Match Report
| Hibernian | Hibernian |  |  | East Fife | East Fife | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Ritchie | B. Ritchie |  | 57 | G |  | 1 | | G | 59 | | Scott Morrison | S. Morrison | |||||||||
| Nicolas Bartsch | N. Bartsch |  | 66 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 59 | | Matt Henderson | M. Henderson | |||||||||
| Kevin Niven | K. Niven | | 62 | D | | 3 | | D | 55 | | Neil Caldwell | N. Caldwell | |||||||||
| Garry Mcallister | G. Mcallister | | 48 | D | | 4 | | D | 51 | | Alex Hendry | A. Hendry | |||||||||
| Colin Mckinlay | C. Mckinlay | | 44 | D | | 5 | | D | 51 | | Duncan Law | D. Law | |||||||||
| Colin Hansen | C. Hansen | | 60 | M | | 6 | | M | 66 | | Garry Greig | G. Greig | |||||||||
| Stuart Collins | S. Collins | | 56 | M | | 7 | | M | 54 | | Stuart Rae | S. Rae | |||||||||
| Craig Law | C. Law | | 45 | M | | 8 | | M | 49 | | Callum Collins | C. Collins | |||||||||
| Gary Hansen | G. Hansen | | 64 | A | | 9 | | A | 71 | | Duncan Campbell | D. Campbell | |||||||||
| David McStay | D. McStay | | 55 | A | | 10 | | A | 57 | | Dominic Booth | D. Booth | |||||||||
| Gavin Hendry | G. Hendry | | 54 | A | | 11 | | A | 53 | | Richard White | R. White | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Easter Road where Hibernian play host to East Fife. A crowd of 9,405 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Hibernian and East Fife are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Hibernian and East Fife are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0East Fife start the match!
2.26
0-1Neil Caldwell makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Callum Collins. Callum Collins kicks a strong pass forward to Duncan Campbell. Duncan Campbell knocks in a cross ball towards Richard White. Richard White heads the ball goalwards. What a cracker!! Billy Ritchie had no chance!! Goal for East Fife!
6.28
0-1Kevin Niven controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Stuart Collins. Stuart Collins makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gary Hansen. Gary Hansen knocks in a cross ball towards Gavin Hendry. Gavin Hendry flicks the ball with his head. It's miles wide!
8.33
0-1Garry Mcallister passes the ball forward to Craig Law. Craig Law kicks a strong pass forward to Gary Hansen. Gary Hansen whips in a cross ball towards David McStay. David McStay is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. The ball is well placed but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
9.56
Garry Greig decides to run forward with the ball. Garry Greig finds some space and shoots from distance but it is miles over!
18.46
0-1East Fife are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Hibernian's defence.
24.04
0-1Craig Law chips the ball to his team mate, David McStay. David McStay knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Alex Hendry.
26.39
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
27.37
Stuart Rae makes a simple pass to Dominic Booth. Dominic Booth knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Billy Ritchie who gathers it comfortably.
28.55
Stuart Collins makes a probing pass to Gary Hansen. Gary Hansen controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it is tipped over by Scott Morrison.
34.21
0-1Craig Law barges into Garry Greig. Craig Law is given a warning by the referee! Garry Greig carries on, but is struggling a bit.
36.17
Nicolas Bartsch kicks a strong pass forward to Colin Hansen. Colin Hansen deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Gary Hansen. Gary Hansen shoots from long range but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
38.44
Stuart Collins threads the ball through to David McStay. David McStay shoots from 20 yards. It's miles wide!
39.42
Duncan Law controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Stuart Rae. Stuart Rae brings the ball forward. Stuart Rae knocks in a cross ball towards Duncan Campbell. Duncan Campbell flicks the ball with his head but it is tipped over by Billy Ritchie.
42.43
Stuart Rae deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Duncan Campbell. Duncan Campbell knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
45.00
Garry Mcallister makes a probing pass to Colin Hansen. Colin Hansen knocks the ball to his team mate, Gavin Hendry. Gavin Hendry shoots from 25 yards. Scott Morrison easily smothers it.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and Hibernian get the second half underway!
48.46
Craig Law chips the ball to his team mate, Gary Hansen. Gary Hansen finds some space and shoots from distance. Magnificent save by Scott Morrison!
51.01
0-1David McStay clumsily knocks into Matt Henderson. The referee calls over David McStay and warns him to calm down! Matt Henderson runs off the knock.
55.29
Matt Henderson controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Callum Collins. Callum Collins makes a simple pass to Duncan Campbell. Duncan Campbell finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball comes in low, but Billy Ritchie easily smothers it!
57.01
0-1Duncan Law makes a probing pass to Callum Collins. Callum Collins knocks the ball forward to Richard White. Richard White passes the ball forward but Dominic Booth is offside!
60.12
Craig Law kicks a strong pass forward to Gary Hansen. Gary Hansen lofts in a cross ball towards Gavin Hendry. Gavin Hendry powers a header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
65.45
Stuart Collins passes the ball forward to Gavin Hendry. Gavin Hendry lofts in a cross ball towards David McStay. David McStay heads the ball goalwards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
72.36
Stuart Collins chips the ball to his team mate, Gary Hansen. Gary Hansen shoots from 20 yards but it is miles over!
75.27
Stuart Rae makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Dominic Booth. Dominic Booth deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Richard White. Richard White shoots from just inside the box. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
78.13
Garry Greig makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Duncan Campbell. Duncan Campbell knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
81.48
Stuart Collins knocks the ball forward to David McStay. David McStay shoots from long range but it curls horrendously wide!
89.42
Colin Mckinlay knocks the ball forward to Stuart Collins. Stuart Collins passes the ball forward to Gavin Hendry. Gavin Hendry plays a perfect one-two with Gary Hansen and rushes in on goal... Gavin Hendry cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Gavin Hendry scores for Hibernian!!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
1
2
Shots on Target
5
4
Shots off Target
7
1
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
2
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
57.9%
42.1%
Play Area
22.4%
47.4%
30.3%
Scorers
| Gavin Hendry 89 | Richard White 2, 75 |