Week 2 brings us a match on Aug 7th, where Hearts and Hibernian will play a match in Edinburgh in a meeting of these two Premiership teams in the anticipated Edinburgh derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. Hibernian sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against St. Johnstone. Josh Campbell struck first for Hibernian in the 90th minute on a feed from Ewan Henderson, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, St. Johnstone couldn’t muster any offence and Hibernian ran away with the shutout win. 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.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Hearts won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Hearts is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Stephen Kingsley and Barrie McKay each having 2 goals in their last 5. Hibernian is fortunate enough to have James Scott in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.