# Hibernian v Falkirk — the Match Wizard Scottish Premiership, game week 9 — Saturday, 17 October 2026, kick-off 15:00 UK time. > The wizard is price-blind: four steps on played-match facts alone, then your appraisal — and only then the market. Read it in order. Nothing here is a tip or a selection. Hibernian: 46 league matches in the bank, 8 from this season and the rest from last season. Falkirk: 46 league matches in the bank, 8 from this season and the rest from last season. ## Step 1 of 4 — The table **Hibernian and Falkirk finished near neighbours last season -- 5th and 6th of 12 -- so rank alone splits nothing here. Against the block the other keeps: Hibernian takes 1.83 points a game, Falkirk 1.25 -- the block form is Hibernian's.** Step one is THE TABLE: rank against rank, and the blocks -- the table cut into a top, middle and bottom block, drawn from last season's final standings. The question is not just where each side stands but how it behaves against the company the other keeps: does it play to rank against the blocks above and below, or come apart? ### Hibernian -- at home - **Where it stands:** Stands 10th of 12 after 8 games, with 7 points. Last season it finished 5th of 12 in this division. - **Its block:** By last season's final table it sits in the middle block (5th to 8th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 8 games old. - **Against today's opponent's block:** Today it faces a side from the middle block (5th to 8th). Against that block it has won 6, drew 4, lost 2 of 12 -- 22 points of 36. At home against them: won 3 of 4. Away against them: won 3 of 8. - **Across all the blocks:** Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 4, drew 4, lost 11 of 19 (0.84 a game); against the middle block won 6, drew 4, lost 2 of 12 (1.83 a game); against the bottom block won 7, drew 5, lost 2 of 14 (1.86 a game); against sides new to the division won 0, drew 0, lost 1 of 1 (0.00 a game). ### Falkirk -- away - **Where it stands:** Stands 11th of 12 after 8 games, with 6 points. Last season it finished 6th of 12 in this division. - **Its block:** By last season's final table it sits in the middle block (5th to 8th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 8 games old. - **Against today's opponent's block:** Today it faces a side from the middle block (5th to 8th). Against that block it has won 4, drew 3, lost 5 of 12 -- 15 points of 36. At home against them: won 3 of 8. Away against them: won 1 of 4. - **Across all the blocks:** Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 4, drew 4, lost 12 of 20 (0.80 a game); against the middle block won 4, drew 3, lost 5 of 12 (1.25 a game); against the bottom block won 7, drew 2, lost 4 of 13 (1.77 a game); against sides new to the division won 0, drew 1, lost 0 of 1 (1.00 a game). ## Step 2 of 4 — Home and away form **+0.17 points a game is the venue form gap, in Hibernian's favour: Hibernian takes 1.35 a game at home over the last two seasons, Falkirk 1.18 away.** Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so. ### Hibernian -- at home - **Its record at the relevant venue:** This season at home: won 0, drew 1, lost 3 of 4, scoring 3 and conceding 7. Last season at home: won 8, drew 6, lost 5 of 19, scoring 32 and conceding 19 -- 1.58 points a game. - **Its last five league matches:** Newest first: lost to Dundee United 0-1 away; drew with Aberdeen 1-1 at home; lost to Kilmarnock 0-1 at home; lost to St. Johnstone 1-2 away; lost to Hearts 1-3 at home. - **The dugout:** The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 35 matches with one recorded (34, 1 apiece), most recently Marink Reedijk with 1. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures. ### Falkirk -- away - **Its record at the relevant venue:** This season away: won 0, drew 3, lost 1 of 4, scoring 3 and conceding 4. Last season away: won 7, drew 2, lost 9 of 18, scoring 17 and conceding 28 -- 1.28 points a game. - **Its last five league matches:** Newest first: lost to Dundee 1-2 at home; drew with St. Johnstone 1-1 away; beat Hearts 2-1 at home; drew with Dundee United 1-1 away; lost to Rangers 1-2 at home. - **The dugout:** Every one of the 35 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by John McGlynn. