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00:00well thank you very much Connie good afternoon everybody and it is a hugely important Sunday
00:28in the William Hill Premiership and I've no doubt about it there is a title fight going on in
00:34Scotland in a season like no other the club of record sale of Kieran Bowie forces one of two
00:44changes following the damaging loss of Falkirk Jamie McGrath is also absent from the squad so
00:49club captain Joe Newell returns to make his first league start in over a year and Lee Yuan comes in
00:55to the attack for just his fifth Premiership start of the campaign Mark Boyle has scored eight times
01:00against Rangers four of them came last season and the bench features potential debuts for new arrivals
01:06Kai Andrews, Dane Scarlett and Owen Elving
01:12Danny Roll changes five of the side that started in Porto on Thursday night new signings
01:18Tochi Chukwani and Andreas Skob Olsen return to the starting eleven having made their debuts against
01:23Dundee last weekend the defensive unit is bolstered by Dujon Sterling and John Suter making injury
01:29comebacks Martello Asgard has been an excellent goal scoring formerly Miko Raskar and Emmanuel Fernandes
01:36have scored against him already this season but Danilo who netted the winner here is not in the squad
01:42with an impending move to the Netherlands looking likely Matthew McDermott is the man in charge
01:56Edinburgh is very much taking the football focus this season as hearts crank up the pressure on the
02:05Glasgow Chasers Iberian against Rangers it's always a much anticipated fixture
02:12and particularly here in league but this is a ground where Rangers have held significant dominance
02:19in recent years Danny Roll has transformed Rangers season from the ashes six league wins in a row
02:26as them right back in the hunt but any slip-ups from here will be punishing the pressure
02:37of the Premiership title race focuses on Easter Road
02:41the goal kick coming off Miguel Chaiwa who looks rather worse for wear but so too Emmanuel Fernandes
02:58limping away from that early challenge and the Zambian is going to require some attention here
03:04it's clearly a bit of a sore one
03:13last thing you want right at the start of the game getting clattered in the face there
03:18Fernandes just I think a little knock on the top of his boot as well he's shaking it off but
03:23Chai was the one right in the face it's a sore one
03:30and obviously when it comes to knocking the head like that you just got to make sure everything is
03:36is okay before taking any chances
03:43as last night's result up at Tanadice has cranked up the pressure on particularly Rangers and Celtic today
03:52but you know this is a fixture that hibernian fans and Rangers fans will look forward to it because
03:59you know it's it's always a real crunch game
04:02yeah I mean I think you summed it up perfectly just prior to the game there Rory that
04:07there's a title race well and truly on and
04:10Hart's performance and result last night it really does put the pressure on to
04:16Rangers and Celtic today and the guys we're talking about in the studio as well I think
04:22the the season so far from Hart's inevitably puts a bit pressure on to Hibbs as well
04:32the rivalry and the dynamic within the city is always going to play a part and the fact that
04:38Hart's have had such an outstanding season so far and Hibbs have been inconsistent that adds to an extra layer of pressure
04:44the players do not need to look too far to wonder what might have been this season a lot of promise
04:54in this side but the sale of Kieran Bowie for a club record fee
04:59as he heads off to Ellis Verona play his trade in Serie A
05:09set up for Asgard deflected shot will take it over and Rangers have the corner kick
05:14interesting just looking at Rangers there in possession good quick play into Asgard on the edge of the box but
05:23Magomar very high up Sterling just almost holding his position as a right centre half in possession there with Suter and Fernandes
05:35just wonder whether that'll be a common theme throughout this game
05:41a couple of the goals this season for Rangers have come from corner kicks
05:46Fernandes and Raskan in the Premier Sports Cup game at Ibrox
05:52both netting headers from corners
05:55Hibbs yet to score in this fixture this season three victories for Rangers took a solitary Danilo goal
06:06here in the other league meeting the last two one by a goal to nil and flicked on front post
06:14and it will just be a goal kick
06:17Rangers a whisker away from opening the scoring here
06:21absolutely I think you can see John Suter there telling Matthew McDermott it should have been another corner kick
