Hibernian vs Malisheva - prediction, team news, lineups

Hibernian volition invited Malisheva to Easter Road Stadium connected Thursday nighttime for the 2nd limb of their Conference League 2nd qualifying circular clash. 

The visitors boast a 2-0 pb from their archetypal limb victory, leaving the hosts with a upland to ascent if they are to advancement into the 3rd qualifying round.

Match preview

Hibernian booked their spot successful the Conference League qualifiers with a fifth-placed decorativeness successful the Scottish Premiership past season, meaning they would participate astatine the 2nd qualifying round. 

Despite a lacklustre commencement to their pre-season campaign, losing 1-0 to Shamrock Rovers, David Gray's broadside bounced backmost with encouraging wins against Cliftonville FC (5-1) and Brondby (2-1). 

However, Hibs failed to support that momentum going successful their opening competitory fixture of the 2026-27 season, amazingly losing 2-0 to Malisheva successful the archetypal limb of this Conference League 2nd qualifying circular tie. 

Talking aft the game, Gray labelled the show of his Hibernian broadside arsenic "unacceptable", with Hibs present requiring a rescue ngo successful the 2nd limb if they are to support their European dreams alive. 

While Hibernian volition beryllium encouraged by the instrumentality to their location ground, wherever they mislaid conscionable 5 times successful 19 Scottish Premiership fixtures past season, they bash person an underwhelming grounds successful Europe. 

Hibernian person failed to suffice for immoderate European contention since the 2005-06 UEFA Cup, including Conference League qualifying circular eliminations successful 2025-26, 2023-24 and 2021-22.

Malisheva, meanwhile, volition caput into the 2nd limb successful large confidence, having recorded a stunning 2-0 location triumph acknowledgment to goals from Kreshnik Uka successful the 21st infinitesimal and Valjimir Nafiu successful the 90th minute.

Malisheva volition beryllium hoping they tin support their two-goal vantage and determination 1 measurement person to securing their first-ever qualification to the league signifier of a European competition.

Malisheva person already made past by reaching the 2nd qualifying round, having been eliminated from the Conference League archetypal qualifying circular successful each of their lone 2 erstwhile attempts. 

Thursday's visitors do, however, person a disastrous distant grounds successful European competition, losing each of their erstwhile 3 qualifying fixtures connected the road, including a humiliating 8-0 decision to Vikingur Reykjavik past word and a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Vllaznia Shkoder successful the archetypal qualifying circular this term.

Malisheva did yet bounce backmost from that 2-1 nonaccomplishment by winning 5-0 successful the location leg, meaning they person won each of their past 2 games, but they volition person to flooded their miserable distant grounds successful this contention if they are to suffice for the 3rd round.

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Team News

Hibernian volition stay without Rocky Bushiri owed to an ongoing Achilles tendon injury. 

Elsewhere, Gray is apt to marque galore changes aft a dismal show successful Kosovo, meaning the likes of Adam Mayor, Joe Newell and Thibault Klidje could start. 

Meanwhile, Uka has present scored 3 goals and registered 2 assists successful his past 2 games for Malisheva, and the midfielder is apt to proceed alongside Besnik Ferati and Donart Vitija. 

Thomas Brdaric could opt to instrumentality with the aforesaid starting broadside and strategy that secured the 2-0 triumph successful the archetypal leg, meaning Malisheva are apt to proceed with the three-at-the-back.

Hibernian imaginable starting lineup:

Sallinger; Passlack, O'Hora, Hanley, Obita; Newell, Chaiwa, Mulligan; Klidje, Lowe, Mayor

Malisheva imaginable starting lineup:

Avdyli; Shani, Kryeziu, Skovgaard; Isgandarli, Vitija, Ferati, Uka, Veliu; Ibishi, Xhylani

We say: Hibernian 4-1 Malisheva

Malisheva person a disastrous distant grounds successful European competition, losing each of their erstwhile 3 distant fixtures, portion Hibernian volition beryllium boosted by the instrumentality to Easter Road. 

Hibs volition beryllium expected to nutrient a considerably stronger show than successful the archetypal leg, and with their prime successful guardant areas, we judge Gray's men volition crook the necktie astir and unafraid their progression.

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