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Bookings

• McManus (Celtic)
• Murphy (Hibernian)

Attendance

• 58016

Referee

• Michael McCurry (Scotland)

Hearts kept up their push for Uefa Cup football with an Edinburgh derby win that owed much to the defensive shortcomings of their city rivals.

With the visitors asleep, Michal Pospisil stroked Hearts in front inside the first 30 seconds.

And a shocking mistake from keeper Andrew McNeil allowed Andrew Driver to shoot into an empty net on 22 minutes.

Hibs wasted two good early chances but, despite enjoying a lot of the ball, rarely threatened after the break.

Hearts must now hope Aberdeen slip up in their remaining matches, if they are to nick third place on the last day of the season.

For Hibs it was another miserable day and their winless streak since lifting the CIS Cup continues.

Hibs have made a habit of gifting their local rivals goals in recent seasons and the visitors were at their calamitous worst right from the kick-off.

Chris Hogg and Shelton Martis failed to deal with a long, high punt, letting the ball to bounce between them and Pospisil squeezed past his dithering opponents to slide in an angled shot.

Hibs immediately carved out two wonderful chances to level the game but teenage strikers Damon Gray and Steven Fletcher were both ponderous in front of goal, allowing defenders to close them down.

However, John Collins’ side continued to defend with all the composure of giraffes on ice and Hearts were pouring on the pressure.

McNeil made a great reflex save to keep out a close range Roman Bednar header and the keeper made another fine block to stop a fierce shot from the same player.

The 20-year-old custodian then undid his good work with a catastrophic blunder that led to his team falling further behind.

McNeil advanced to gather a loose ball but, under no pressure, let it squirm from his grasp and Driver was on hand to hook the ball into an empty net from 15 yards.

Guillaume Beuzelin tried his luck with a fizzing long range effort but it flew straight at Hearts keeper Craig Gordon.

McNeil had to look lively to tip over a free-kick from Laryea Kingston and there was a let-off for Hibs on the stroke of half time when Christophe Berra’s header crashed off the crossbar.

The visitors made a bright start after the interval and Hearts defender Christos Karipidis was fortunate to see only one yellow card for violent hacks at Dean Shiels and David Murphy .

Gordon saved free-kicks from Merouane Zemmama and Fletcher but the keeper had little else to do as his defenders kept Hibs at bay with ease.

In the final minute, the goal opened up for Shiels inside the penalty box but the midfielder scuffed his shot, summing up a wretched day for Hibs.

Booked: Fletcher, Whittaker, McCann, Sproule.

Ref: S Dougal

Goals

• Rangers
  • Adam 4
  • Adam 60

Attendance

• 13053

Referee

• Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Scottish Premier – KO 15:00
St Mirren 1 (1) – 0(0) Hibernian
van Zanten 39

Bookings

• Murray (St Mirren) Shiels
• Sproule (Hibernian)

Attendance

• 6008

Referee

• Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Bookings: Brellier (Hearts) Murphy(Hibernian)

Attendance: 17371

Referee: Michael McCurry (Scotland)

BBC Match Report

Hearts 4-1 Hibernian
A devastating first-half display from Hearts sank 10-man Hibs at Tynecastle.

Paul Hartley stabbed in the opener after 27 minutes and Rudi Skacel fired in the second from the edge of a packed penalty area 14 minutes later.

Hartley made it 3-0 from the spot (44), before an off-the-ball incident resulted in Gary Smith being sent-off just before the interval.

Skacel set up Calum Elliot for the fourth (50), while Garry O’Connor bulleted in a consolation for Hibs.

The 126th competitive Edinburgh derby was preceded by a minute’s applause for former Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer who died earlier in the month with cancer.

When the game got underway, it was Jambos keeper Craig Gordon who had to make the first save of the game after six minutes.

The Scottish internationalist threw himself smartly to his right to save a powerful Garry O’Connor header from a Derek Riordan free-kick.