06:33certainly looked like
06:35came off Hanley I think just a couple of yards out after Raskan flicked it on
06:39yeah you can see the two of them are just in front of John Suter clearly off of Grant Hanley and behind for another corner
06:45the Rangers set pieces continuing to cause all sorts of issues for opposing teams but now
06:57Martin Boyle using his pace down the right hand side to cross that one in
07:01great defending from John Suter isn't it good play from Hibbs down that right hand side with Boyle
07:11but John Suter making no mistake touch tight in the middle of the picture there with Miguel Chaiwa
07:17you can see I think it was Joe Newell that was bombing in behind them as well
07:25the interesting looks to be Miguel Chaiwa that will take up that role that
07:30Jamie McGrath usually operates in behind the front two
07:34having Joe Newell back is huge the first league starting in over a year has been such a difficult
07:42time for the Hibernian club captain
07:45he's Fernandes looking to spread the play out towards Rangers latest acquisition and
08:02Andreas Skov Olsen he's on loan
08:04there's Joe Newell clearing up in the midfield for Hibbs
08:19Megua you can see just in that attack there the position that
08:24Gasamo's picking up again just on the inside channel and
08:28do wonder whether that'll be as I mentioned right at the start something that continues
08:32there he is again quite centrally and Megoma is the one that's up high and wide
08:37and Megoma picked out he looks up into the middle can't
08:42squeezes cross in and now the flag does go up in any case
08:52Megua was dropping him but then he just holds his position
08:54Megoma he is offside but there's going to be a little bit of
08:58movement and rotation down that left in particular that
09:01Hibbs are really going to have to be mindful of and concentrate
09:13I think what we've seen in Danny Rose time at Rangers is a
09:16a willingness and an ability to to be flexible from game to game but also within the games itself as well
09:24Boyle doing well to hold off Fernandez
09:28Chaiwa battling down the right-hand side picked up by the old the given streak to
09:33Yasama now here's Chermiti flick on to Asgard
09:37he shows too much to boil now Ellie Yuan rare chance to start from the off although he's got a couple of starts
09:49since since since the turn of the year
09:56there's a beat up
09:57Miguel Chaiwa's down again and just wonder whether he's still
10:10feeling the effects he is he's looking like he said he couldn't see properly there that's a big concern a real concern
10:17Josh Mulligan obviously not in available
10:23Jamie McGrath out as well you can see this is that he's games up that's a huge huge blow for Hibbs
10:28Chaiwa's got great energy bringing balance to that midfield
10:40here it was right at the get-go it looks like that's going to be
10:45the incident that's curtailed this afternoon you can't take the risk you just can't take the chance
10:51yeah and that's why they have these
10:56concussion tests as the medical staffs are performing at the moment but David Gray
11:03going through his options on the bench
11:06as you said no mulligan is a is a blow but it's going to be a debut for
11:13Kai Andrews
11:15just coming in this week the 19 year old on loan from
11:18Coventry City who are sitting top of the championship so
11:25after just 10 appearances this season Andrews coming out to get minutes and they're going to come
11:30sooner than he'd have first thought but our main thoughts of course are with the well-being of
11:39Miguel Chaiwa who makes his way off the field
11:42yeah it's a major disappointment for Chaiwa himself as well but
11:52opportunity presents itself for Kai Andrews here
12:00they've lost the energy of Chaiwa Mulligan's not there as well the craft of McGrath the squad's been stretched and
12:07Kai Andrews is going to have to put in a very good performance here if Hibbs are
12:14capable of picking up three points or perhaps even just a drop
12:22straight into the box to try and get on the end of Airedale's long throw it drops for Newell
12:28Boshiri in there Newell too, Butland will gather calmly amid the chaos that was in front of him
12:43Tochi Chiquani signing from Sturm Graz played against Rangers in the Europa League of course
12:51that campaign has come to an end for Rangers in Portugal on Thursday night it's
13:00full focus and the burning desire to claim the league title
13:06will be a goal kick as Mita plays it off Rascan
13:09I think you've seen already from Chiquani big strong physical athletic midfielder
13:19brings a
13:22a real presence in the middle of the park for Rangers