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures. ## Step 3 of 4 — Goals, and when they come **Hibernian scores heaviest in the 76-90+ spell and concedes heaviest in 31-45+; Falkirk scores heaviest in 61-75 and concedes heaviest in 31-45+.** Step three is GOALS, AND WHEN THEY COME. Not just how many each side scores and lets in, but the minute bands they come in, who lands the first blow, what each side does after falling behind, and who finds goals late. A side that concedes early and scores late reads very differently from one that does the opposite, at the same goal difference. Side by side: Hibernian scores most in the 76-90+ band (16 of 66); Hibernian concedes most in the 31-45+ band (16 of 56); Falkirk scores most in the 61-75 band (14 of 57); Falkirk concedes most in the 31-45+ band (18 of 73). Who lands the first blow and who lands the last is the question this step exists to ask. ### Hibernian -- at home - **Goals a game:** Scores 1.4 and concedes 1.2 a game over its last 46 league matches; at home, 1.5 for and 1.1 against over 23. - **When it scores:** Of 66 scored across its own 46 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 11; 16-30: 11; 31-45+: 11; 46-60: 11; 61-75: 6; 76-90+: 16. Its heaviest scoring spell is after the 75th minute -- 16 of 66 (24%). - **When it concedes:** Of 56 conceded across its own 46 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 4; 16-30: 9; 31-45+: 16; 46-60: 4; 61-75: 10; 76-90+: 13. - **The first goal:** Scored first in 22 of its 46 read -- then won 17, drew 4, lost 1; conceded first in 20 -- pulled back 0 wins and 5 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 9 points. - **Two-goal swings:** Led by two goals at some point in 15 of its 46 read, winning 13 of them; trailed by two in 6, rescuing 1 result; was ahead at some point without winning in 5. ### Falkirk -- away - **Goals a game:** Scores 1.2 and concedes 1.6 a game over its last 46 league matches; away, 0.9 for and 1.5 against over 22. - **When it scores:** Of 57 scored across its own 46 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 10; 16-30: 8; 31-45+: 8; 46-60: 11; 61-75: 14; 76-90+: 6. - **When it concedes:** Of 73 conceded across its own 46 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 7; 16-30: 14; 31-45+: 18; 46-60: 10; 61-75: 8; 76-90+: 16. - **The first goal:** Scored first in 20 of its 46 read -- then won 13, drew 3, lost 4; conceded first in 23 -- pulled back 2 wins and 4 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 10 points. - **Two-goal swings:** Led by two goals at some point in 8 of its 46 read, winning 7 of them; trailed by two in 15, rescuing 1 result; was ahead at some point without winning in 7. ## Step 4 of 4 — The bookies' favourite markets **Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 57% of their games, both teams scoring in 57%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 51%. On the record this leans a goals match.** Step four is THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE MARKETS -- over and under, both teams to score, and the two-goal lead that pays the 2UP offer out early -- read from what these two sides have actually produced, with the denominator on every figure. Still no price: these are the match's tendencies, not its odds. How the counting works, once for the whole step: every figure is counted over ONE side's own matches -- Hibernian's numbers over its games, Falkirk's over its own. The two clubs are never pooled into one denominator; where a single figure for this fixture is wanted, it is the AVERAGE of the two sides' rates, and says so. For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Hibernian's own 23 home matches read, one appeared in 11 (48%). In Falkirk's own 22 away matches read, 12 (55%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 51% of games. ### Hibernian -- at home - **Over and under:** Over 2.5 goals in 26 of its own 46 (57%); over 1.5 in 35 (76%); over 3.5 in 12 (26%). At home: over 2.5 in 12 of its 23 (52%). - **Both teams to score:** Both teams scored in 26 of its own 46 (57%). At