This Saturday, Hibs and Hearts will play again in the Scottish Premiership in an attempt to secure a crucial three-point victory.
The Jambos are particularly looking for a favourable outcome because they haven’t yet claimed the season’s opening victory. Hearts’ next assignment is to play Dinamo Minsk in the Europa Conference League on Thursday before they take on Aberdeen on Sunday.
We’ve compiled the most recent Scottish football headlines while the two Edinburgh teams get ready for their upcoming games.
The forward is out of the Hibs match.
Due to a hamstring injury, Kristijan Trapanovski will be out for Dundee United’s match against Hibs in two weeks. The 25-year-old will be sidelined for a few weeks, according to manager Jim Goodwin, after a check on his hamstring revealed abnormalities during training.
He won’t be ready for the weekend, I’m afraid. Goodwin stated, “He is looking at another three or four weeks from right now.” “Last week in training, he injured his hamstring. We hoped it would calm down. We sent him for a scan, and the results showed that he had a small nick in his hamstring, so three or four weeks will pass.
Hibs’ first match following the impending international break is against Dundee United. Trapanovski has been a key member of the Tangerines since joining the team in the summer, so it will undoubtedly be a loss for them.
Aberdeen CEO “not missing” chance to travel to Europe
With a flawless Premiership run that has tied Aberdeen on points with Celtic—who they will also face in the Scottish League Cup semifinal—Jammy Thelin is having an incredible first season as Aberdeen’s manager.
Thelin turned down the opportunity to compete in the Europa League by joining Pittodrie from Swedish side Elfsborg. As Aberdeen attempts to qualify for Europe on their own, the Dons manager has made it clear that he does not regret the decision.
“I don’t consider the things I’m lacking. I’m overjoyed to be here. I accept the challenge, but I believe that playing in Europe requires consistency. The players, the club, and the fans all really need the players to be able to handle the tempo of the games and to adopt a weekly challenge attitude in order to push themselves and advance. To feel good, that’s where you want to be [Europe], at that level. Everyone matures and learns from that.
“In such setting, we continue to improve. Aberdeen’s return there is preferable in the long run. We must anticipate going there once more since we have already been there.
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