Where Will Hibs Finish?

[Vini1875]

Massively depends on the next two games. Winning both of those will give us the believe to really go for 3rd, which given where we were when PH came would be fantastic. I'd still be happy with 4th and a shot at Europe.

[Hibernia&Alba]

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Massively depends on the next two games. Winning both of those will give us the believe to really go for 3rd, which given where we were when PH came would be fantastic. I'd still be happy with 4th and a shot at Europe.

Fourth again would be excellent. As we along as finish top six this season, I'll be happy enough. Our recent form is deserving of that.

[allmodcons]

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Massively depends on the next two games. Winning both of those will give us the believe to really go for 3rd, which given where we were when PH came would be fantastic. I'd still be happy with 4th and a shot at Europe.

win/win or win/draw and we should be aiming for 3rd place.
Not easy, but achievable.

[heretoday]

Fourth. Hurrah for Heck!

[Diclonius]

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You seriously reckon we will only win 1 game between now and the end of the season?

A lot of those are draws so could go either way, but I would say the only game in which the most likely outcome is a Hibs win is the home derby.

[500miles]

I think we're missing a bit of our star quality - Boyle and Porteous in particular - which may just tell against the top clubs. Mallan playing higher up the pitch now though, may just get the telling contribution from him though. Killie will be a good test.

[TheHarpy76]

5th

[Lancs Harp]

I think we'll have a decent run in and finish 4th.

[erin go bragh]

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If you predict how everyone's games go, you can predict how the league will look at the end of the season.

Kilmarnock:
Hibs (A) Draw
St Johnstone (H) Win
Celtic (A) Loss
Rangers (H) Draw
Aberdeen (H) Draw
Hearts (A) Draw
Hibs (H) Draw
Total: 8

Aberdeen:
Motherwell (H) Draw
Dundee (A) Win
Celtic (H) Loss
Rangers (A) Loss
Kilmarnock (A) Draw
Hearts (H) Win
Hibs (A) Draw
Total: 9

Hearts:
Rangers (A) Loss
Hibs (H) Win
Celtic (A) Loss
Rangers (H) Draw
Kilmarnock (H) Win
Aberdeen (A) Loss
Hibs (A) Loss
Total: 7

Hibs:
Kilmarnock (H) Draw
Hearts (A) Loss
Celtic (H) Loss
Rangers (A) Loss
Kilmarnock (A) Draw
Aberdeen (H) Draw
Hearts (H) Win
Total: 6

Totals:
Kilmarnock 62
Aberdeen 61
Hearts 57
Hibs 54

I've put in a lot of draws there as I reckon quite a few could go either way, so still a lot of variance in those totals. Us and Hearts have the hardest run ins of the four clubs and I think Aberdeen and Kilmarnock will more than likely finish a fair bit ahead of us.

Were the form team in the league just now . No way will we only win one game out of the last seven 🤔
Beat Killie on Wed and we will be 3pts behind them . The diets will do well to get even a point at Mordor . Meaning a win at the PBS could put us 4pts in front of them and making 3rd a very realistic chance .
We’re undefeated under PH in the league ya miserable git 😜
Cheer up and be positive 😉

[HibeeHibernian4]

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Were the form team in the league just now . No way will we only win one game out of the last seven 🤔
Beat Killie on Wed and we will be 3pts behind them . The diets will do well to get even a point at Mordor . Meaning a win at the PBS could put us 4pts in front of them and making 3rd a very realistic chance .
We’re undefeated under PH in the league ya miserable git 😜
Cheer up and be positive 😉

You can't use form as a reason for why form will extend. Otherwise, once a side started a 6 game undefeated run, they'd go onto a 20, 30, 40 game undefeated run. It doesn't happen because football is a very random game. Us winning 1 of our last 7 is a lot more likely than winning all 7.

[Sir David Gray]

I'll go for 5th.

Winning on Wednesday is crucial if we are to have any chance of finishing 3rd or 4th.

[Juniper Greens]

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You can't use form as a reason for why form will extend. Otherwise, once a side started a 6 game undefeated run, they'd go onto a 20, 30, 40 game undefeated run. It doesn't happen because football is a very random game. Us winning 1 of our last 7 is a lot more likely than winning all 7.