13:25Jack Iredale
13:36beat up
13:37Newell plays it long but straight to Stirling that's a good pick out
13:41from Dujon Stirling to Cermiti
13:43here's a Cermiti trying to slip that through to Gassama and
13:48will go all the way through Miss Ebrou on it's wandering path
13:52well Rangers claiming it's another corner that's been missed I wasn't sure I didn't really see
13:59in real time
14:01good play from Cermiti
14:03it does look as if it comes off the hips clear
14:11or no maybe it doesn't optical illusions
14:19along from Hanley and spoil the targets done well up against a much taller
14:27opponent and Fernandez
14:29Chiquani
14:31for Asgard
14:33Sterling now on to Skobbleson
14:36Rangers particularly excited about his arrival at the club bringing the outlet down the right-hand side
14:43they've been crying out for it
14:45well he's got a real pedigree that's for sure isn't it
14:51and if he's able to bring that quality then it feels a bit of a problem position for
14:56Rangers that right-hand side nobody's really comfortably settled in there since
15:02the club journey departed
15:09twice a title winner in Belgium with Club Brugge played in Italy with Bologna Germany with Wolfsburg
15:1840 times capped by the Danish national team
15:29Bita just having to track back and Ironale decides time to test out that Rangers defense with a long ball
15:47do you think that's the most settling Rangers defensive pairing of Suter and Fernandez
15:55well it certainly seems like that's the one that at the moment
16:00Danny Rose going for
16:02I mean I'll be honest when Fernandez first game in the team big question marks about him personally
16:08in a defensive respect but he's clearly grown in confidence and belief
16:14still think he lacks concentration
16:16Suter he's fired that one straight at Chukwani allowed Newell to steal in but now Asgard has managed to regather
16:28scovolson
16:30now Raskan
16:33now Raskan
16:38Megoma
16:39Chiamiti
16:42he showed too much of the force of the ranger striker
16:47help the force of the ranger striker
16:54well the ball's into his feet there it's just not close enough with his contact
17:01that's an interesting one I mean I think that's
17:02we saw two incidents yesterday by the way we weren't a million miles different from that
17:08and players getting sent off for very little
17:12I'm not suggesting Chiamiti deserves it in there because I think that's the right call
17:18just a heavy touch there's a collision nothing more
17:20well Boyle will be penalized there and he just clipped Emmanuel Fernandez
17:26from the Australian international he's looking to scamper down that right-hand side
17:38will certainly be a potential outlet that hips will look to use
17:43Boyle with his pace in behind
17:50you see here that back three almost in possession here Fernandez right out in front of the dugouts
18:03Megoma up high Gossama stepping inside
18:07him's just got to be concentrating here when they're rotating when they're
18:12making those movements communicating well with each other to pick up
18:16Asgard loses out to Andrews but back with Gossama you can see that's twice now that
18:25Jugwani winning the ball back really well off of Kai Andrews and Joe Newell's done brilliantly there as well
18:34a bit scrappy right now
18:35but Lasser touched on by Yuwaan the flag goes up against Boyle
18:50goes up against Boyle
19:01you can see there Mark Boyle just ahead of George Suter when the flick on happens
19:13Kassama space to turn and drive at this Hibs defence
19:18to slip that through to Scov Olsen, Hibs will get that away
19:22Andrews though presents it straight to Sterling
19:26just getting an overload in the middle there, Rangers
19:29Kassama picking up the space but here's a chance for Hibs to counter
19:32Johan to Boyle, trying to turn it back to the Frenchman
19:36Rangers getting enough numbers around him
19:38a bit of an inquest going on between Fernandes and Magoma
19:43Lasker to Scov Olsen
19:47out to make the challenge comes Newell and now Boyle
19:54wasn't quite on to release Johan
19:57excellent defensive work from Cikwani
20:00again, again that's already three occasions that
20:04sensing the danger in the middle of the park
20:07Cikwani winning the ball back for his team
20:10just wondered whether Martin Boyle could have stepped across him
20:13try and take him out of the game
20:15here's Magoma, he's away from Megwa, draws Bashiri out
20:19Hanley deals with the cross
20:22Barlaser, up to you
20:25and it's pretty open
20:27if teams are able to
20:29make the passes stick when they do counter
20:32just a loaded fricking tick at the moment
20:36you want a bit of that, don't you?
