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 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.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Owen Elding
- 13'Goal · Jacob Murrell
- 25'Yellow card · Ben Krauhaus
- 37'Goal · Jacob Murrell
- 41'Goal · Owen Elding
- 61'Yellow card · Ryan Strain
- 79'Yellow card · Finley Barbrook
Form and table
Head-to-head
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
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