Hibs boss Lee Johnson will select his first starting XI in a Scottish Premiership match when his side travel to St Johnstone. Picture: SNSHibs boss Lee Johnson will select his first starting XI in a Scottish Premiership match when his side travel to St Johnstone. Picture: SNS
Hibs boss Lee Johnson will select his first starting XI in a Scottish Premiership match when his side travel to St Johnstone. Picture: SNS

Hibs' predicted starting XI for opening day trip to St Johnstone - with many new faces set to feature

What we think the Hibs team will be to face St Johnstone on the opening day of the season.

It’s quite a challenge to predict the Hibs line-up for the trip to McDiarmid Park for a number of reasons.

The Edinburgh Hibees have had one of the biggest squad overhauls in the Scottish Premiership over the course of the summer as the club have both looked to improve upon the talent within the unit after last season’s disappointment and shape it into new manager Lee Johnson’s imagine.

However, things didn’t go well for the club in the Premier Sports Cup campaign, so it’d difficult to point to any example of a strongest XI and use that as a benchmark.

There’s also the curveball of new additions Elie Youan and Marijan Cabraja receiving their work permits this week and being available to play, but perhaps lacking the fitness and sharpness in which to do so.

In the end, we went for this...

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