Hearts 2-1 Hibernian: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 9 May 2018

Result

Hearts 2-1 Hibernian

Premiership · Wednesday 9 May 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Hearts · Hibernian · Premiership predictions

Hearts 2-1 Hibernian: match report

Hearts beat Hibernian 2-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 9 May 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Kyle Lafferty opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Hearts's goals came from Kyle Lafferty (26') and S. Naismith (57'). Hibernian scored through Florian Kamberi (48', penalty).

Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Hibernian received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 6th on 46 points from 36 and Hibernian 4th on 66 points from 36. Hearts went on to finish that season 6th with 49 points, and Hibernian 4th with 67.

Hearts lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hibernian in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Hearts wins, 1 draw and 2 for Hibernian.

Going into the match Hearts's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Hibernian's D-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Kyle LaffertyHearts
  • 26'Goal · Kyle LaffertyHearts · 1-0
  • 48'Penalty goal · Florian KamberiHibernian · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Steven WhittakerHibernian
  • 57'Goal · S. NaismithHearts · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · D. McGregorHibernian

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Hearts 0, draws 1, Hibernian 2.

Team news

Hearts line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jon McLaughlin, Michael Smith, Aaron Hughes, Christophe Berra, Manuel David Milinkovic, Demetri Mitchell, Harry Cochrane, Joaquim Adao, Danny Amankwaa, Kyle Lafferty, Steven Naismith

Hibernian line-up (3-5-2)

Ofir Marciano, Steven Whittaker, Paul Hanlon, Lewis Stevenson, Darren McGregor, Efe Eric Ambrose, John McGinn, Martin Boyle, Scott Allan, Brandon Barker, Florian Kamberi