Hibernian 1-2 Falkirk: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Hibernian 1-2 Falkirk

Premiership · Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh · half-time 1-2

Hibernian · Falkirk · Premiership predictions

Hibernian 1-2 Falkirk: match report

Hibernian lost to Falkirk 1-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Easter Road Stadium. The half-time score was 1-2.

Jacob Murrell opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Hibernian's goal came from Owen Elding (41'). Falkirk scored through Jacob Murrell (13') and Jacob Murrell (37').

Discipline: Hibernian received 1 yellow card; Falkirk received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hibernian were 10th on 7 points from 8 and Falkirk 11th on 6 points from 8. In the current table Hibernian are 12th on 8 points and Falkirk are 4th on 18 points.

Hibernian lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Falkirk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jacob Murrell of Falkirk (8.6), ahead of Owen Elding (7.3).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Owen EldingHibernian
  • 13'Goal · Jacob MurrellFalkirk · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Ben KrauhausFalkirk
  • 37'Goal · Jacob MurrellFalkirk · 0-2
  • 41'Goal · Owen EldingHibernian · 1-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Ryan StrainFalkirk
  • 79'Yellow card · Finley BarbrookFalkirk

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Falkirk125341512+318LWWWW
12Hibernian112271117-68DLLLD

Full Premiership table

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Hibernian 2, draws 1, Falkirk 1.

Team news

Unavailable

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

Raphael Sallinger, Felix Passlack, Jason Kerr, Marko Ivezic, Adam Mayor, Josh Mulligan, Miguel Chaiwa, Martin Boyle, Azeem Abdullah, Thibault Klidjé, Owen Elding

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

Scott Bain, Ryan Strain, Lewis Neilson, Liam Henderson, Scott Tanser, Brad Spencer, Finley Barbrook, Ethan Ross, Ben Krauhaus, Owen Eames, Jacob Murrell

More Premiership fixtures