In this 32nd week match, on Sat Apr 15th, Hibernian and Hearts will play a match in Edinburgh in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premiership teams in the ever popular Edinburgh derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 6th placed Hibernian, recorded a 1-2 loss against Dundee United. Steven Fletcher struck first for Dundee United in the 8th minute, then M. Kukharevych got the equalizer for Hibernian in the 70th minute on a feed from Marijan Čabraja. Hibernian is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while hearts sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against St. Mirren. Curtis Main scored the first goal for St. Mirren in the 52nd minute, then Alexander Gogic added another in the 57th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hearts couldn’t manage to score, and St. Mirren took the shutout win. Hearts looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 2nd of January, Hearts hosted Hibernian in their last match together. Hearts won by a score of 3 to 0. Lawrence Shankland scored the first goal for Hearts in the 8th minute, then Lawrence Shankland added another in the 38th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hibernian couldn’t manage to score, and Hearts took the shutout win.
Josh Ginnelly has been the most prolific scorer on Hearts in his last five matches with 3 goals. Hibernian is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Thody Elie Youan and M. Kukharevych each having 2 goals in their last five.