20:52this controlled passing
20:54100% pass success rate
20:57it's a bit dull
20:59getting a good scrap in the middle of the park
21:08Raskamp looking over the top
21:10Scov Olsen
21:11with Vita
21:13tracking him eventually
21:16the delivery comes in from Asgard
21:18it was fairly easily dealt with by Newell
21:20that wasn't a great defensive set up from Hibbs
21:23and Scov Olsen with a really nice run
21:25just stepping
21:27from out to in
21:30diving in behind
21:31Iredale
21:32who was a little bit
21:34too far in front
21:36the back line
21:38too jagged
21:39space for the
21:40the Dane to
21:41dive in behind
21:42and keep himself on side
21:44a bit too much contact between Iredale and Asgard
21:57Stirling's throwing
22:12Raskamp
22:14Asgard
22:15tight space to work in for Rangers
22:18it's a beta that clears it away
22:21Fernandes
22:24just had to react
22:27he's a real physical specimen
22:31I just think that
22:32with those physical attributes
22:34he gets himself out of a few problems
22:36that he creates for himself
22:37Scov Olsen
22:44Delivery
22:46headed away by
22:47Hanley
22:48from Stirling's attempted cross
22:50Telo Asgard
23:03for John Suter
23:05they will win the free kick here
23:16sliding challenge
23:17penalised
23:18I'm surprised by that one
23:20Norrie
23:22because certainly
23:23it looked as if
23:24John Neal
23:25they just
23:26set a wee
23:27dead end for
23:28that's not a film
23:30that's not
23:31that's bizarre
23:32from Matthew McDermott
23:33it just looks
23:34exactly like that
23:35that's a perfectly good tackle
23:40I'm not sure what Matthew McDermott's seen there
23:47well Telo Asgard
23:48may well fancy this
23:50called it an absolute cracker
23:52against Annen Athletic
23:53in the cup
23:54Raphael Salinger
23:56will have to
23:57be wary of what's coming his way
24:03and Scov Olsen
24:04hanging around as well
24:05you know from Hip's perspective
24:08as I mentioned there
24:09they just almost set like a little
24:11dead end trap for John Suter
24:13he was going in there
24:14didn't really have any way out
24:16they won the ball
24:19the ball
24:21the problem for Hip's
24:22is they've not been able to really
24:23retain possession a great deal
24:25and build attacks
24:26there's Asgard
24:29takes a touch off the wall
24:31and Rangers
24:32will settle for the corner kick
24:33you see the wall jumping in unison
24:40behind for the corner and you're right
24:42they will settle for the corner because
24:46they're such a threat now
24:48Machiri up against Fernandes is a key one obviously
24:51just around about the penalty spot
24:53watch for Rascai going front post as well
24:57may not be the tallest but he's got a leap on him
24:59he goes in towards Salinger
25:01he gets two fists to it
25:02now Boyle
25:03might be able to counter here for Hip's
25:05Yuan ahead of him
25:07Scov Olsen working back
25:09Boyle looking to take Hip's from one end to the other
25:15yeah just not too many options up in support in the end
25:25quite a few Rangers players doing really well to get back in
25:29close down
25:31Martin Boyle
25:33beat up into Andrews
25:49early change for David Gray with Miguel Chaiwa going off
25:54Debutant gets it back now
25:59he'll beat up
26:01Yuan
26:02flag stays down
26:03there was an appeal in the middle
26:05there's Newell at the header
26:09and he couldn't find the target
26:12I'm surprised the flag didn't go up Rory
26:15he looked as if he was offside
26:19and if he's not
26:20I think he probably would have been flagged off
26:22if that ends up in the back of the net
26:24but
26:26good times run from Joe Newell
26:28and that's a big big chance
26:30disappointing for him not to hit the target
26:33regardless of the fact that
26:35I'm just saying that
26:36I'm pretty sure it would have been called off
26:38with
26:40with Eli Yuan being offside anyway
26:42but still
26:43it's a big chance for Joe Newell to
26:45even just try and work the goalkeeper there
26:47that's a neat turn from
26:49JD Gasame
