Hibs 2-0 Kilmarnock: Magennis and Nisbet on target in League Cup win
After a goalless first half in which both teams had chances to go in front including a 25-yard effort from Liam Polworth that cannoned off the underside of the bar, Kyle Magennis fired Hibs ahead after Kevin Nisbet squared the ball for the midfielder.
Nisbet made it two as he beat Killie’s offside trap to head Joe Newell’s cross into the bottom corner.
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Key Events
- Hibs won last League Cup meeting on penalties in September 2019 after goalless 120 minutes
- Killie topped their League Cup group with eight points from four games
Just before the substitution Nisbet did awfully well to get a shot away from a tight angle on the left, and he wins a corner after a deflection
CHANCE!
Kyle “Goals” Magennis seeking a second for him and Hibs but his effort is wide of Walker’s goal.
CHANCE!
A storming run by Jake Doyle-Hayes takes Hibs forward, the ball ends up with Nisbet whose effort from distance is saved by Walker down to his left but Hibs continue to threaten on the East Stand side
GOAL FOR HIBS!
Newell loops a cross into the box and Nisbet’s backward header evades Walker, and Hibs are 2-0 up!
CHANCE!
McGinn and Boyle do so well on the right flank but the latter’s shot is just wide of the far post.
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