FM Preview: Hibs v Hearts

History of the Hibs v Hearts fixture

Hearts face a trip to play Hibs at Easter Road on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 54 of the 137 previous games, with the hosts winning just 42.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last month at Tynecastle where Hearts won 2- 1.

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Recent respective form guides

Hibs poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While The Hibees have scored 6, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.

Hearts's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 win and a draw from their last six played. The Jambo's have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Hibs and Hearts are both chasing places in the Europa League with the fomer picking up 50 points from their 35 games so far while Hearts's 44 points from 35 games sees them lie  in 6th position.

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Hearts on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Hibs. No-score draw