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Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Adam Bowen<\/b><\/p>\n
The Edinburgh Derby was back on a rainy Tuesday night under the lights, what\u2019s not to like! Hibs were going to Tynecastle determined to halt the Hearts title charge. <\/p>\n
Hearts brought in Frankie Kent and Chesnokov into the starting eleven with Steinwender dropped to the bench as captain Halkett handed over the armband to Kent whilst he served his suspension following his red card against St Mirren last week. Mato was also named in the matchday squad with Kabangu dropping out. <\/p>\n
The green side of town had Nicky Cadden and Kai Andrews coming into the team replacing injured Obita as well as Youan dropping to the bench. McGrath and O\u2019Hora also came back into the squad with Newell not included.<\/p>\n
The pre-match atmosphere was electric and that did not go unnoticed by the players with big challenges going in from the start. <\/p>\n
The first real chance came within the first 5 minutes with a smartly placed ball through by Braga to Kabor\u00e9 who charged on, cutting in but ultimately pulling the shot wide of the near post. <\/p>\n
Then, minutes later Passlack was through 2v1, with Boyle in support, however his pass was poor leading to Boyle scrambling to lay Cadden off whose shot was wayward. <\/p>\n
The first yellow card of the game came for Chaiwa after pulling Braga down stopping a dangerous counter-attack. <\/p>\n
After originally looking shaky Hearts were coming into the game by the half an hour mark, pressing high and winning the ball in dangerous areas. <\/p>\n