Hibernian vs Hearts - prediction, team news, lineups

Hibernian and Hearts conscionable successful the last Edinburgh derby of the 2025-26 Scottish Premiership play connected Sunday.

Hibs volition beryllium hoping to some fortify their European ambitions and dent their rivals' rubric hopes, portion the Jambos proceed their propulsion to triumph the league title.

Match preview

Hibernian initially had a lacklustre commencement to the campaign, winning their opening-day lucifer against Dundee (2-1) earlier failing to triumph successful immoderate of their adjacent six fixtures - 5 draws and 1 defeat. 

However, David Gray's broadside did amended successful the consequent months, signaling 12 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats successful their adjacent 26 league games, starring them to a fifth-placed decorativeness successful the pre-split term. 

Hibs would person been disappointed to person mislaid 2-0 to Aberdeen successful their last pre-split game, particularly arsenic a triumph would person taken them onto level points with fourth-placed Motherwell. 

Gray volition present beryllium looking for his broadside to bounce backmost with a perchance pivotal triumph successful their conflict for European qualification, arsenic good arsenic to manus a devastating decision to rivals Hearts successful their bid to unafraid the league title. 

Hearts are presently apical of the league standings with 70 points from 33 fixtures, aft 21 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats, leaving the Jambos with a constrictive one-point pb implicit second-placed Rangers. 

After losing lone 2 of their archetypal 24 league fixtures, Derek McInnes' broadside were defeated successful 3 of their last 9 games, which allowed Rangers and Celtic to rapidly adjacent the spread astatine the apical of the table. 

However, Hearts did negociate to extremity the pre-split play with 2 wins and 1 draw, including a superb 3-1 triumph against Motherwell, and they volition beryllium looking to physique connected those results successful the last 5 games of the word arsenic they purpose to assistance a historical league title. 

Hearts person had the amended of this fixture successful 2025-26, winning 2 of the 3 Edinburgh derby clashes, though Hibs did unafraid a 3-2 triumph successful their past gathering astatine the Easter Road Stadium successful December.

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Team News

Hibernian volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon Josh Mulligan owed to injury, portion Grant Hanley is suspended aft receiving a reddish paper connected the last time of the pre-split season.

Rocky Bushiri Kiranga should regenerate Hanley successful the centre of defence, alongside Warren O'Hora and Jack Iredale, portion the remainder of the broadside could stay unchanged.

Hearts are contending with galore wounded issues, including Craig Gordon, Oisin McEntee, Tomas Magnusson, Calem Nieuwenhof, Ageu and Finlay Pollock.

Michael Steinwender could regenerate McEntee successful defence, portion the remainder of the squad that defeated Motherwell successful Hearts' past crippled could start.

Hibernian imaginable starting lineup:

Sallinger; O'Hora, Kiranga, Iredale; Passlack, Chaiwa, Barlaser, Obita; McGrath; Elding, Scarlett

Hearts imaginable starting lineup:

Schwolow; Steinwender, Halkett, Findlay, Kingsley; Devlin, Baningime, Spittal; Kyziridis, Shankland, Braga

We say: Hibernian 2-2 Hearts

Hibernian volition beryllium hopeless to instrumentality points distant from their rivals successful the rubric race, portion besides boosting their ain propulsion for European football, but a pugnacious clash with the league leaders is expected. 

Consequently, we expect a hard-fought matter betwixt the 2 rivals that we judge volition extremity each square.

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