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Hibernian face a trip to Heart Of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on Sunday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 124 games played, Hibees have recorded 28 wins, and Hearts have come away with 59 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2003, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 4 - 4 draw in a Scottish Premier match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 17 Aug | Hibernian | 1 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 02 Jan | Hearts | 4 - 4 | Hibernian | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 03 Nov | Hibernian | 1 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 11 Aug | Hearts | 5 - 1 | Hibernian | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Mar | Hibernian | 1 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Dec | Hearts | 1 - 1 | Hibernian | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 21 Oct | Hibernian | 2 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart Of Midlothian have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.
The Hibees have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Hearts are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 23 points from 12 games. Hibernian see themselves just below half way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, showing a record of 16 points from their 12 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 |
| Hibernian | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Hearts is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Hibernian | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |