Down To Ten
Hibernian
Hibernian played the closing 28 minutes a man down after a 62′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 62′
- Player
- Jack Iredale
Premiership · Matchday 5Hibernian
A. Mayor 51'
1 – 3
FT
HT 0–2
Heart Of Midlothian
J. Wilson 13'
L. Mendy 43'
J. McPake 66'
Premiership
Matchday 5Hibernian1–3Heart Of Midlothian
1.70
Expected goals
0.82
13′43′51′62′66′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: HIB 1.70, HOM 0.82.
Match report
Hibernian 1-3 Heart Of Midlothian
Heart Of Midlothian saw off Hibernian 3-1 at Easter Road in Premiership. Wilson opened the scoring for Heart Of Midlothian on 13', Mendy made it 2-0 to Heart Of Midlothian on 43', Mayor pulled one back for Hibernian on 51' and McPake made it 3-1 to Heart Of Midlothian on 66'.
Expected goals finished Hibernian 1.70, Heart Of Midlothian 0.82. On the balance of chances Hibernian had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Heart Of Midlothian will take more happily than the performance deserved.
The game turned on a dismissal: Iredale was sent off on 62', leaving Hibernian 28 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Heart Of Midlothian graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 0.82 expected goals. Heart Of Midlothian graded out for box occupation — 9 of 12 shots in the box and 0.07 xg per shot.
Josh McPake came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.5 for Heart Of Midlothian from 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 key pass.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Hibernian conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
50%Possession50%
17Shots12
1.70xG0.82
What the numbers say
4 readsClinical Edge
Heart Of Midlothian
Heart Of Midlothian finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 0.82 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 0.82
- Overperformance
- +2.18
Box Occupation
Heart Of Midlothian
Heart Of Midlothian kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 9 of 12
- Share
- 75%
- xG per shot
- 0.07
Cynical Press
Hibernian
Hibernian broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 16 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 16
- Yellow cards
- 3
- Red cards
- 1
Timeline
⚽13'
J. Wilson — assist: J. McPake
J. Iredale ↑ J. Obita ↓
🔄29'
⚽43'
L. Mendy — assist: B. Spittal
Jack Iredale
Argument
🟨45'
Half-time
M. Chaiwa ↑ J. Devaney ↓
🔄46'
A. Mayor ↑ C. Wright ↓
🔄46'
A. Mayor — assist: J. Mulligan
⚽51'
Jack Iredale
Foul
🟨62'
Jack Iredale
Foul
🟥62'
⚽66'
J. McPake — assist: J. McCart
🔄71'
T. Magnusson ↑ B. Spittal ↓
🔄72'
J. Williams ↑ J. Wilson ↓
A. Suto ↑ M. Boyle ↓
🔄73'
🔄78'
S. Kerjota ↑ C. Braga ↓
T. Klidje ↑ N. Lowe ↓
🔄83'
Grant Hanley
Foul
🟨85'
🔄87'
H. Milne ↑ J. McCart ↓
🔄88'
S. Guendouz ↑ C. Miller ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEaster Road, Edinburgh
RefereeD. Robertson
CompetitionPremiership
Season2026
RoundMatchday 5
StatusMatch Finished