Hibernian vs Falkirk 1-2

Falkirk left Easter Road with a 2-1 win after taking a two-goal lead in the first half and holding on as Hibernian pressed after the break. Jacob Murrell scored both Falkirk goals, while Hibernian’s late pressure never produced an equaliser.

Falkirk struck first in the 13th minute when Murrell finished from Ryan Strain to make it 1-0. Murrell doubled the lead in the 37th minute, this time from Ethan Ross, before Owen Elding pulled one back for Hibernian four minutes later, assisted by Felix Passlack, to leave it 2-1 at half-time.

Hibernian had a penalty overturned by VAR in the 54th minute, with Thibault Klidjé the player involved, and then made two changes around the hour as Rabbi Matondo and Jamie McGrath came on for Klidjé and Azeem Abdulai. Falkirk responded with a change of their own on 65 minutes, when Deniss Meļņiks replaced Ben krauhaus, while Hibernian made two more substitutions on 76 minutes. Falkirk then switched twice on 84 minutes as they protected the lead through the closing stages.

The numbers pointed to Hibernian having most of the ball, with 70% possession, 587 passes and 1.4 expected goals, compared with Falkirk’s 30%, 248 passes and 0.79 xG. Hibernian also had more shots, 17 to 10, and more corners, 6 to 3, but Falkirk had 5 shots on target to Hibernian’s 3 and 3 saves to Hibernian’s 2.

Hibernian’s only booking went to Owen Elding in the 6th minute. Falkirk collected three yellow cards, for Ben krauhaus on 25 minutes, Ryan Strain on 61 minutes and Finley Frank Barbrook on 79 minutes.