Hibs through to 5th round of Scottish Cup after six-goal thriller
Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK.
28/01/2020.
Pic shows: HibsÕ striker, Chris Doidge, heads home his sideÕs 3rd goal during the 2nd half as Hibs play host to Dundee Utd in the Scottish Cup 4th round replay at Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh.
Credit: Ian Jacobs
Hibs are through to the fifth round of the William Hill
Scottish Cup after a six-goal thriller at Easter Road tonight and will now
travel to Alloa’s Indodrill Stadium to face BSC, the only non-league side left
in the competition.
Head Coach Jack Ross made two changes to his starting XI with Florian Kamberi and Stephane Omeonga making way for Scott Allan and Steven Whittaker.
Hibs started brightly and almost took an early lead when
Whittaker beat five defenders before firing a powerful drive inches past the post.
The visitors opened the scoring in the 11th minute against the run of play when Lawrence Shankland showed why he is so highly rated as he controlled the ball on his chest on the edge of the area before volleying past Ofir Marciano for his 27th goal of the season.
Hibs fought back and Whittaker again went close but slack
defending from a corner left Shankland free but his volley flew well over the
bar.
Hibs had a couple of penalty claims waved away before
referee Kevin Clancy eventually pointed to the spot after Martin Boyle was
chopped down by Calum Butcher as he surged into the area.
Allan sent Ben Siegrist the wrong way to equalise five
minutes before the break.
United had to survive two corners before the referee finally
blew for half-time.
Neither side made any changes and Hibs were twice denied by offside
flags before they took the lead in the 59th minute.
Joe Newell feigned a shot before gliding into the box and
cutting the ball back for Doidge to fire it into the net.
Within a minute Louis Appere
broke clear but Marciano produced a sensational save to retain the lead but
moments later the visitors equalised when Adrian Sprole’s shot was deflected
into the net.
Ross made a double substitution replacing Allan and Daryl
Horgan with Kamberi and Fraser Murray and Hibs went back into the lead after
Doidge headed home a Joe Newell corner.
Whittaker left the field to a standing ovation after a
superb performance and was replaced by Melker Hallberg.
United fought for an equaliser but in the dying minutes great
pressing by Kamberi and Boyle resulted in Hibs winning a corner.
Newell sent the ball into the danger area and Kamberi’s
strike fell to Doidge who fired the ball high into the net sparking jubilation
from the Hibs’ fans.
Hibernian: Marciano, Whittaker (Hallberg 80), Hanlon, Horgan
(Murray 71), Doidge, Boyle, Newell, Stevenson, James, Jackson, Allan (Kamberi
71). Unused substitutes: Bogdan, Gray, McGregor, Gullan.
Dundee United: Siegrist, Smith Powers, Connolly, Reynolds,
Pawlett (Sow 76), Robson, Butcher, Harkes (Sprole 65), Shankland, Appere (Glass
82). Unused substitutes: Mehmet, McMullan, King, Watson.
Referee: Kevin Clancy.
Attendance: 10,451