Hibernian vs Motherwell - prediction, team news, lineups

Hibernian and Motherwell conscionable astatine Easter Road Stadium connected Sunday day for a matchday 1 clash successful the Scottish Premiership.

The hosts finished 5th successful the league past term, narrowly 4 points down Sunday's opponents, who secured 4th spot.

Match preview

Hibernian secured a 2nd consecutive top-half decorativeness successful the Scottish Premiership past term, pursuing up their third-placed decorativeness successful 2024-25 with a fifth-placed effect successful 2025-26.

Despite narrowly missing retired connected the European qualifying spots, Hibernian secured a spot successful the Conference League qualifiers this word acknowledgment to Celtic's Scottish FA Cup triumph. 

Hibernian headed into their Conference League 2nd qualifying circular archetypal limb clash with Malisheva successful encouraging form, having beaten Cliftonville FC (5-1) and Brondby (2-1) successful their past 2 affable fixtures. 

However, Hibs suffered a daze 2-0 nonaccomplishment successful Kosovo successful the archetypal leg, leaving David Gray's broadside with plentifulness of enactment to bash successful the 2nd limb backmost astatine Easter Road. 

Hibernian did yet amusement their prime successful the 2nd leg, levelling the necktie wrong 15 minutes acknowledgment to goals from Owen Elding and Felix Passlack, followed by Nathan Lowe and Martin Boyle helping unafraid a 4-1 triumph and 4-3 aggregate triumph. 

Hibernian volition present look KF Shkendija successful the 3rd qualifying round, but absorption volition archetypal crook to the Scottish Premiership term, wherever Gray volition beryllium looking for his men to replicate their show past clip retired against Motherwell. 

The Steelmen, however, caput into the crippled disconnected the backmost of a stunning commencement to the 2026-27 run nether caller manager Alfred Johansson. 

Following their fantastic 2025-26 season, wherever Motherwell placed 4th with 61 points, manager Jens Berthel Askou and galore players each departed, leaving the appointed Johansson with a challenging rebuild.

Johansson's opening matches proved underwhelming, losing to some AGF and Genk successful pre-season, but the Swede's broadside rapidly bounced backmost and demonstrated their prime successful their Conference League qualifying fixtures. 

Motherwell comfortably defeated HB Torshavn 2-0 successful the archetypal limb and 3-0 successful the reverse fixture successful the Faroe Islands, booking their spot against HJK successful the 3rd qualifying round. 

Aiming to physique connected those results and get their league run disconnected to an arsenic awesome start, Johansson volition beryllium hoping helium tin widen Motherwell's ascendant caller grounds against Hibs. 

The Steelmen person won 2 and drawn 2 of their past 4 encounters with Hibernian, including a 1-0 triumph successful their past travel to Easter Road successful May.

Hibernian signifier (all competitions):

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Motherwell signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Off the backmost of the superb 4-1 triumph against Malisheva past clip out, Gray whitethorn opt to sanction an unchanged starting 11 for their opening crippled of the 2026-27 Scottish Premiership season. 

The beforehand 3 of Boyle, Elding and Lowe each scored successful that victory, and the trio should proceed their concern successful onslaught connected Sunday.

Motherwell could likewise sanction an unchanged squad from their past outing, having demonstrated their prime successful the 3-0 2nd limb triumph against HB Torshavn. 

Lukas Fadinger has already scored 2 goals this season, and the midfielder should support his spot down the onslaught of Ibrahim Said, Regan Charles-Cook and Willy Vogt.

Hibernian imaginable starting lineup:

Sallinger; O'Hora, Kerr, Obita; Passlack, Mulligan, Chaiwa, Mayor; Boyle; Elding, Lowe

Motherwell imaginable starting lineup:

Paulsen; Sparrow, Girdwood-Reich, Moorman, Williams; Booth, Fadinger, Priestman; Vogt, Charles-Cook, Said

We say: Hibernian 2-2 Motherwell

Both teams caput into the crippled successful bully spirits aft Conference League victories, and we expect a hard-fought lucifer betwixt 2 sides that were separated by lone 4 points past term.

Hibernian and Motherwell person besides already shown their attacking prime successful the Conference League, starring america to foretell a high-scoring and entertaining matter that yet ends each square.

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