Time to knuckle down: Hibs ready to tackle testing December

Their season thus far can be simply encapsulated by the phrase “stop-start”, both in terms of their form and their fixture schedule. Through October and November combined, Hibs have played only six league matches, and haven’t won any of their past five.

Against this backdrop, they are about to embark on a run of eight matches in the month of December. From famine to festive feast, in terms of fixtures, perhaps. But the key factor for consideration in the upcoming month is whether their points accumulation increases to a level that allows Hibs to finish 2018 higher in the Premiership than seventh, where they currently find themselves after 13 games.