Gordon pulled off an even better save moments later when he punched away Riordan’s first-time drive after the Hibs striker had been set up by O’Connor 16 yards from goal.

There was no let-up in the action and at the other end Hibs keeper Simon Brown saved comfortably from Skacel’s left-footed drive from the edge of the box.

With Scotland manager Walter Smith watching from the stand, Hartley did his international hopes no harm by grabbing the opening goal.

Skacel made his way to the by-line and cut the ball back and there was Hartley to stab home from close range at the front post.

Five minutes before the break, Hartley swung in a free-kick from wide on the left which was knocked out to the edge of the box inadvertently by Christophe Berra and Skacel followed it up to thunder a left-footed shot through a crowd of players and past Brown.

There was more drama three minutes later when Hibs defender Gary Caldwell hauled Skacel down for a penalty.

More drama ensued just before the half-time whistle when Hibs veteran Smith was shown a straight red card for a clash with Saulius Mikoliunas.

The Gorgie side had no intention of sitting on their three-goal lead and indeed added to it only five minutes after the interval.

Skacel all too easily beat Easter Road full-back Steven Whittaker down the left and when his cut-back came into the six-yard box Elliot had the easiest of tasks to slip the ball past the helpless Brown at the near post.

However, the shell-shocked visitors stemmed the tide a little shortly after, when O’Connor turned and drilled a superb 25-yard drive past Gordon.

The home fans were encouraging their team to go looking for more goals, but there was a surprising reluctance from the Hearts players to push home the numerical advantage.

The game, in fact, petered out with both sides content to run the clock down.

Scottish Premier - KO 15:00
Hibernian 4 (0) – 2(2) Kilmarnock

Hibernian Goals

• Caldwell 53
• Beuzelin 61
• Beuzelin 80
• Riordan 81

Kilmarnock Goals

• Ford 7
• Fowler 40

Attendance: 11731

Referee: Alan Freeland (Scotland)

Scottish Premier – KO 14:00
Hibernian 0 (0) – 1(0) Rangers
Novo 59

Bookings

• Beuzelin
• Murray
• Riordan
• Scott Brown (Hibernian) Novo (Rangers)

Attendance

• 17450

Referee

• Kenny Clark (Scotland)

Celtic

• Beattie 59

Hibernian

• O’Connor 7
• Sproule 79
• Scott Brown 81

Celtic

• Marshall
• McNamara
• Balde
• Varga
• Valgaeren
• Petrov
• Lennon
• Thompson
• McGeady (Wallace ,69 )
• Hartson
• Maloney (Beattie ,45)

Subs not used

• Douglas
• Henchoz
• Sylla
• Lambert
• Laursen

Hibernian

• Simon Brown
• Scott Brown
• Caldwell
• Konte (Shiels ,72 )
• Glass
• Murray
• Murray
• Gary Smith
• Whittaker
• Riordan (Sproule ,71 )
• O’Connor (Morrow ,77)

Subs not used

• Alister Brown
• Hogg
• McDonald
• Murphy

Bookings
Celtic

• Thompson

Hibernian

• Glass
• Morrow
• Shiels

Attendance

• 58322

Referee

• Kenny Clark (Scotland)

• Miller 40

• O’Connor 68
• Shiels 73

At Tynecastle on 13-04-2005

Hearts: Gordon ,Thompson (McKenna ,77 ) ,Webster ,Pressley ,Wallace (Berra ,74 ) ,Cesnauskis ,Hartley (Kizys ,68 ) ,MacFarlane ,McAllister ,Miller ,Burchill
Subs not used: Moilanen,Wyness,Hamill,Stewart,

Hibernian: Simon Brown ,Whittaker ,Gary Smith ,Caldwell ,Murray (Thomson ,61 ) ,Murray ,Scott Brown ,Glass ,Shiels (Fletcher ,84 ) ,O’Connor ,Riordan (Konte ,61)
Subs not used Alister Brown,Hogg,Morrow,Sproule,

