Hearts defeats Hibernian 3-1 with 2 goals from A. Halliday. HIGHLIGHTS

EDINBURGH. Hearts bested Hibernian 3-1 thanks to A. Halliday who scored in the 45th and 58th minute.

April 10, 2022

EDINBURGH. Hearts overcame Hibernian 3-1 thanks to A. Halliday who scored in the 45th and 58th minute. It was Hibernian to score first with a goal from D. Wright. However, later Hearts found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with A. Halliday (45′), S. Kingsley (47′) and A. Halliday (58′). Hearts capitalized on its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Tynecastle Park stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Nick Walsh assisted by Frank Connor and Dougie Potter. The 4th official was David Munro. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.6 degrees Celsius or 47.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.

Match Statistics

Hearts

3 - 1

Hibernian

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

16 Total 10
4 On Target 1
12 Off Target 9
1 Shots blocked 0

122 Attack 86
40 Dangerous attack 31
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 1
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

11 Total 13
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Hearts had a superior ball possession 59% while Hibernian was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hearts was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hearts won the match.

Hearts shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Hibernian shot 10 times, 1 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Hearts received 1 yellow card (P. Haring). On the other side, Hibernian received 3 yellow cards (J. Doyle-Hayes, C. Mueller and R. Bushiri).

Match Timeline

38'

Josh Campbell- sub ->D. Wright

45'

Jake Doyle-Hayes- Yellow

Stephen Kingsley(goal)

47'

57'

58'

60'

68'

Peter Haring - Yellow

70'

71'

Rocky Bushiri- Yellow

83'

88'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Hearts will have 57 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Hibernian will stay with 38 points like Livingston to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

Hearts – Formation

Hearts

C. Gordon 1.Scotland

6.2

Toby Sibbick 21.England

6.2

Craig Halkett 19.Scotland

7.0

Stephen Kingsley 3.Scotland

8.0

47'

Alex Cochrane 17.England

7.3

Nathaniel Atkinson 12.Australia

6.8

83'

Peter Haring 5.Austria

6.9

70'

Andy Halliday 16.Scotland

8.8

68'

45', 58'

Varela 10.Northern Ireland

6.1

Barrie McKay 18.Scotland

7.7

88'

Ellis Simms 20.England

6.3

88'

Substitutes

R. Stewart 13.Scotland

Taylor Moore 15.England

6.8

83'

Aaron McEneff 8.Northern Ireland

6.8

68'

Josh Ginnelly 30.England

88'

Gary Mackay-Steven 11.Scotland

88'

Ben Woodburn 9.Wales

Hearts adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Robbie Neilson decided to play with the following team: .

Hearts could not rely on the presence of T. Moore (injured).

Substitutions

Hearts made 4 changes: A. Halliday for A. McEneff (68′), N. Atkinson for T. Moore (83′), E. Simms for G. Mackay-Steven (88′) and B. McKay for J. Ginnelly (88′).

Hibernian – Formation

Hibernian

Matt Macey 1.England

5.9

Rocky Bushiri 33.Belgium

6.5

71'

Paul Hanlon 4.Scotland

6.5

Josh Doig 3.Scotland

6.2

60'

Chris Cadden 27.Scotland

6.8

Jake Doyle-Hayes 22.Republic of Ireland

6.3

70'

45'

Joe Newell 11.England

6.7

Harry Clarke 2.England

7.1

Drey Wright 8.England

7.4

38'

Chris Mueller 14.United States

6.6

57'

Elias Hoff Melkersen 34.Norway

6.6

60'

Substitutes

K. Dąbrowski 21.Poland

Lewis Stevenson 16.Scotland

Allan Delferriere 36.Belgium

Scott Allan 23.Scotland

Ewan Henderson 80.Scotland

6.1

70'

Josh Campbell 32.Scotland

5.9

38'

Runar Hauge 30.Norway

Sylvester Jasper 20.Bulgaria

6.6

60'

James Scott 25.Scotland

6.8

60'

Also Hibernian adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Shaun Maloney played with: .

Hibernian could not rely on the presence of J. Campbell (injured).

Substitutions

Hibernian made 4 changes: D. Wright for J. Campbell (38′), J. Doig for J. Scott (60′), E. Melkersen for S. Jasper (60′) and J. Doyle-Hayes for E. Henderson (70′).