In this week 10 match on Oct 8th, Hibernian plays host to Motherwell in a clash of the Premiership. 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. 4th placed Hibernian is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Ross County. Ryan Porteous struck first for Hibernian in the 46th minute, then Martin Boyle added another in the 80th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ross County couldn’t manage to score, and Hibernian took the shutout win. Hibernian is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while motherwell sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Ross County. Kevin van Veen scored the first goal for Motherwell in the 26th minute on a penalty, then Callum Slattery added another in the 49th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ross County couldn’t manage to score, and Motherwell took the shutout win. Motherwell is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses 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 1 win.
Motherwell is glad to have Kevin van Veen in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Both Josh Campbell and Martin Boyle have been the hottest scorers for Hibernian in the last five each having scored 3 goals each.