Bookings: MacFarlane ,McAllister (Hearts) Murray ,Riordan (Hibernian)

Attendance: 17676

Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

At Easter Road on 06-03-2005

Hibernian: Simon Brown ,Whittaker ,Caldwell ,Gary Smith ,Murphy ,Orman (Beuzelin 45 ) ,Scott Brown ,Murray ,Shiels ,O’Connor (Sproule ,81 ) ,Riordan (Konte ,81)
Subs not used: Brown,Fletcher,McDonald,McCluskey,

Celtic: Douglas ,McNamara ,Balde ,Varga ,Laursen ,Petrov ,Lennon ,Sutton (McGeady ,32 ) ,Thompson (Fernandez ,81 ) ,Hartson (Beattie ,74 ) ,Bellamy
Subs not used Marshall,Henchoz,Lambert,Wallace,

Bookings: Caldwell ,Murray ,Sproule (Hibernian) Balde ,Lennon (Celtic)

Attendance: 15787

Referee: Kenny Clark (Scotland)

Scottish Premier – KO 15:00
Rangers 3 (1) – 0(0) Hibernian
Prso 35
Prso 50
Buffel 61

Attendance

• 50143

• Craig Thomson (Scotland)

from bbc (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/4255621.stm)

Dado Prso scored twice as Rangers eased their way back to the top of the SPL with a comfortable win at Ibrox.

The striker was left unmarked to head in a 35th minute corner and drilled in his second soon after the interval.

Hibs ‘keeper Simon Brown made a number of great saves and stopped a penalty from Nacho Novo as Rangers turned in a strong first half performance.

Thomas Buffel fired Rangers further ahead with a powerful strike after a rare spell of Hibs pressure.

Rangers started strongly and Gregory Vignal sent in a low cross from the left that Dado Prso pushed into Novo’s path but the striker fired wide from a great position.

Defender Marvin Andrews was able to bundle the ball over the line from a Michael Ball corner but referee Craig Thomson had spotted an infringement in a crowded six-yard box.

Another good chance came and went for Rangers when Novo set up Prso only for the Croat to fail to beat goalkeeper Simon Brown with another clear sight of goal.

Hibs were being overrun in midfield but a swift counter-attack attack saw Garry O’Connor race onto a Sam Morrow pass only for the back-tracking Alan Hutton to block the striker’s shot.

Novo somehow managed to fire wide from close range after Buffel had set him up moments after goalkeeper Brown had slid out to divert the ball away from the Spaniard.

Brown was then required to make two saves in the space of a few seconds, first to beat away a deflected Novo effort, and then a powerful drive from Buffel.

Prso then sent a header tamely at the goalkeeper before Hutton charged forward to fire a low long-range effort which Brown scrambled round a post.

From the resulting corner Rangers took the lead when the Hibs defence allowed Prso a free header inside the six yard box.

Prso then hit the post, following a defence-splitting pass from Barry Ferguson.

The home side were awarded a penalty when Novo went tumbling but the striker’s tame effort was saved by the impressive Brown.

There was a let-off for Hibs straight after the break when Prso could only fire against the body of Gary Caldwell after the Scotland defender had stumbled in front of goal to set up the chance.

But Prso made it 2-0 in the 50th minute when he slotted the ball home after Novo had steered a Buffel cross into his path.

Hibs were denied a route back into the game when O’Connor’s shot flew across goal and narrowly wide.

Rangers ‘keeper Ronald Waterreus made his first save of the game to deny O’Connor after Buffel had lost out to Gary Smith on the left flank and substitute Antonio Murray fired just over from the corner move.

In the 61st minute, Buffel wrapped up the points with a fine solo effort and his first goal at Ibrox.

Novo and Prso combined to send him away down the inside left channel and, once he had got the better of Steven Whittaker, he beat Brown with a well-struck effort.

Hibs battled gamely over the closing stages but Rangers were content to take the sting out of a game they had thoroughly dominated.

