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Hearts vs Hibernian
26 Dec 2024, 12:30 · Premiership · 2024/2025
Referee
N. WalshPremiership 2024/2025 · 25 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
HeartsMin
Hibernian- 9′⚽
Kye Rowles 0-1
Own Goal · Own Goal
Own Goal
- VAR
Kye Rowles
VAR
13′ Cammy Devlin
Yellowcard
28′Hearts
Yellowcard
28′- 35′
Rocky Bushiri
Yellowcard
- 35′
Hibernian
Yellowcard
- ⚽
Rocky Bushiri 1-1
Own Goal · Own Goal
Own Goal
45+2′ - 68′⇄
Dwight Gayle
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Élie Youan
- 69′⇄
Hyeok-kyu Kwon
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Joe Newell
- ⇄
Yan Dhanda
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Blair Spittal
70′ Craig Halkett
Yellowcard
71′Hearts
Yellowcard
71′- 77′⇄
Lewis Miller
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Warren O'Hora
- 78′⚽
Dwight Gayle 1-2
Goal · Shot
With: Nicky Cadden
Shot
- ⇄
Malachi Boateng
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Beni Baningime
78′ - ⇄
Kenneth Vargas
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Musa Drammeh
79′ - 85′⇄
Jordan Obita
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Nicky Cadden
- ⇄
Liam Boyce
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Craig Halkett
85′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7.79 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.75 | |
| 85 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 7.03 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.40 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 7.40 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 6.73 | |
| 78 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.02 | |
| 79 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.69 | |
| 90 | — | — | 6 | — | 2 | — | 6.77 | |
| 70 | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | 7.25 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.42 | |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.55 | |
| 12 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.26 | |
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| 11 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7.22 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7.02 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.
Hearts
Latest: St. Johnstone · 2–1
Match stats
22 Dec 2024, 15:00 · Home vs St. Johnstone · 2024/2025
Hibernian
Latest: Aberdeen · 3–1
Match stats
21 Dec 2024, 15:00 · Away vs Aberdeen · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Hearts’s ground: 23 previous meetings, 11 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Hearts’s home games with Hibernian’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Hearts
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Hibernian
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Hearts
Hibernian
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Hearts
Hibernian
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Hearts
Hibernian
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.