26:50drew Grant Hanley into that challenge
26:52and
26:53perhaps lucky to escape a booking there
26:56again
26:58good position from Gasame
27:00stepping in
27:01overload in the middle of the park
27:03dragging out one of the centre-halves
27:05to Quani
27:14Asgard shows for Suter
27:18space out to the right-hand side
27:20Raskan
27:22sterling outside him
27:24Raskan
27:26taking to slip that through for Asgard
27:34Borshiri is there
27:35I think he just caught everyone by surprise
27:37didn't he
27:38lovely bit of footwork from the Belgian
27:40Asgard
27:41Asgard
27:42Chukwani gives a good offer
27:55matched by Newell but
27:57another foul goes against the
27:58Hibs captain
27:59Rangers go quickly
28:01Sterling and now Scov Olsen
28:03Asgard has broken into the box as well
28:05Scov Olsen
28:07when arriving was Meghoma
28:11a couple of half-hearted appeals from
28:13the Rangers players there
28:15Yuen will challenge with Suter
28:16and win the header
28:18Yuen now being chased by Raskan
28:21Eli Yuen with the left boots
28:24beaten away
28:26by Butland
28:27Yuen will keep it alive
28:29for a beat up
28:31Boyle in the middle
28:32so too Meghoma arriving now
28:34not enough bodies up there for Hibs
28:37though
28:38a bit of positivity
28:40Eli Yuen getting a great leap here
28:43to go and challenge John Suter
28:45wins it really well
28:47knocks over the centre half
28:49just couldn't get the ball to sit down
28:51I think he does pretty well to be honest
28:53they get the strike away and test Jack Butland
28:55you can see here when it comes back
28:57there was a lack of urgency for any other Hibs players to get into the box
29:02Jigwani will lose out to Boyle
29:05good strength from him
29:07Andrews just inside him
29:09Kai Andrews on his debut
29:11he didn't want it on his left boot
29:13but Yuen with the right
29:14oh, what a save from Butland
29:15to tip it over the top
29:16as Eli Yuen threatened
29:17to open the scoring
29:18Well, initially good play from Chikwani
29:19but then he's dispossessed
29:20brilliant play from Martin Boyle
29:21and Hibs
29:22Kai Andrews
29:23you're wondering
29:24is he gonna have a strike to the left boot
29:26he's off to Yuen
29:28and then he's dispossessed
29:29brilliant play from Martin Boyle
29:30and Hibs
29:31Kai Andrews
29:32you're wondering
29:33is he gonna have a strike to the left boot
29:34from martin boyle and hips kai andrews you're wondering is he going to have a strike to the
29:39left but it's off to you great strike and this will show you what a wonderful stop this is from
29:46butland that's a top class save from the rangers number one jordan obita will take this hips corner
30:00to look for their first goal against rangers this season
30:07come close that delivery won't get the job done but they'll have a second attempt
30:12barlasa that's better is going to push on suitor will be another corner good defending from john
30:18suitor brilliant defender from john suitor it really is lovely ball in from barlasa right in
30:26behind that back line but suits up recognizing the danger he had to shut off the near post area
30:34he sticks it behind for another corner
30:42hips turn to apply some pressure
30:49better ball in from obita it's the double fist that comes from butland andrews chasing it down against
30:55chermity the last touch comes off the heads midfielder
31:04charlie was just saying before the game in terms of the the huge loss that nikki cadden's been to hips
31:10he's never really been able to get a run at it this season and it's moments like that set pieces
31:16balls getting thrown into the box from uh from open play as well there's a few of the uh
31:23hips players there's nicky's brother chris but um not it was a bad ball from obita but the balls from
31:32nicky cadden as we know are so so dangerous
31:35megoa in to boil berlasa hernandez will concede another corner libs having a good spell
31:47there's the other cadden twin nicky on the bench but you're right he hasn't really managed to get