2 goals for hartson, hibs equlaised with caldwell.

Scottish Premier – KO 14:00
Hibernian 0 (0) – 1(0) Rangers
Prso 65 (p)

Hibernian: Simon Brown ,Whittaker ,Caldwell (sent off 63),Murdock (McCluskey ,70 ) ,Glass ,Shiels ,Rocastle (Gary Smith ,65 ) ,Beuzelin ,Murray ,O’Connor (Morrow ,65 ) ,Riordan
Subs not used: Brown,Fletcher,Murphy,Orman,

Rangers: Klos ,Khizanishvili (Hutton ,82 ) ,Andrews ,Boumsong ,Ball ,Namouchi ,Ricksen ,Malcolm ,Lovenkrands (Rae ,45 ) ,Prso ,Novo (sent off 28)
Subs not used Graeme Smith,Arveladze,Vanoli,Hughes,MacKenzie,

Bookings Hibernian:

• Gary Smith
• Shiels
• Simon Brown

Bookings Rangers:

• Khizanishvili

Attendance:

• 13829

Referee:

• Willie Young (Scotland)

Scottish Premier – KO 15:00
Hibernian 4 (2) – 4(1) Dundee

Hibernian Goals

• Shiels 23
• Riordan 41
• O’Connor 46
• O’Connor 50

Dundee Goals

• Sutton 7
• Brady 65
• Larsen 79
• Hernandez Santos 90

Hibernian: Simon Brown ,Whittaker ,Caldwell (Baillie ,45 ) ,Murdock ,Murphy ,Scott Brown ,Beuzelin ,Glass (Nicol ,19 ) ,Shiels ,O’Connor (Morrow ,87 ) ,Riordan
Subs not used

• Brown
• Dobbie
• McManus
• Orman

Dundee: Jack ,Smith ,Sancho ,Mann ,Hernandez Santos ,Barrett (Brady ,63 ) ,Calum McDonald ,Fotheringham (Larsen ,76 ) ,Iain Anderson ,Sutton ,Lovell
Subs not used Murray,Hegarty,Jablonski,Linn,

Bookings: Lovell ,Smith (Dundee)

Attendance

• 9344

Referee

• Charlie Richmond (Scotland)

Scottish Premier – KO 15:00
Rangers 4 (2) – 1(1) Hibernian
Rangers

• Arveladze 11
• Prso 15
• Boumsong 58
• Lovenkrands 84

Hibernian

• Caldwell 35

At Ibrox on 21-08-2004

Rangers: Klos ,Ricksen ,Khizanishvili ,Boumsong ,Vignal (Vanoli ,80 ) ,Arveladze ,Rae ,Hughes (Dragan Mladenovic ,63 ) ,Lovenkrands ,Novo ,Prso (Thompson ,72)
Subs not used: Graeme Smith,Hutton,Adam,McCormack,

Hibernian: Brown ,Whittaker ,Caldwell ,Gary Smith ,Murphy ,Scott Brown ,Shiels (Morrow ,67 ) ,Beuzelin ,Glass (Shields ,75 ) ,O’Connor (Dobbie ,75 ) ,Riordan
Subs not used Brown,McManus,Nicol,Baillie,

Bookings: Novo ,Rae ,Vignal (Rangers) Scott Brown ,Shields ,Shiels ,Whittaker (Hibernian)

Attendance: 48702

Referee: Kenny Clark (Scotland)

Scottish Premier – KO 15:00
Hibernian 0 (0) – 1(0) Kilmarnock
Boyd 73

Bookings

• Murdock (Hibernian) Fowler (Kilmarnock)

Attendance

• 10933

Referee

• Alan Freeland (Scotland)

this game, scheduled for Saturday, was actually player on Sunday for TV

Scottish Premier – KO 15:00
Hearts 5 (2) – 1(0) Hibernian
Kirk 18 Murray 51
de Vries 40
de Vries 66
de Vries 90
de Vries 90

