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Hibernian face a trip to Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 132 games played, The Hibees have recorded 29 wins, and Hearts have come away with 66 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2008, the Jambo's carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 19 Oct | Hibernian | 1 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Jan | Hearts | 1 - 0 | Hibernian | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 04 Nov | Hibernian | 1 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Mon 06 Aug | Hearts | 0 - 1 | Hibernian | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 12 May | Hearts | 2 - 0 | Hibernian | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 01 Apr | Hibernian | 0 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 26 Dec | Hearts | 3 - 2 | Hibernian | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart of Midlothian have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.
Hibernian have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The The Hibees's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Hearts find themselves in a respectable 4th position, courtesy of the 31 points they have accumulated from 19 games. Hibernian's 26 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| Hibernian | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Jambo's, as the The Hibees have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Hibernian | Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |