Andy Hallyday scored twice as Hearts beat rival Hibernian 3-1 at Tynecastle to safe third place and put their opponent in sixth place within the Scottish Premier League.
Hibbs had his first notable likelihood of the match within the fifth minute when Harry Clark Wright fired down the left flank and the striker’s shot was blocked.
The visitors have been forward within the first 10 minutes, and Craig Halkett needed to block a strong blow to stop Elias Melchersen from firing from shut vary.
After a poor begin, Hearts got here into the sport and had an amazing likelihood of equalizing within the twenty third minute when Barry McKay Ellis Sims cleanly despatched in purpose, however the loaned Everton striker noticed his uneven effort overpowering ahead Macy solely to float painfully broad off the publish.
The hosts got here shut once more six minutes later when Atkinson met Mackay’s cross on the again publish and headed it into the crossbar.
Hibs needed to make a change within the thirty seventh minute when Wright got here off injured to get replaced by Josh Campbell.
The guests threatened 4 minutes earlier than the break when Melkersen met Chris Kaden’s cross on the close to publish and slid it over the bar.
Hearts equalized in first-half stoppage time when Halliday fired in a low-angle shot from contained in the publish after sensible work by Peter Haring, Alex Cochrane and Sims.
The hosts then put themselves forward inside two minutes of the beginning of the second half when Kingsley blasted off the again publish and compelled Harring to show over from the precise.
Halliday prolonged Hearts’ lead with the second of the match within the 58th minute when he hit a low shot along with his left foot on the publish from the sting of the penalty space after a great work by Cochrane and McKay to put in it.
This two-goal cushion allowed the hosts to look at the sport in consolation as they put together in fashion for subsequent weekend’s Scottish Cup semi-final replay with their metropolis rivals.
