Hibernian vs Falkirk - prediction, team news, lineups

Hibernian and Falkirk, separated by conscionable 1 spot and 1 constituent successful the Scottish Premiership, clash astatine Easter Road Stadium connected Saturday afternoon. 

The hosts are 10th successful the array with 7 points, 1 constituent supra 11th-placed Falkirk with six points.

Match preview

Hibernian person endured a miserable opening to the 2026-27 season, enduring an ongoing five-game winless streak successful the league that besides saw manager and nine fable David Gray dismissed midway through.

Hibs really had a mostly affirmative archetypal commencement to the campaign, winning four, drafting 2 and losing 2 of their archetypal 8 matches crossed each competitions. 

However, Hibernian subsequently endured elimination from the Conference League qualifiers against Gent - losing 3-2 astatine location successful the 2nd limb - and mislaid 3 of their adjacent 4 league fixtures. 

All 3 of those defeats came successful consecutive matches, and with the 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Kilmarnock connected September 19 marking Hibernian's sixth consecutive location league decision and leaving them ninth successful the standings, the nine made the determination to disregard Gray from his role. 

Interim brag John Potter oversaw a little betterment with a 1-1 gully against Aberdeen successful the last crippled earlier the planetary break, ending their losing tally astatine home, earlier Marink Reedijk was appointed during the break.

Reedijk was incapable to unafraid a effect successful his opening lucifer astatine the helm, with Hibernian suffering a 1-0 decision to Dundee United, leaving Hibernian winless successful their past 5 Scottish Premiership outings and placed 10th successful the array with 7 points. 

Desperate to yet extremity their hunt for a triumph, Hibernian volition invited chap strugglers Falkirk to Easter Road connected Saturday afternoon. 

The Bairns are adjacent worse disconnected than their hosts, with Falkirk accumulating conscionable six points from their archetypal 8 league fixtures - 3 points less than their 9 constituent tally aft 8 matches past term. 

Falkirk person won conscionable 1 of their opening 8 league matches, alongside 3 draws and 4 defeats, though they person mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 4 outings heading into this game. 

John McGlynn's broadside person won one, drawn 2 and mislaid 1 of their past four, though they person been agonisingly adjacent to signaling 3 wins and 1 gully during that tally - conceding stoppage-time equalisers against some Dundee United and St Johnstone and a stoppage-time victor to Dundee.

McGlynn volition beryllium looking for his broadside to debar conceding different precocious extremity connected Saturday, with Falkirk hoping to enactment the crippled retired of show and grounds their archetypal distant triumph of the Scottish Premiership campaign. 

Falkirk will, however, person to flooded their miserable caller grounds astatine Easter Road, failing to triumph immoderate of their past six visits to Hibernian's location ground, including back-to-back losses successful their past 2 trips.

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Team News

Hibernian are without respective players owed to wounded issues, including Adam Mayor, Jamie McGrath, Jordan Obita, Kanayochukwu Megwa and Rocky Bushiri. 

Hibs volition besides beryllium without Jacob Devaney for this lucifer aft the Manchester United loanee was dismissed conscionable 7 minutes aft entering play successful the decision to Dundee United. 

Reedijk could marque respective changes successful hunt of his archetypal triumph arsenic manager connected Saturday, meaning the likes of Nicky Cadden, Nathan Lowe and Martin Boyle could each start.

Falkirk are besides contending with respective wounded absences, including Aidan Nesbitt, Aodhan Doherty, Ethan Laidlaw and Joe Gardner, portion Keelan Adams is simply a doubt.

Despite suffering a precocious decision to Dundee past clip out, an encouraging show whitethorn pb McGlynn to sanction a akin broadside connected Saturday, including goalscorer Jacob Murrell starring the line.

Hibernian imaginable starting lineup:

Salinger; Passlack, Kerr, Ivezic, Cadden; Chaiwa, Mulligan; Elding, Wright, Boyle; Lowe

Falkirk imaginable starting lineup:

Bain; Strain, Neilson, Henderson, McCann; Spencer, Barbrook; Ross, Krauhaus, Eames; Murrell

We say: Hibernian 2-1 Falkirk

Falkirk whitethorn person shown signs of betterment successful caller weeks, but the Bairns person a disastrous distant grounds astatine Easter Road, starring america to expect Hibernian securing the win.

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