32:09into full flow this season
32:12rubita holding that left wing back spot at the moment and he'll take this corner again
32:19those front post doesn't get it past the first man to be a frustration
32:27rubita in again now raskan that's a great header from fernandez
32:34clears any danger but not like that he picks out raskan with the header as well it was an opportunity
32:40there for rangers to really go and exploit it helps because they've got so many bodies forward
32:45barlasa two chasers chasers in behind fernandez here takes one touch the second
32:51will help it out for another corner kick
32:54see it's moments like that when i just think he lacks concentration for me fernandez a little bit
33:03too relaxed and slow to react to the danger johan does really well to apply the pressure there but
33:10just think he looks a little bit too easy ozzy
33:25in a series of hips corners
33:30every six minutes out comes butland again
33:32andrews to pick up and try and keep this alive
33:38it's iredale
33:40andrews will come in with the right foot fernandez
33:44controlling that area again some people comes out to you and though
33:48it's left by everyone andrews and newell didn't get their communication right
34:01chermiti will look to break but iredale gets back into position
34:03you know it's good defending from the australian there because it looked as if there was a little
34:07chance for the forward to open his legs but i suppose i have where for me johan is up against
34:14gusama the summer doesn't want to defend johan should be trying to take him on hit the violin get in
34:20behind the opposition defense
34:26just a little bit of poor decision making
34:33newell
34:38for
34:39hanley
34:46rangers that dwell there just to
34:49incrementally get themselves up the park just start to get a little bit of pressure
34:54shutting off the options for hips grant hanley initially then rocky basheery
34:59forcing them back to the goalkeeper they've just slowed down that attack
35:06you see again not really having any easy options for hips to get the ball
35:12into the middle of the park or get it up to the top end
35:17after what had been you know a four or five minute spell for hips that was looking quite positive
35:22and they closed down by askorn
35:30i think it's more like that they just show you
35:33danny rule he has a team very well drilled they know what is expected of them now whereas previously
35:42it was it was every man for themselves sort of stuff
35:49managed to get a team with the main focus as results as well and they have been producing those six wins in a row
35:57since time castle
36:01just before christmas
36:05scov olsen and martin boyle will receive the first yellow card of the game
36:09that's a yellow card all day long it feels like a bit of a silly one because it
36:19it was a there was a few of his teammates around there you see joe newell's getting close as well
36:24as well even if he comes in and applies pressure it's on the halfway line i don't think it's the sort of yellow card that you would need to
36:41gusama presents it straight to boyle now andrews by lasser alongside of andrews beats one
36:48getting back in was jd gusama who originally gave it away
36:55now raskan that was tidy from asgard excellent sliding challenge from newell well the yellow card is coming
37:01out the free kick goes against joe newell and the yellow card is shown to the skipper
37:08well i've got to say looking at that you feel very
37:12very hard on joe newell i feel like he's getting punished as well for the tackle that he had on john suitor
37:20that's a good tackle to me yes of course he clatters into raskan that's what a tackle is
37:25he's down the side he gets the ball i think that's very harsh
37:30you know he's busting a gun trying to track back on his uh opponent who's making a good drive and run
37:41comes in from the side gets the ball of course he clatters the the rangers player
37:47he's still got a look for tackling in the game surely
