Hibernian vs Arbroath
Hibernian will undergo match day 3 of Group C of the Scottish League Cup as host. They returned to aiming for maximum results like last weekend when entertaining Alloa Ath. This time they played against Arbroath at Easter Road.
Saturday (20/7) yesterday Hibernian appeared dominant over Alloa Ath, but had to wait until 68 minutes to break the deadlock through the action of Christian Doidge, then closed the game to 2-0 through Thomas James’ contribution on 84 minutes. Larger scores could appear because they release up to 9 shots on target. With that result alone, Hibernian can rise to number 3 with a collection of 4 points.
Arbroath will be an interesting opponent because they have just crushed Stirling Albion with a score of 1-6 through brace David Gold and Greig Spence. The party also helped them to occupy the top of the standings as the only participant who won perfect report cards until match day 2.
Arbroath will also use the victory as a capital to travel to Easter Road. They still keep a bad record there because they have always been badly beaten for 3 consecutive trials, namely with a score of 6-0 in 2006, 3-1 in 2015, and lastly 6-1 in 2017. Certainly, the host is also quite confident after held a party over Alloa Ath weekend yesterday, moreover they also represented the Premier League caste against Arbroath as the representative of League 1.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.28