EDINBURGH. Hibernian tops Aberdeen with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Vente (18′) and a goal from W. Fish (70′).

Bojan Miovski missed a decisive penalty (77′). That would have allowed Aberdeen to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Easter Road Stadium stadium in Edinburgh on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was William Collum with the help of Douglas Ross and Paul McAvinue. The 4th official was Calum Scott. The weather was light snow. The temperature was quite cold at 1.48 degrees Celsius or 34.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Hibernian

2 - 0

Aberdeen

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 11 Total 23
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 2 Off Target 12
  • 6 Shots blocked 6
  • 73 Attack 123
  • 39 Dangerous attack 81
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 6 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 13 Total 13
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Hibernian was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Aberdeen that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Aberdeen had a more offensive attitude with 81 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Hibernian was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Hibernian shot 11 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Aberdeen shot 23 times, 5 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Hibernian received 3 yellow cards (Joe Newell, Will Fish and Martin Boyle). On the other side, Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards (Richard Jensen and Slobodan Rubezic).

Match Timeline

Dylan Vente(goal)Martin Boyle
18'
Will Fish- Yellow
41'
Martin Boyle- Yellow
56'
Joe Newell- Yellow
57'
66'
Richard Jensen- Yellow
67'
Duk- sub ->Ester Sokler
Will Fish(goal)Martin Boyle
70'
72'
Jonny Hayes- sub ->James McGarry
72'
Jack Milne- sub ->Nicky Devlin
Élie Youan- sub ->Dylan Vente
72'
77'
Bojan Miovski- missed penaltyBojan Miovski
79'
Connor Barron- sub ->Graeme Shinnie
79'
79'
90'
Slobodan Rubezic- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Celtic
78
33
Rangers
75
33
Hearts
62
33
Kilmarnock
55
3
St. Mirren
46
3
Dundee
41
3
Hibernian
39
33
Motherwell
37
33
Aberdeen
35
33
St. Johnstone
31
33
Ross County
30
33
Livingston
18
33

After playing this contest, Hibernian has 21 points to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, Aberdeen will stays with 13 points to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Hibernian will play away with Motherwell on the 13th of April with a 22-17 head to head record in favor of Hibernian (10 draws).

Aberdeen will host Dundee on the 13th of April with a 18-1 head to head record in favor of Aberdeen (5 draws).

Hibernian – Formation

Hibernian
G
David Marshall 1.Scotland
8.8
D
Will Fish 5.England
8.5
41' 70'
D
Lewis Stevenson 16.Scotland
7.0
D
Rocky Bushiri 33.Belgium
7.7
M
Dylan Levitt 6.Wales
6.7
79'
M
Joe Newell 11.England
7.3
57'
M
Jair Tavares 29.Portugal
6.7
83'
M
Josh Campbell 32.Scotland
7.0
79'
F
Dylan Vente 9.Netherlands
7.5
72' 18'
F
Martin Boyle 10.Australia
8.2
56'
Substitutes
G
Joe Wollacott 13.Ghana
D
Paul Hanlon 4.Scotland
D
Riley Harbottle 26.England
D
Allan Delferriere 28.Belgium
M
James Jeggo 14.Australia
6.6
79'
F
Élie Youan 7.France
6.6
72'
F
Christian Doidge 23.Wales
6.4
79'

Hibernian started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Nick Montgomery decided to play with the following team: David Marshall (8.8), Rory Whittaker (7.1), Will Fish (8.5), Rocky Bushiri (7.7), Lewis Stevenson (7.0), Josh Campbell (7.0), Dylan Levitt (6.7), Joe Newell (7.3), Jair Tavares (6.7), Martin Boyle (8.2) and Dylan Vente (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Paul Hanlon , Élie Youan (6.6), Joe Wollacott, James Jeggo (6.6), Christian Doidge (6.4), Riley Harbottle, Allan Delferriere, Rudi Allan Molotnikov (6.7) and Josh Landers.

Substitutions

Hibernian made 3 changes: Josh Campbell for Christian Doidge (79′), Dylan Levitt for James Jeggo (79′) and Dylan Vente for Élie Youan (72′).

Player of the match: David Marshall​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hibernian was the goalkeeper: David Marshall. His rating is 8.77. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.

Aberdeen – Formation

Aberdeen
G
Kelle Roos 24.Netherlands
6.8
D
Nicky Devlin 2.Scotland
6.6
72'
D
Richard Jensen 5.Finland
7.0
66'
D
Stefan Gartenmann 6.Denmark
7.7
D
James McGarry 15.New Zealand
7.0
72'
D
Slobodan Rubezic 33.Serbia
7.0
90'
M
Graeme Shinnie 4.Scotland
7.5
79'
M
Jamie McGrath 7.Republic of Ireland
8.2
M
Leighton Clarkson 10.England
7.3
F
Bojan Miovski 9.Macedonia
6.8
F
Ester Sokler 19.Slovenia
7.3
67'
Substitutes
G
Ross Doohan 31.Scotland
D
Angus MacDonald 27.England
D
Jack Milne 28.Scotland
6.7
72'
M
Connor Barron 8.Scotland
6.4
79'
M
Jonny Hayes 17.Republic of Ireland
7.1
72'
M
Dante Polvara 21.United States
M
Ryan Duncan 23.Scotland
F
Duk 11.Cape Verde
7.0
67'
F
Pape Habib Gueye 14.Senegal

Aberdeen started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Barry Robson played with: Kelle Roos (6.8), Nicky Devlin (6.6), Stefan Gartenmann (7.7), Slobodan Rubezic (7.0), Richard Jensen (7.0), James McGarry (7.0), Jamie McGrath (8.2), Leighton Clarkson (7.3), Graeme Shinnie (7.5), Ester Sokler (7.3) and Bojan Miovski (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Connor Barron (6.4), Duk (7.0), Pape Habib Gueye, Jonny Hayes (7.1), Dante Polvara, Ryan Duncan, Angus MacDonald, Jack Milne (6.7) and Ross Doohan.

Substitutions

Aberdeen made 4 changes: Graeme Shinnie for Connor Barron (79′), Ester Sokler for Duk (67′), James McGarry for Jonny Hayes (72′) and Nicky Devlin for Jack Milne (72′).

Player of the match: Jamie McGrath​

The player that probably impressed the most for Aberdeen was Jamie McGrath.

His rating is (8.2) with 37 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​