Hibernian vs Celtic - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams astatine other ends of the Scottish Premiership table volition travel unneurotic astatine Easter Road Stadium connected Sunday day for a matchday 10 clash.

Hibernian are astatine the bottommost of the standings with conscionable 7 points from 9 games, portion Celtic are apical of the array with 24 points from their 9 league fixtures.

Match preview

Hibernian person endured a miserable opening to the 2026-27 season, sitting bottommost of the Scottish Premiership array with conscionable 8 points from their archetypal 9 league fixtures. 

Hibs really had an encouraging commencement to the term, winning 2 and losing 1 of their archetypal 3 league games, including defeating Rangers 2-1 connected matchday 2 acknowledgment to a 93rd-minute victor from Callum Wright. 

However, a consequent tally of 3 consecutive league defeats, alongside already suffering elimination from the Conference League qualifiers, culminated successful nine fable David Gray being dismissed from his relation arsenic manager. 

A 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Kilmarnock connected matchday six, their 3rd consecutive league loss, marked Hibernian's sixth successive Scottish Premiership decision astatine Easter Road Stadium, spanning backmost to the extremity of past season. 

Although interim John Potter ended that tally with a 1-1 gully against Aberdeen, caller brag Marink Reedijk has been incapable to physique connected that effect successful his archetypal 2 matches astatine the helm, losing 1-0 to Dundee United and 2-1 to Falkirk. 

Hibernian's biggest weakness this word has been their deficiency of attacking threat, scoring conscionable 4 league goals successful the six matches since their past Scottish Premiership victory, with their tally of 9 goals scored besides the joint-lowest successful the division. 

Reedijk volition beryllium hopeless to extremity their disastrous tally of results successful their upcoming lucifer with Celtic, and though the visitors are surely the favourites, Hibs volition look to gully content from the Bhoys' disappointing caller tally of results. 

Celtic person endured a miserable fewer weeks of action, with Martin O'Neill's broadside signaling conscionable 2 victories successful their past 7 outings, alongside suffering 5 defeats. 

The Bhoys person mislaid each of their 3 Europa League games, leaving them 35th successful the 36-team table, portion they were besides handed back-to-back losses by Rangers, losing 3-0 successful the Scottish League Cup quarter-final and 1-0 successful the Scottish Premiership. 

Alongside an earlier elimination from the Champions League to LASK Linz, which saw Celtic squander a 4-0 pb to suffer 5-4 connected aggregate, has led to the unit rapidly rising connected O'Neill's relation astatine the club. 

The legendary manager volition beryllium relying connected Celtic's still-impressive Scottish Premiership signifier to easiness the scrutiny implicit the coming weeks, with the Bhoys hoping to widen their clip astatine the apical of the array with victories successful upcoming clashes with Hibernian, Dundee United and Falkirk earlier returning to European action.

Celtic person won 8 of 9 league outings, lone losing to Rangers, leaving them apical of the array with a four-point pb implicit the Gers up of the weekend's action, portion nary squad has scored much than their 23 goals oregon conceded less than their tally of 5 goals.

Celtic volition besides gully sizeable assurance from their caller dominance implicit Hibernian, having won four, drawn 1 and mislaid conscionable 1 of their past six visits to Easter Road Stadium.

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Team News

Hibernian are contending with respective wounded absences, including Wright, Nathan Lowe, Kanayochukwu Megwa, Jordan Obita and Rocky Bushiri. 

Martin Boyle is Hibernian's apical scorer successful the league with 3 goals this term, and the guardant should commencement alongside Jamie McGrath, Thibault Klidje and Owen Elding connected Sunday.

Celtic, meanwhile, volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon Yang Hyun-Jun owed to injury, portion Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Callum Osmand are each doubts to feature. 

Colby Donovan and Dane Murray should clasp their spots successful the backline, alongside Liam Scales and Kieran Tierney, portion Osmand could beryllium replaced by James Forrest connected the close wing. 

Hibernian imaginable starting lineup:

Sallinger; Passlack, Kerr, Ivezic, Mayor; Mulligan, Chaiwa; Boyle, McGrath, Klidje; Elding

Celtic imaginable starting lineup:

Sinisalo; Donovan, Murray, Scales, Tierney; Baur, McGregor; Hassan, Nygren, Forrest; Duran

We say: Hibernian 0-2 Celtic

Celtic whitethorn person endured a unsmooth tally of form, but the Bhoys stay formidable successful home contention and are surely the favourites to triumph against a Hibernian broadside experiencing a six-game winless tally successful the league.

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