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Hearts face a trip to Hibernian at Easter Road Stadium on Sunday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 52 of the 125 previous games, with the hosts winning just 38.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2004, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 24 Oct | Hearts | 2 - 1 | Hibernian | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 15 Feb | Hibernian | 1 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 23 Nov | Hearts | 2 - 0 | Hibernian | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 17 Aug | Hibernian | 1 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 02 Jan | Hearts | 4 - 4 | Hibernian | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 03 Nov | Hibernian | 1 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 11 Aug | Hearts | 5 - 1 | Hibernian | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Hibernian have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the The Hibees in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Jambo's have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Jambo's, and 5 goals against.
Hibernian are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 36 points from 20 games. Hearts's 27 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hibernian | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 15 |
| Hearts | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Hibernian is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hibernian | Won 3 successive home games. 8 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 13 . |
| Hearts | Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |