Saturday, December 21, 2024

Game of the weekend: Hibs v Rangers

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After Hearts’ historic victory over Celtic last weekend, Edinburgh rivals Hibs will be hoping for a similar feat when they host Rangers on Sunday.

Hearts’ 1-0 victory over the reigning champions marked the first time the Tynecastle side had ever beaten the Glasgow club.

While Hibs have historic success over the Old Firm sides, they haven’t beaten Rangers since an emphatic 8-0 win in 2019.

Since then, Rangers have won 16 out of the 17 meetings between the sides.

But after some hard work on the transfer front, Grant Scott’s side have had a cracking start to the season.

They sit fourth in the SWPL table, two points behind Hearts and two above Celtic.

They’ve won seven of their 10 games and their only draw of the season came against the other half of the Old Firm in a 0-0 game at the Excelsior back in August.

The Easter Road club have scored 35 goals this season, the third most in the top flight behind Rangers and Hearts.

But no one can deny the goal-scoring form of their opponents with 56 goals in just 10 games, 18 of which have come from summer signing Katie Wilkinson.

There is, however, the small matter of recent results.

In their previous three fixtures Hibs have scored nine goals as they eased past Spartans and Montrose after a difficult defeat to Glasgow City.

Rangers, on the other hand, have scored just five including a narrow 2-0 win over Motherwell after losing a two-goal lead and drawing 2-2 with Celtic.

Those results, coupled with a hard fought SWPL Cup win over Dundee United, should give the hosts confidence.

We’ll see what they can do with it on Sunday. You can watch the action live on BBC Alba, the BBC Sport Scotland website and app. Kick-off is at 16:10.

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