Aaron Doran (95)
|
Myziane Maolida (55)
Martin Boyle (79)
Élie Youan (89)
|
Appearances & Goals To Date
Starting Lineup
| Youngest Player: | Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen (19 years 242 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Billy Mckay (35 years 119 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 25 years 7 days |
| Domestic Players: | 6 (54.55 % of starting eleven) |
Matchday Squad
| Youngest Player: | Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen (19 years 242 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Billy Mckay (35 years 119 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 24 years 204 days |
| Domestic Players: | 9 (47.37 % of matchday squad) |
First Team Debuts
Milestones
Second half collapse
Premiership Hibernian were between Inverness and a place in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup. The last time these sides lifted the Scottish Cup was in 2015 & 2016. We dipped our toes in the final last season losing out to Celtic and Hibs lost out to St Johnstone two years earlier. Neither side are taking their respective League tables by storm, so the break for a Scottish Cup encounter might do both sides some good. We had never beaten Hibs in four Cup encounters, including a replay. Alex Samuel was a major doubt with a fractured hand and was missing along with Danny Devine and Luis Longstaff who twisted his knee in training. Here's what happened this time... Having matched Hibs for almost an hour a massive deflection enabled Maolida to open the scoring. Slack defensive play set Martin Boyle on his way to double Hibs advantage before a late goal set up by Boyle saw Youan tap in. Game over but Aaron Doran notched an injury time consolation for Inverness.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A North East wind chilled the stadium as kick-off approached but the home support were out in force with a large away crowd also in attendance. A fairly even first half where chances were at a premium with Hibs creating the better opportunites but neither keeper overly troubled. After the interval Hibs eased ahead when a shot from Maolida took a massive deflection to end up high in the net. Tough luck for the hosts but they were the architects of their own downfall at the first and second goals when we failed to clear our lines before Maolida's deflected shot and Boyle scored a second after an attempted clearance by Boyes. Boyle set up Youan for a tap in third. Credit to Aaron Doran for pulling one back with a superb volley but the game was long gone by then. Cammy Kerr hit the top of the crossbar with a looped header at 1-0 but in truth we saw too little action in the opposition box and paid the consequences of that.
Match report written by tm4tj
