The strange Hibernian statistic Celtic won’t want to add to this Saturday

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This Saturday, Celtic will be looking to stretch their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a victory over Hibernian.

The Easter Road side travels to Parkhead on good form, having won four of their last five games and currently sitting in 3rd place.

Ange Postecoglou’s side are on a decent run of their own in the league, picking up maximum points in all but one game this campaign.

It is bound to be a competitive fixture between two strong sides in Glasgow, with Hibs being one of the few teams to take points off Celtic last campaign.

Of course, the club from the capital are in a much different place in comparison to when the two sides met in Edinburgh and drew 0-0 back in February.

Lee Johnson has since taken charge and produced a major revamp of the playing squad, which includes two former Celtic stars joining the club – David Marshall and Aidan McGeady.

After their first ten games under the Englishman in the Scottish Premiership, Hibs are currently sitting on 17 points.

Johnson lead his side from an inconsistent start to picking up four wins on the bounce before suffering defeat to Dundee United on Tuesday evening.

Overall, Hibs have faired pretty well in their opening games. But, there is one bizarre statistic Celtic won’t want to be getting involved in this weekend.

Ange Postecoglou won’t want his side getting involved in strange run of red cards in games involving Hibernian.

In half of Hibs’ ten Scottish Premiership games, there has been a sending-off, with all six of the red cards going to the opposition team.

St Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Aberdeen, and most recently, Motherwell have all gone down to ten men against the Hibees. Whilst the Hoops Glasgow rivals Rangers were reduced to nine men in their 2-2 draw at Easter Road.

Although this is one huge coincidence, Ange Postecoglou won’t want to see his side suffering the same fate that several others have this season.

Typically, the discipline of the 57-year-old’s squad has been pretty good. However, we all know what the officiating can be like in this country.

Overall, Saturday’s game should prove to be a competitive test for Postecoglou and his players as they look to bounce back from the disappointment of Tuesday night’s defeat to RB Leipzig.

Despite suffering defeat of their own midweek, Johnson and his side will come to Celtic Park with confidence off the back of a decent run of form.

But I am sure the Celtic players will be doing their utmost to try and stretch their advantage at the top of the Scottish Premiership to five points, at least momentarily.

Here’s hoping we don’t have any refereeing decisions impacting that!

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