Hibs stay 10th after the break, with Dundee United next at Easter Road
Wednesday 11 November 2026 · By Niamh Boyle
Hibs have not played since Saturday's 4–0 win at Aberdeen, and they don't play again until a week on Saturday. That result is still doing a lot of work for them in the table, and the international break gives Marink Reedijk time to build on it.
On the BBC Premiership table, taken at 12:12 GMT this afternoon, Hibs are 10th on 11 points from 12 games. Aberdeen are 11th, also on 11, with Hibs ahead on goal difference. Kilmarnock are bottom on nine from 13 games, two points behind. So Hibs are off the bottom, but only just, and the gap to ninth-placed Motherwell is still two points.
A lot has happened at the other end of that Pittodrie result. On Monday, Aberdeen confirmed that they had parted company with head coach Stephen Robinson, along with Brian Kerr and Stephen Craigan. That's a club decision, now confirmed, and it underlines how much Saturday changed the picture for both sides. For Hibs, the question is whether that 4–0 win is the start of something in the league, rather than a one-off.
The next test is at home. Dundee United come to Easter Road on Saturday 21 November at 15:00 GMT. United are sixth on 17 points from 12 games, level with Dundee and St Johnstone, and they are unbeaten in the league for several weeks. They'll see this as a chance to put a bit of space between themselves and the sides below them. Hibs will see it as a chance to close the gap.
It's a good fixture to have at home, in front of supporters who have had little to cheer in the league until recently. The last league win before Saturday had been at Dundee on 30 August, so another three points would start to make the table look very different.
The League Cup final against Rangers, at Hampden on Sunday 13 December at 15:00 GMT, is unchanged and still to come. That will take care of itself in time. The immediate job is the league, and United are the first side Hibs face after the break.
Scotland play North Macedonia on Friday and Switzerland on Monday. Those games have not been played yet, and any Hibs players involved will need managing when they get back. Then, after United, Hibs host Dundee on Tuesday 24 November at 19:45 GMT and go to Motherwell on Saturday 28 November. That's a busy run against sides around them, and a chance to climb.
Reedijk now has two wins in a row, one in the cup and one in the league. The supporters will want to see that continue at Easter Road. United will be a tougher opponent than a side that was already in trouble at home, but that's the point of the next fortnight: to turn a good week into a decent month.
Tenth is better than 12th. The aim now is to make sure it doesn't stop there.
Easter Road is the home of Hibernian, in Leith in the east of Edinburgh, at 12 Albion Place, EH7 5QG. It is an all-seated bowl of 20,421, rebuilt between 1995 and 2010, and it still feels like a neighbourhood ground. Visiting supporters are almost always in the South Stand, behind the goal at the south end. For most games that is the lower tier. Bigger followings, especially Hearts, Celtic and Rangers, can be given the whole stand. Seats are allocated, turnstiles are cashless, and tickets are not sold on the gate, so buy before you travel.
The plan above is drawn roughly to the pitch, which runs north to south at about 105 by 68 metres. The goals sit on the goal lines in front of the end stands, not the side stands. The Famous Five Stand is behind the north goal, named for Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Eddie Turnbull and Willie Ormond. It is home support, two tiers, with rail seating in the lower tier. The South Stand, gold on the diagram so you can pick it out, mirrors it: two tiers, a cantilever roof, and an upper deck that angles in at the corners because the streets behind would not allow a plain rectangle. Each end holds a little under 4,000.
The West Stand, on the west touchline, is the main stand, opened in 2001. It is two-tiered, about 6,500 seats, with the tunnel and dugouts on this side. Opposite, the single-tier Pat Stanton Stand — the East Stand until it was renamed in 2025 — is the steep one, about 6,400 seats, built in 2010 on the old East Terrace. The roofs are a similar height, but the corners are open. From the away end you look up the pitch at the Famous Five, West Stand on your left, Pat Stanton on your right. No pillars, a decent rake, and one upper corner of your stand clipped by the road behind. The Famous Five and the Pat Stanton Stand make most of the noise.
Edinburgh Waverley is the useful station, a 20 to 25 minute walk via London Road and Easter Road. Lothian Buses from Princes Street stop on London Road at Easter Road, a few minutes from the turnstiles; the tram to Balfour Street suits the airport. Do not count on parking beside the ground. A matchday order cones the streets around Albion Place, and illegally parked cars are towed. Leave the car west of Easter Road, outside the restricted zone. Supporter coaches go to Regent Road, then a ten-minute walk: down Easter Road, right into Bothwell Street, over the footbridge towards Albion Road. Disabled badge holders can be directed to the south side of St Clair Street.
Give yourself time. Lights around Leith Street and Picardy Place regularly add a quarter of an hour. Middletons, at the top of Easter Road, is the pub most often used by visiting supporters and sits well for the away turnstiles. Other bars nearby can be home-leaning on derby days. Kiosks inside are cashless, and bags are discouraged unless you need one. Check your club’s travel notes for the latest on flags and drums.
Hibs first played here in 1893. The record gate is still 65,860, against Hearts on 2 January 1950. The pitch sloped for decades, the north end about six feet lower, until it was levelled after 1999/2000. The old north terrace was the Cowshed; the south was the Dunbar End, after a lemonade factory, and has long been the away end. You now walk into the rebuilt ground: ends from 1995, West Stand from 2001, Pat Stanton Stand from 2010. Compact, covered, and easy to read once you know which goal is yours.