Overview
- The match on Saturday, October 17, ended 2-1 as Jacob Murrell scored both Falkirk goals to put the visitors 2-0 up before Owen Elding pulled one back for Hibernian.
- Falkirk’s first goal came after Ryan Strain played a long pass that allowed Murrell to drive a shot past goalkeeper Raphael Sallinger, and a second came from a poor Hibs defensive sequence near the corner flag.
- A VAR review downgraded a 53rd-minute penalty to a free-kick just outside the box, which Martin Boyle fired over and which kept Falkirk ahead despite Hibernian’s second-half pressure.
- Falkirk manager John McGlynn called it “huge” for his side’s confidence while Hibs boss Marink Reedijk said he was bemused and blamed costly individual errors for the defeat.
- The win moved Falkirk up to ninth in the Premiership and gives them momentum, while Hibernian drop to the foot of the table and must turn possession into goals or face more pressure in coming matches.