At Tynecastle on 11-08-2002

Hearts: Niemi ,Maybury ,Pressley ,McKenna ,Mahe (McMullan ,61 ) ,Simmons (Twaddle ,54 ) ,Severin ,Boyack ,Valois ,de Vries ,Kirk (Wales ,80)
Subs not used: McKenzie,Webster,

Hibernian: Caig ,Orman ,Gary Smith ,Dempsie ,Murray ,O’Neil (Brebner ,12 ) ,Townsley (Paatelainen ,77 ) ,Jack ,Arpinon ,Luna ,O’Connor (McManus ,78)
Subs not used Colgan,Fenwick,

Bookings: Twaddle (Hearts)

Attendance: 15245

Referee: Michael McCurry (Scotland)

At Celtic Park on 25-02-2001

Celtic: Douglas ,Boyd ,Mjallby ,Vega ,Agathe ,Lambert (Moravcik ,87 ) ,Lennon ,Petrov ,Thompson ,Sutton ,Larsson
Subs not used: Gould,Johnson,Tebily,Crainey,

Hibernian: Colgan ,Sauzee (Murray ,78 ) ,Fenwick ,Gary Smith ,Lovell ,Brebner ,Jack ,O’Neil ,Laursen ,Lehmann (Libbra ,71 ) ,Zitelli
Subs not used Franks,McManus,Bannerman,

Bookings: Lennon (Celtic) Fenwick ,Gary Smith ,O’Neil (Hibernian)

Attendance: 60063

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

At Hampden Park, Glasgow on 07-02-2001

Celtic

• Gould
• Boyd
• Mjallby
• Vega
• McNamara (Petta 45 )
• Lambert
• Lennon
• Petrov
• Thompson
• Larsson (Moravcik 75(sent off 90) )
• Sutton

• Tebily
• Kharin

Rangers

• Klos
• Malcolm
• Wilson
• Konterman
• Tugay (Johnston 45 )
• Numan
• Reyna (sent off 90)
• Ferguson
• Albertz
• Flo
• McCann (Mols 59(sent off 90))

• Subs not used Ricksen
• Miller
• Brown

Celtic Bookings

• Lambert
• McNamara
• Thompson

• Albertz
• Ferguson
• Johnston
• Klos
• Konterman
• Reyna
• Tugay

Attendance

• 50000

Referee

• Willie Young (Scotland)

Six-goal Hibs break Hearts

Hibernian 6-2 Heart of Midlothian

Hibernian could be about to make Dick Advocaat eat his words after a Mixu Paatelainen hat-trick turned the tables in the Edinburgh derby.

Stung by an early goal from Northern Ireland international striker Andy Kirk, Hibs powered back to score six in a scintillating display of skilful, possession football with plenty of punch up front.

A day after Advocaat dismissed Hibs as genuine title contenders, the Rangers manager first watched his side lose 2-1 away to St Johnstone, then would have arrived back in Glasgow just in time to watch TV pictures of the kind of convincing win in the capital that ought to be the reserve of champions.

Hibs’ 6-2 win takes them to within five points of leaders Celtic and seven ahead of fourth-top Rangers, who were beaten at Easter Road last weekend.

Shrugging off

Hibernian had named the same side that started the game against Rangers, French striker David Zitelli, who suffered a hamstring strain after scoring the winner, having recovered in time.

Russell Latapy challenged by Thomas Flogel
Russell Latapy challenged by Thomas Flogel
Scott Severin returned for Hearts after shrugging off injuries but had to make do with a place on the bench, but fellow midfielder Lee Makel and strikers Gary Wales and Stephane Adam were all still out.

Hearts’ only change from the side that defeated Dundee United last weekend was versatile Austrian Thomas Flogel coming in for Grant Murray at full-back.

Gordon Durie became the latest, following the likes of Brian Hamilton and present team-mate Darren Jackson, to don both colours in Edinburgh derbies and he marked the event, and this week’s signing of a long-term contract, by setting up the opening goal.

