Hibs v Motherwell: TV channel; kick-off time; team news; form guide; odds

Hibs will look to maintain their positive cinch Premiership home form in when Motherwell visit Easter Road on Saturday. Here is all you need to know:

Hibs are unbeaten in ten league games at Easter Road, stretching back to February. Picture: Ross Parker / SNS

Match details

Who: Hibernian v Motherwell

What: cinch Scottish Premiership

Where: Easter Road, Edinburgh

When: Saturday, October 8. Kick-off 3pm.

Referee: Grant Irvine

TV and ticket info

Tickets (prices from £24 for adults) are available online and at the gate. The SPFL no longer permits live streaming inside the UK & Ireland. But international subscribers can watch live on Hibs TV.

Team news

Hibs: Striker Momodou Bojang and midfielder Jake Doyle-Hayes are out for a number of weeks. Kevin Nisbet is not ready yet, but Kyle Magennis is in contention and Rocky Bushiri, Elias Melkersen and Demi Mitchell are all fit again and Kevin Dabrowski is back in training.

Motherwell: Rolando Aarons (hamstring), Jake Carroll (knee), and Nathan McGinley all missed the midweek win at Ross County with the latter two both long-term absentees.

Form guide

It’s all beginning to click for Lee Johnson’s team, with three league wins in a row and players returning from injury. Hibs are now unbeaten at Easter Road in 10 Premiership matches, dating back to February.

Motherwell are in decent form, even if results haven’t always arrived. They played very well against Hearts, despite losing 3-0, nearly snatched a point at Celtic Park last week and then smashed Ross County 5-0 in Dingwall on Tuesday.

Head-to-head

Hibs have a decent enough record against Motherwell, but have failed to beat them in the league at Easter Road in their four most recent attempts. Three of them were draws and the last home victory over the Steelmen came in November 2019, when Christian Doidge, Florian Kamberi and Daryl Horgan scored in a 3-1 win.

Manager thoughts

Lee Johnson: “With five subs having a good squad is now a massive factor. The starters know that if you’re not at it, we can make changes. We don’t threaten that because we want our players to feel secure in their performance, but I think they do feel it.”

Steven Hammell: “The belief will grow. We will get better and we need to. It’s another difficult game and this month is packed full of them. It will require our levels to be very, very high.”

Bookies’ odds

Home 8/11, Draw 13/5, Motherwell 7/2, with McBookie.