37:54as newell and boyle booked in recent minutes
38:04sterling
38:05she leaves clearing header
38:12kasama towards the back post scoff olsen then iredale had to be very careful in that area
38:22did his job well
38:35there's scoff olsen
38:40chukwani
38:44raskan
38:46there's suitor
38:50five minutes to go to the break
38:51suitor probing pass for asgard
39:03there
39:09there we go
39:10up against meg one
39:12that will be
39:12i have school kick final touch coming off jane magoma
39:17god just a little bit scrappy
39:20there ends up being good defender from meg one sticks to the task
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40:02barlaser
40:07irendale
40:09and
40:16looks for boyle
40:19he's the turn quicker there mark boyle he checked his shoulders
40:24it's a good ball from hanley out to obita gets away from sterling
40:30and that will be
40:32the yellow cards for dujon sterling matthew mcdermott has set the precedent
40:38have to follow that up
40:40well the thing is it's a wonderful ball from hanley and it's a pretty good touch
40:44as well but the touch it just entices sterling the touch from obita it's a good one but it's just
40:51close enough to sterling when he thinks he can go and have a nibble
40:55but the hips defender gets back in touches it past them wiped out
40:59and he was there as soon as he was pulled down sterling was always going to go in the book for that one
41:07it's just continuing this spell
41:19being able to put pressure on that rangers defense
41:23delivery to come in gets a touch
41:30and boyle was arriving at the back post it was a ranger's head that takes it out for a corner
41:36i think it's raskan at the front here rory and it's a pretty important flick as well because
41:42if it's a little bit lower maybe one of those hips players are
41:44able to be able to get on it and boyle flinging himself at the end but that's what raskan's there
41:51for at that near post to try and make sure he's blocking it or at least taking it away from the danger behind them
41:58and going away from goal it's going to be tricky to get any purchase on that
42:13approaching the final five minutes of the half
42:25Kasama who's a scorer in the drag out on Thursday night put Rangers ahead
42:43Raskan, down goes Magoma, another soft free kick taken quickly by Asgard
42:51Raskan, Chirmiti makes the move, that will go well beyond him though
43:03Iredale into Newell, Barlasa and Newell again
43:16looks for that direct ball, Martin Boyle takes it down and bearing it and goal, Martin Boyle
43:24denied by Butlund who's come up now with well two or three big saves for Rangers
43:29he's got a score on it, the guy's talking beforehand about Kieran Billy away
43:38Martin Boyle has to take on that mantle and find the back of the net and it's moments like
43:45that in big games where you need the likes of Martin Boyle to show his quality
43:54I mean I'm surprised he ended up on the end of it because Joe Newell there was options
43:59wider and he pinged it through the middle
44:01got a score, Hibs will be kicking themselves
44:09had their chances Hibs, no doubt about that
44:19Jack Butlund has been by far the busier of the two goalkeepers, Megua
44:28going off from Yuhan and then Andrews to Newell, just a bit behind Obita but still maintains
44:34the momentum, delivery comes in, Yuhan, it's another huge chance for Hibs, passed up this
44:40time by Eli Yuhan who glances his header wide
44:43well what a goal that would have been if Yuhan gets on the end of it, Jadon Magouma, it just goes to show
44:53you again he doesn't have a defensive instinct, Martin Boyle there, he ends up choking it a little bit
45:00and sticks it straight at the goalkeeper, but the cross you see it coming in from the left hand side,
45:08Johan's making that run and Magouma just doesn't recognize the danger, doesn't want to go and challenge in those areas
45:17Hibs will be absolutely kicking themselves that they're not in the lead here as half-time approaches
