 77th minute on a feed from Alexander William Cochrane. Hearts is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Hearts won the head to head battle with 1 win and 2 draws.
Both Stephen Kingsley and Barrie McKay have been the hottest scorers for Hearts in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. James Scott has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Hibernian.