Fears of another goal-less draw to follow the first Edinburgh derby of the season were dispelled after a mere four minutes had elapsed, when the veteran striker picked out the over-lapping run from Steve Fulton.

Early control

The midfielder who has been standing in at left-back following the sale of Gary Naysmith drove in a low cross that was turned home at the near post by Kirk, who had stolen in ahead of Paul Fenwick, for his fourth goal in three games.

Inspired by the goal and the commanding presence of central defender Steve Pressley, Hearts took early control, but the home side gradually worked their way into the match.

Latapy found Paatelainen with crossfield ball that caught Fulton out of position, but the striker’s chip was foiled by the hand of fellow Finn Antii Niemi in the Hearts goal.

Paatelainen then headed home from the resulting corner, but referee Hugh Dallas blew for a foul by the striker on Pressley.

Thoroughly deserved

A shot from Ulrik Laursen thundered into Niemi’s chest and Russell Latapy screwed a shot wide from 16 yards after being put clear by Zitelli.

However, although Durie fired in a drive that was well held by Nick Colgan after the striker dispossessed Gary Smith, Hibs thoroughly deserved the equaliser when it came after 42 minutes.

A Latapy cross was flicked on by the head of Zitelli, bounced off Pressley’s chest in to the path of Paatelainen and the veteran thumped the ball into the roof of the net from eight yards.

It only took another minute for Hibs to completely turn the match on its head.

Pressley could only head Zitelli’s corner high in the air, Laursen climbed above the defence to head the ball into the six yard box, where Paatelainen prodded the ball past Niemi.

Six minutes into the second half and Hibs were in total command when Latapy’s pass split the centre of the defence and Zitelli played the ball under the approaching Niemi and into the net.

Volleying home

Another delightful pass from Latapy sent John O’Neil down the right wing and his cross into the box was side-footed home by Paatelainen to make it four after 74 minutes.

O’Neil got himself on the scoresheet next, pouncing on a loose ball to thump the ball into the roof of the net in a crowded penalty area from 16 yards.

Latapy provided the tastiest form of icing on the cake with seven minutes remaining, beating a defender, playing a one-two with Paatelainen and then volleying home from eight yards.

Hearts got one back when substitute Gary McSwegan won a tackle on the edge of the box and Colin Cameron drove the ball into the far corner, but it was a mere consolation on a sad night for Jim Jefferies’ cash-hit side.

Hibernian: Colgan, Lovell, G. Smith, Sauzee, Fenwick, Laursen, O’Neil, Jack, Latapy, Paatelainen, Zitelli.

Subs: Franks, Andrews, Lehmann, Bannerman, Murray.

Hearts: Niemi, Flogel, Pressley, James, Fulton, Petric, Cameron, Tomaschek, Kirk, Durie, Juanjo.

Subs:

• McKenzie
• McSwegan
• Jackson
• Murray
• Severin

Referee: H Dallas.

Scottish Premier – KO 15:00
Hibernian 2 (0) – 2(2) Kilmarnock
Paatelainen 74 Smith 16
Miller 90 Cocard 22 (p)

Hibernian: Colgan ,Collins ,Hughes ,Dennis ,Renwick (McGinlay ,53 ) ,Sauzee ,Lovell ,Latapy ,Brebner ,Paatelainen ,Lehmann (Miller ,65)
Subs not used: Phillips,Bannerman,Jack,

Kilmarnock: Meldrum ,Canero ,Innes ,Lauchlan ,Dindeleux ,Reilly ,Gary Holt ,Durrant ,Mitchell ,Cocard (Jeffrey ,85 ) ,Smith (Wright ,87)
Subs not used Watt,Burke,Davidson,

Bookings: Paatelainen ,Sauzee (Hibernian) Lauchlan (Kilmarnock)

Attendance: 12408

Referee: Kenny Clark (Scotland)