Last time at Easter Road

With Hibs away fast approaching we look back at the last time the sides met at Easter Road.

Hearts left Leith in September with all 3 points after an Aaron Hickey deflected strike secured Hearts’ first league win of the season.

After a cagey first half with Hearts having majority of possession and the better chances, the teams went in at the break 0-0. The game was turned on its head only 2 minutes after half time as Hibs midfielder Stevie Mallan collected the ball some 30 yards from goal took a couple of touches to steady himself then unleashed a superb dipping and swerving strike which flew past Hearts goalkeeper Joel Pereira to put Hibs 1-0 up.

Hibs should’ve doubled their lead moments later when a deflected shot dropped perfectly into the path of Melker Hallberg inside the Hearts box. However, the Swede skewed his shot well wide of the post sparing the Hearts defences blushes.

Hearts got their equalizer from a short corner as a knockdown from skipper Christophe Berra came to Uche Ikpeazu who showed his brute strength to hold off the Hibs defenders on the edge of the 6 yard box to turn and put the ball past the Hibs goalkeeper much to the Hearts fans delight.

In the 84th minute step forward Hearts youngster Aaron Hickey. The 17 year old left back was probably the last player the fans expected to score the winner but after some nice footwork from Uche on the edge of the Hibs box he laid it to the oncoming Hickey, who with the aid of a deflection, scored the winner to send the Dunbar end into raptures. Hearts managed to hold on till the final whistle and with Daniel Stendel’s men going into this game as underdogs yet again whose to say another Hearts youngster can’t be the hero.