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Scottish Premiership · Matchweek 5

Hibernian

HIB

1–3Full time

Heart of Midlothian

HEA

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

56%Possession48%
32%Territory36%
44%From set plays49%
0.11Chance quality0.09
5.8%Directness7.3%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Hibernian, 3 for Hearts. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 21 of 69 matches, not the full season.