Hibernian can break Hearts in Edinburgh derby

Scottish Premiership
Sky Sports Football & Main Event, 5.30pm Saturday

Hibernian can move within a point of capital rivals Hearts with victory at Easter Road.

Neil Lennon's side were a long way from their best at Ibrox in midweek, but still managed to claim a point from Rangers.

Hearts have improved since the return of Steven Naismith, but they look particularly vulnerable on the road.

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The loss of Martin Boyle, who is on Asian Cup duty with Australia, is a blow to Hibs, but Lennon read the riot act to Flo Kamberi recently and the striker could yet have a big impact.

It's certain to be an explosive encounter and bookings should be looked at too in a fixture that can often be far more volatile on and off the pitch than their Old Firm counterparts.

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Team news
Hibernian
Lewis Stevenson is set to miss out. He will join Marvin Bartley, Thomas Agyepong, Harry Mavrias, Miquel Nelom, Ross Laidlaw, Ofir Marciano and Ryan Porteous on the casualty list. Martin Boyle, Mark Milligan and Jamie Maclaren are all away with Australia.

Hearts
Arnaud Djoum and Peter Haring. Uche Ikpeazu, John Souttar, Clevid Dikamona and James Dunne are all out.

Key stat
Hearts have failed to score in four of their last five away games.

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