In this 37th week match, on Wednesday May 24th, Hibernian will host Celtic at Easter Road Stadium in a clash of these two closely matched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Hibernian recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Aberdeen. Neither Aberdeen nor Hibernian could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 17 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Hibernian is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while celtic is fresh off their 2-2 draw against St. Mirren. Curtis Main struck first for St. Mirren in the 4th minute, then in the 14th minute, Reo Hatate sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Kyogo Furuhashi . Celtic is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
Hibernian and Celtic last played eachother at the Celtic Park on Saturday Mar 18th. Celtic was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Josh Campbell struck first for Hibernian in the 39th minute on a penalty kick, then João Filipe tied it up for Celtic in the 52nd minute on a penalty kick Finally they completed the comback victory in the 81st minute on a goal by Oh Hyun-Gyu to cap off a wild match.
Celtic’s most prolific scorer has been Kyogo Furuhashi. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. M. Kukharevych and Kevin Nisbet are the top scorers for Hibernian in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.