Hibs 1-1 Hearts Sunday October 27 2024

Mark Atkinson reports from Easter Road.

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00:00Good afternoon from inside Easter Road Stadium where it's finished Hibs 1, Hearts 1 in the

00:07basement Edinburgh derby. No change in the standings for both of these two Edinburgh

00:12clubs. They sit bottom and second bottom respectively. Hearts have a slightly better goal difference.

00:19For one moment though it looked like Hibs were going to get a really important victory

00:22here having taken the lead from Mikola Kukarevic in the second half. They were five minutes

00:27or so away from a really important win. But as has been their default setting for too

00:34often this season they conceded a goal late on in a match. 86 minutes on the clock and

00:39it's a great story for 17 year old teenage striker James Wilson who came off the bench

00:44and prodded home after Hibs failed to deal with a long throw sparking jubilant scenes

00:50in the away end. Neil Critchley the hearts manager believed his team were worth a point.

00:54David Gray felt that Hibs deserved all three. I'd say a draw was probably about right. Hibs

00:59had the better chances. But Hearts never really looked totally uncomfortable in this match

01:05and with Hibs right now you always feel you're going to get a late concession of a goal.

01:09Their keeper Joseph Bursick on a nervy performance from Hibman while the centre-halves Marvin

01:13Ekpeteta and Lauren O'Hora played pretty well. It's the rest of the team that don't seem

01:19rigid enough. The winning goal, Lewis Miller on the right back loses Wilson and really

01:23should do better. David Gray was actually pretty stark in his post-match thoughts about

01:29individual errors. He said that they were too costly and that must be really frustrating

01:33the Hibs boss because while his team do a lot of good things going forward in general

01:38play they still have a softness that needs to be eradicated pretty quickly otherwise

01:42they won't be winning matches any time soon and will remain in the relegation zone. It's

01:46too early to say that Hibs are a team in trouble because they're on the same points as Hearts

01:51ultimately but the longer that this run of late conceded goals goes on the more worrying

01:56it becomes for Gray and his coaching staff. They head to Dingwall on Wednesday, a huge

02:01match against Ross County where they have to show more fortitude in the close stages

02:05of matches. Hearts on the other hand are still unbeaten under Neil Critchley and they welcome

02:09Kilmarnock to Tyne Castle on Wednesday. The game is coming thick and fast. They finish

02:13here at Easter Road, Hibs 1 Hearts 1.