Hibernian 2-3 Gent: result and report
Europa Conference League · Thursday 27 August 2026
Result
Hibernian 2-3 Gent
Europa Conference League · Thursday 27 August 2026, 19:00 UTC · Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh · half-time 0-1
Hibernian 2-3 Gent: match report
Hibernian were beaten by Gent 2-3 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 27 August 2026 at Easter Road Stadium. It was 0-1 at half-time.
José Mendieta opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Hibernian's goals came from Jason Kerr (56') and Felix Passlack (77'). Gent scored through José Mendieta (39'), Christian Burgess (84') and an own goal by Miguel Chaiwa (90+1').
Discipline: Hibernian received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Gent received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hibernian were 30th on 8 points from 5 and Gent 44th on 7 points from 5.
Hibernian lined up in a 4-3-3 and Gent in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Burgess of Gent (7.6), ahead of Jamie McGrath (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Hibernian wins, 1 draw and 0 for Gent.
Going into the match Hibernian's last five read D-D-W-W-L and Gent's D-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Christian Burgess
- 39'Goal · José Mendieta
- 44'Yellow card · Tibe De Vlieger
- 56'Goal · Jason Kerr
- 60'Yellow card · Miguel Chaiwa
- 77'Goal · Felix Passlack
- 84'Goal · Christian Burgess
- 90+1'Own goal · Miguel Chaiwa
- 90+3'Second yellow · Miguel Chaiwa
Form and table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Gent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | WL |
Head-to-head
Team news
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Hibernian line-up (4-3-3)
Raphael Sallinger, Felix Passlack, Warren O'Hora, Jason Kerr, Jordan Obita, Josh Mulligan, Miguel Chaiwa, Adam Mayor, Martin Boyle, Nathan Lowe, Jamie McGrath
Gent line-up (3-4-2-1)
Davy Roef, Mouhamed Ngom, Christian Burgess, Siebe Van der Heyden, Matties Volckaert, Tibe De Vlieger, Mathias Delorge, Tiago Araújo, Abdelkahar Kadri, Momodou Sonko, José Mendieta
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