Hibernian are one of Scottish football’s established clubs, founded in 1875 and rooted at Easter Road Stadium. Their major honours stand at one Scottish Cup and one League Cup, enough to mark out a club with a place in the national story without pretending they live in the same financial weather as the Glasgow sides.
The current squad is listed at around £17m by Transfermarkt, with 28 players and an average age of 26. Martin Boyle and Owen Elding share the early scoring lead on three goals, with Nathan Lowe, Felix Passlack and Callum Wright on two apiece, suggesting a side not wholly dependent on one source.
Their league start has been uneven. Six rounds into the 2026-27 Premiership, Hibs sit eighth with six points, having mixed useful away wins at Dundee and Rangers with defeats to Motherwell, Hearts and St Johnstone. The home numbers are the concern – an average of one goal scored and 2.5 conceded – while their away return of 1.7 goals scored per match gives them a clearer route into games.
Their wider season has already taken in a League Cup quarter-final and the Conference League qualifying play-off round, adding some early mileage to a squad still trying to find league rhythm.
For Celtic supporters, Hibernian remain a familiar Premiership opponent: capable enough going forward, more convincing away than at Easter Road so far, and currently positioned in the bottom half rather than among the early pace-setters.
📈 Key stats and insights
⚔️ How they compare to Celtic
Compared with Celtic, Hibernian are clearly behind on both ends of the pitch: Celtic lead the league and offer a superior attacking threat and defensive standard, while Hibernian's primary advantage is their relatively stronger away attacking split, but overall Celtic hold the edge across the key metrics.
