Premiership: Hibernian and Dundee United draw 2-2 on Saturday

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EDINBURGH. Hibernian manages to recover against Dundee United with a goal on the G. Middleton 6' and a goal on the I. Harkes 30'.

EDINBURGH. Hibernian manages to recover against Dundee United with a goal on the G. Middleton 6′ and a goal on the I. Harkes 30′. Hibernian was far superior when it came to possession ball (61%)​

The match was played at the Easter Road Stadium stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Colin Steven with the assistance of Daniel McFarlane and Craig Ferguson. The 4th official was Stewart Luke. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold around 3.4 degrees Celsius or 38.12 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 88%.​

Match Statistics

Hibernian was in firm control of the ball 61% while Dundee United was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Hibernian was more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Hibernian to win the match​.

Hibernian shot 15 times, 2 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Dundee United shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Hibernian received 2 yellow cards (Lewis Stevenson and Kyle Magennis). On the other side, Dundee United received 3 yellow cards (Glenn Middleton, Steven Fletcher and Peter Pawlett).

After playing this encounter, Hibernian will have 26 points to stay in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Dundee United will have 19 points like Motherwell to stay in the 11th place.

Match Events

  • 6'
    6'

    Glenn Middleton

    Steven Fletcher

  • 25'
    25'

    Kevin Nisbet

  • 26'
    26'

    Lewis Stevenson

  • 30'
    30'

    Ian Harkes

  • 52'
    52'

    Kyle Magennis

  • 62'
    62'

    Glenn Middleton

  • 64'
    64'

    Jake Doyle-Hayes

    Kyle Magennis

  • 64'
    64'

    Harry McKirdy

    Will Fish

  • 65'
    65'

    Steven Fletcher

  • 83'
    83'

    Jamie McGrath

    Steven Fletcher

  • 85'
    85'

    Elias Hoff Melkersen

    Aiden McGeady

  • 87'
    87'

    Peter Pawlett

    Craig Sibbald

  • 90'
    90'

    Peter Pawlett

  • 90'
    90'

    Kevin Nisbet

    Joe Newell

Next match

In the upcoming Premiership match, Hibernian will host Aberdeen on the 28th of January with a 27-13 head to head stats in favor of Aberdeen (15 draws).

Dundee United will play away with Livingston on the 18th of January with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Livingston (1 draw).

Hibernian: Formation and Lineups

Hibernian started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Lee Johnson chose to play with the following team: David Marshall (6.4), Josh Campbell (7.4), William Fish (6.5), Rocky Bushiri Kiranga (6.8), Lewis Stevenson (6.2), Ryan Porteous (6.7), Aiden McGeady (6.5), Kyle Magennis (6.4), Joe Newell (7.3), Thody Elie Youan (6.4) and Kevin Nisbet (7.3).

Substitutes

Hibernian made 3 changes: Kyle Magennis for Jake Doyle-Hayes (64′), Will Fish for Harry McKirdy (64′) and Aiden McGeady for Elias Hoff Melkersen (85′).

Top player: Josh Campbell

Probably the most impressive player in Hibernian was Josh Campbell.

His rating is (7.4) with 58 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Dundee United: Formation and Lineups

Dundee United started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Talking about the opposition, Liam Fox played with: Mark Birighitti (7.2), Liam Smith (6.8), Ryan Edwards (7.0), Scott McMann (7.0), Kieran Freeman (7.0), Craig Sibbald (7.2), Arnaud Djoum (6.8), Aziz Behich (6.5), Ian Harkes (7.7), Glenn Middleton (7.5) and Steven Fletcher (6.9).

Substitutes

Dundee United made 2 changes: Steven Fletcher for Jamie McGrath (83′) and Craig Sibbald for Peter Pawlett (87′).

Top player: Ian Harkes

Probably the most impressive player in Dundee United was Ian Harkes.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 27 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership

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