45:23and you just get the feeling, we've all seen it a million times before in football
45:28when the team's on top and they don't take their chances, they end up being punished themselves
45:37Rocky Basiri going into a dangerous area, he does get away with it by winning the free kick
45:52Newell
45:52and Barlaser
46:05Hanley again he's looking for that cross ball to Obita, Yuhan will pick up the header from Sterling
46:14then will lose out to Chukwani
46:22Chermiti and Iredale getting set for the battle, oh that's clever from Obita, Andrews though
46:34gives it away, down goes Chermiti that will be a Rangers free kick
46:39yeah well Jack Iredale's not happy but it looked to me there as if he's just come through the back of the Rangers front man
46:44a little bit clumsy giving away the free kick
46:51yeah I mean okay the striker move goes down a little bit too easily but he feels the pressure from the defender there
46:59it's a free kick and it just allows Rangers just to calm things down a little bit and try and see themselves through at half time
47:06because at the moment when you get to see the last sort of 15 minutes at the half or so
47:12hips have been the one that have been really on top
47:13Suter
47:25step forward Asgard
47:36Fernandes four additional minutes
47:43and Goma just lost his footing as he tracked onto the artificial surface beyond the the touchline
47:57Sama Bashiri had eyes for that now, Newell over the top, Fernandes will win the race with Boyle
48:17that's better defending from Fernandes recognizing the danger early getting his body in and dealing with it
48:23and offside against Cermiti
48:28quickly back underway and Barlaser
48:32the beat has been a good out ball on that left-hand side he's found well by Barlaser
48:36he's got a wonderful range of passing now Iredale in Boyle knocks it down only into the path of
48:42Raskan sky high from the Belgian Megua into Andrews
48:48Barlasa's got a lovely range of passing
48:50Megua
48:54that's away by Fernandes
48:56you can just imagine that Nicky Candon out there receiving that ball with the space
49:00one touch out of his feet whipping it into the box
49:03Megua now over the top for Andrews this is well worked by Hibbs
49:07nice cutback from the midfielder
49:12with a swing and a miss there's another chance that Hibbs pass up
49:20will they live to regret these openings
49:22Raskan
49:25Raskan
49:29Raskan
49:31Borchamiti
49:33it's a beat up it's able to clear that would have been the ultimate punishment
49:39still on for Rangers
49:40they started pretty well in this game but they've just drifted out of it
49:49in the last 15-20 minutes
49:58con reversing as his returns from Colorado
50:01and Ferdinand
50:04Lombardo
50:05Fernandes extrait
50:06to a green and white shirt
50:08Barlasa again, looking to ping that to the left-hand side for Robita,
50:23Andrews will pick up, settled in well, Robita, Yuan, Kai Andrews.
50:38Now Rocky Bashiri, in from Megwa, Fernandes is such a towering figure,
50:53the heart of that defence, Megwa's won it really well though from Cermiti.
50:58Boyle, an easy run from Boyle, it forces another corner,
51:07continues this good spell for Hibbs.
51:11Yeah, it really does, but they'll be desperate to capitalise,
51:20get themselves in 1-0 up at half-time, but they've had quite a few corners
51:25and set pieces that have not looked overly dangerous so far.
51:30Could this be the one right on the stroke of half-time that makes all the difference?
51:40Robita again, he's had plenty of attempts from that far side, up goes Bashiri,
51:44it's another one that just peters out.
51:52That will be that for the first half, of which Hibbardian have carved open the best of the chances,
52:00and numerous of them, Jack Butlin's come up with a couple of big saves,
52:04some have been missed as well, Eli Yuan in particular, missing an opportunity with a header.
52:11So at the break at half-time at Easter Road, it's Hibbardian 0, Rangers 0.
52:16Rangers 0.