home: 12 of its 23 (52%). - **Clean sheets and blanks:** Kept a clean sheet in 11 of its own 46 (24%); failed to score in 13 (28%). - **Two goals clear:** Counted over Hibernian's own 46 matches read: Hibernian or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 21 (46%). Hibernian itself held the lead in 15, winning 13. In its home matches: one side or the other went two up in 11 of 23. ### Falkirk -- away - **Over and under:** Over 2.5 goals in 26 of its own 46 (57%); over 1.5 in 35 (76%); over 3.5 in 13 (28%). Away: over 2.5 in 11 of its 22 (50%). - **Both teams to score:** Both teams scored in 26 of its own 46 (57%). Away: 9 of its 22 (41%). - **Clean sheets and blanks:** Kept a clean sheet in 10 of its own 46 (22%); failed to score in 13 (28%). - **Two goals clear:** Counted over Falkirk's own 46 matches read: Falkirk or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 22 (48%). Falkirk itself held the lead in 8, winning 7. In its away matches: one side or the other went two up in 12 of 22. ## Your appraisal — and now the market **Hibernian and Falkirk finished near neighbours last season -- 5th and 6th of 12 -- so rank alone splits nothing here. Against the block the other keeps: Hibernian takes 1.83 points a game, Falkirk 1.25 -- the block form is Hibernian's. +0.17 points a game is the venue form gap, in Hibernian's favour: Hibernian takes 1.35 a game at home over the last two seasons, Falkirk 1.18 away. Hibernian scores heaviest in the 76-90+ spell and concedes heaviest in 31-45+; Falkirk scores heaviest in 61-75 and concedes heaviest in 31-45+. Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 57% of their games, both teams scoring in 57%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 51%. On the record this leans a goals match.** If the pattern holds -- and a pattern is a shape, not a promise: the first blow is even money on the record (22 of 46 and 20 of 46); when a lead builds towards 2UP it is more often Hibernian's -- two goals clear in 15 of 46, against 8 of 46; a one-goal lead has not been safe in Falkirk's hands -- ahead without winning in 7 of 46; Hibernian finds its goals latest of all -- 16 of its 66 after the 75th. That read is built from the four steps, with no price in your ear -- the steps hold the evidence if you want the post-mortem. Now the market gets its say. Where it agrees with you it got there first; where it does not, your read and the crowd's disagree -- that is the conversation this tool exists to set up, and no measured edge backs either side of it. The tissue is a plain goals model: Hibernian 1.43 goals expected, Falkirk 0.93, from two seasons of scoring rates (23 home matches and 22 away in the bank), shrunk toward the division average. It is calibrated against nothing and claims no edge -- it exists to make your view concrete before the market speaks. - **Match result:** Our tissue: Hibernian 2.05 (49%), the draw 3.73 (27%), Falkirk 4.09 (24%). The market's averages: 1.66, 3.85 and 4.80. The widest gap is on Hibernian: the market is shorter (1.66) than our 2.05 -- it rates that outcome more than we do. - **Over or under 2.5 goals:** Our tissue: over 2.5 2.38 (42%), under 2.5 1.73 (58%). The market's averages: over 2.5 1.68, under 2.5 2.11. The market is shorter than our number on over 2.5. - **Both teams to score:** Our tissue: yes 2.17 (46%), no 1.86 (54%). The market's averages: yes 1.73, no 2.05. The market is shorter than our number on yes. - **The 2UP fact:** For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Hibernian's own 23 home matches read, one appeared in 11 (48%). In Falkirk's own 22 away matches read, 12 (55%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 51% of games. No tissue is offered for this -- the played-match rates above are the honest read. The market figures are the AVERAGE pre-match odds our feed records across books, not a best price -- a shaded average, so small gaps mean nothing. ## Half-time The HTML page reads the second half from any half-time score you give it: /football/wizard/scottish-premiership/2026-10-17/hibernian-v-falkirk/halftime/ Built 2026-10-16T06:05:27+00:00 from matches completed before kick-off.