Week 26 brings us a match on Jan 27th where Hibernian will host Rangers in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. In their last match, 4th placed Hibernian, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Kilmarnock. Alan Power struck first for Hibernian on an own goal in the 52nd minute, then Alexander Gogic added another in the 80th minute on a feed from Christian Doidge In the end, Kilmarnock 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 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Rangers is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against Ross County. Ryan Kent scored the first goal for Rangers in the 6th minute, then Filip Helander added another in the 28th minute on a feed from Borna Barišić In the end, Ross County was frustrated by Rangers’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rangers ended the match with the shutout victory. Rangers is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10.
On Sat Dec 26th, Rangers hosted Hibernian in their last match together. Rangers was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Ianis Hagi struck first for Rangers in the 33rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hibernian couldn’t manage to score, and Rangers took the shutout win.
Rangers’s most prolific scorer has been Alfredo Morelos. The attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Kevin Nisbet and Alexander Gogic are the top scorers for Hibernian in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.