Scottish Premiership leaders, Hearts, will travel across Edinburgh this afternoon to take on Hibernian in a massive Edinburgh Derby.

Hearts still maintain full control of this title race; if they win every one of the remaining five games, they will lift the title come May 16th… however, that’s the same for Rangers and Celtic too. Hibbs remain firmly in the race for European football next season, currently in fifth, just three points behind Motherwell, who travel to Ibrox this afternoon.

There have already been three meetings between these two sides this season, Hearts won both clashes at Tynecastle 1-0, whilst Hibbs came out 3-2 winners at Easter Road back in December. Hearts haven’t won away at Hibbs since December 27th 2023, drawing one and losing two of their three visits since.

A whopping 19 points currently separate the two sides, meaning Hearts are guaranteed to finish above their rivals this season after last term’s disappointing outcome that saw them finish 7th, or top of the relegation group, depending on how you choose to look at it.

Hearts head coach, Derek McInness, has spoken with the media ahead of this afternoon’s clash. “The important thing for me is the start of the game. You don’t need to be brilliant for 90 minutes, but you do need to be competitive in the Scottish Premiership, particularly in a derby game.

“I just thought we gave Hibs too much encouragement [last time they played], too much of a lift, and made it far too easy to play against us in that first half. I thought we were better in the second half and we nearly got something from the game.”

The game kicks off at 4:30pm (UK time) this afternoon.