You can't ignore it either. Agree that 7/7 is highly unlikely, but I bet no non Glasgow Derby team has ever done that post split.
More realistic would be to say that we might win between 3-5 of the final games. FWIW, I think we will win 4, draw 2 and lose 1, giving us 62 points, which I think would get us 3rd on goal difference

[Green_one]

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After the Livi game I thought we were certain to finish above Hearts.
After Hearts beat Aberdeen i thought different and we would finish behind them in 6th.
Weds

I think we have lost the chance of a 5th place though not yet impossible.

6th is OK considering where we were a couple of months ago

[Onceinawhile]

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I think we have lost the chance of a 5th place though not yet impossible.

6th is OK considering where we were a couple of months ago

We're two points behind 5th place and are due to play the team in that position twice? A win tomorrow would in all likelihood put us into 5th, unless HMFC win at Ibrox, in which case, I'm looking to finish 2nd!

[Bangkok Hibby]

Todays other results (points and an improved goal difference for Aberdeen and Killie) have made it a difficult task to improve on 5th. Wherever we finish it's been a great ride since Heckingbottom arrived. Top 3 or better next year?

[Onceinawhile]

5th unfortunately, not winning midweek has made it almost impossible to finish higher unless we get 15/15.

[wookie70]

If there is a win between Killie and The Don's we can still make 4th and possibly Europe. 5th most likely but continue this run then we might get better. At best we have 7 points to make up on two teams who we play each once for 3rd or better 6pts to make up on one of them for 4th.

I want Killie to beat the Dons as that could set up another last game at ER with league positions at stake. It is incredible how often we have had a full season of meaningful games in the last few years. Cup Finals, play off, Championship games and Euro places up for grabs.

[Glory Lurker]

No we're not, we're only 28.

[Hibeesmad]

Now only 5 points behind Killie. Currently 8 points behind Aberdeen in 3rd.

Next two fixtures:

Aberdeen- Rangers (A), Celtic (H)
Killie- Celtic (A), Hearts (A)

If things really go our way and both teams lose their next two games then we have a fantastic chance at 3rd.
If that was the case and we got at least 4 points from our next two then we would be 4 points off 3rd with a better goal difference. It's going to be close and our next two games are going to set us up nicely for the battle with Killie and Aberdeen.

[CMurdoch]

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Now only 5 points behind Killie. Currently 7 points behind Aberdeen in 3rd.

Next two fixtures:

Aberdeen- Rangers (A), Celtic (H)
Killie- Celtic (A), Hearts (A)

If things really go our way and both teams lose their next two games then we have a fantastic chance at 3rd.
If that was the case and we got at least 4 points from our next two then we would be 3 points off 3rd with a better goal difference. It's going to be close and our next two games are going to set us up nicely for the battle with Killie and Aberdeen.

We are currently 8 points behind Aberdeen

[Hibeesmad]

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We are currently 8 points behind Aberdeen

Now edited. thank's for pointing that out

[Besties Debut]

There is 12 points to play for. If we can get at least 9 we should comfortably finish 4th assuming Killie don’t suddenly start winning all their games

[Onion]

Beat Hearts and Killie and we have a decent chance of 4th, but realistically 5th.

[Eyrie]

I can't see us catching Aberdeen as that needs too much to go in our favour including a collapse by them.

But Kilmarnock are catchable. Right now it's Killie 58 points (+17 goal difference) vs Hibs 53 points (+15 GD).

Next weekend they visit Celtc (a defeat) and we play Hearts (need a win anyway) = Killie 58 pts, Hibs 56 pts.

Then they visit the Tiny PBS (a draw) and we go to Ibrox (defeat) = Killie 59 pts, Hibs 56 pts.

The key game is us at Killie. A win means we're level on 59 pts and we'd be ahead on goal difference.

They finish at home to Sevco and we host Aberdeen. All we need to do is match Killie's result.

Nothing unrealistic about any of the above. A win in the derby almost guarantees us finishing above Hearts and leaves them with nothing to play for until the cup final. And if we can't win at Kilmarnock then we won't deserve to beat them to fourth.

[heid the baw]

If Killie hang on to 4th, then it is merited as they have performed consistently well this season. They have never experienced an extended collapse of form and I don't see it happening now. I think Hibs can pick up points in all the remaining games, whether it is enough to close the gap completely, I'm not convinced.