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Scottish Premiership · Matchweek 20

Heart of Midlothian

HEA

Hibernian

HIB

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

Hearts50%
Draw24%
Hibernian26%

Expected goals

1.84 – 1.32

Over 2.5

60%

Both to score

62%

Fair handicap

-0.50

Most likely scorelines

  • 1110.5%
  • 219.5%
  • 108.3%
  • 207.0%
  • 126.6%
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.

57%Possession56%
31%Territory39%
26%From set plays18%
0.12Chance quality0.09
6.7%Directness4.2%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Hearts, 4 for Hibernian.

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 23 of 36 matches, not the full season.