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Plenty of intrigue surrounds the meeting of Hibs and St Johnstone tonight as VAR will be used in Scottish football for the first time.

The fourth official is Graham Grainger [Lee Johnson](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/lee-johnson)'s men occupy third spot in the league but will look to recover from two straight defeats. [Hibs](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/hibernian-fc) and St Johnstone tonight as VAR will be used in Scottish football for the first time. [Easter Road ](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/easter-road)is a sell-out thanks to a cheap ticket initiative from the Hibees and around 20,000 will witness history as the video technology is brought in. They recovered from a poor start with a couple of decent results but have now lost their last three league games. Willie Collum will the VAR official and will be assisted by Graeme Stewart as they look to provide assistance to on-pitch whistler Kevin Clancy.

All eyes will be on how VAR operates in Scottish football for the first time, with Kevin Clancy taking charge on the pitch and Willie Collum running the ...

They've lost three in a row, albeit all by one goal and one of those was a last-gasp defeat by Celtic. Hibs boss Lee Johnson has been pretty scathing of his players after last week's 6-1 hammering at Celtic. On the pitch, there is intrigue too.

All three goals were checked by the video assisted referee technology on its Scottish debut.

With the score line at 1-1, all of a sudden the Perth side were looking like the most likely victors and Hibs had Marshall to thank for keeping it level with around ten minutes to go. Again, the goal went to a VAR check with Hibs claiming a push but again the officials decided the goal would stand. The goal also goes down in history to be the first ever VAR checked goal in the Scottish Premiership with the decision to give it getting a second cheer out of the Hibs support.

HISTORY was made with the introduction of VAR - but a moment of madness from Kyle Magennis cost Hibs and handed Saints a vital win.It was meant to be.

Then came the winner as May managed to nick in front of his marker to McLennan’s cross to brilliantly divert his header into the corner with eight minutes left to hand Saints a vital win. The pendulum had swung and the visitors looked the more likely to snatch a winner. Davidson had seen enough and Montgomery was hooked for May at the break and the sub had a chance inside four minutes of the restart. Clark and Hallberg raced towards goal to pick up on the loose ball but the Hibs defence recovered in the nick of time to clear the danger. The home side were then reduced to ten men as Magennis picked up a second yellow for a silly challenge and made the lonely walk off the park. Boyle stung the palms of Matthews just before the interval with a drive from distance as the Saints tried to make it through to half-time just the one behind. You felt the goal was coming for the home side and it duly arrived ten minutes before the interval with Kuharevich getting the goal he deserved. At the other end Kuharevich latched onto Boyle’s through ball and as he looked to get his shot off, Mitchell arrived in the nick of time with a superb last-gasp challenge. It was Saints’ first win in four and it moved them four clear of the bottom three for a day at least. Still the pressure remained on and the towering frontman then found a yard of space inside the area, only for the Saints’ No1 to stick up a hand to prevent him giving Hibs a dream start. It was meant to be the technology’s big night and for long periods it looked like it would be one [Martin Boyle](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/who/martin-boyle/) broke down the right and flung in a cross which the Ukrainian striker seeing the keeper deny him with his feet.

When Hibs forward Martin Boyle went to ground in the St Johnstone penalty box after making contact with Alex Mitchell referee Kevin Clancy was unimpressed. He ...

Clark levelled soon after Hibs had been reduced to when he got on the end of a Melker Hallberg corner and nodded beyond Marshall. May gave them the lead with eight minutes remaining when he met a Connor McLennan delivery. But when Magennis was red carded by the match official for a second bookable offence with 20 minutes remaining it gave the away side hope. There were boos around the ground when it was announced that process was underway and cheers when it was confirmed the strike would stand. But flares and smoke cannisters were set off by both sets of supporters before and during the game and one was thrown onto the field of play after the opener. The substitute tested Marshall shortly after taking to the field.

Second-half goals from Nicky Clark and Stevie May gave St Johnstone a somewhat unexpected victory over ten-man Hibs at Easter Road on the night VAR made its ...

There was still time for more VAR-tinged controversy – a long ball forward in the dying moments picked out Tavares, who danced round Matthews with the ball breaking to Boyle. But Kevin Clancy cupped his hand to his ear once more and the big screens informed us the goal was being checked for a possible foul, believed to be in the build-up. The tide began to turn when Magennis, cautioned earlier in the half, picked up a second yellow for a late challenge on former Hibee Jamie Murphy with 20 minutes remaining. Boyle nearly doubled Hibs’ advantage shortly before the break but Matthews got a strong hand to his effort and deflected the ball away from goal. The striker wheeled away, the fans celebrated, and the players returned to the centre circle for kick-off. We didn’t have long to wait for our first taste of VAR either, referee Kevin Clancy cautioning Boyle for simulation in the penalty area with just eight minutes on the clock and double checking that he had got the call right.

Hibs manager Lee Johnson admitted his side's 2-1 defeat by St Johnstone was a 'hard one to take', as the visitors roared back from a goal down to consign ...

And that's where you need your team-mates, that's where you need the boys to rally round and nick a 1-0 win and defend with their lives. That's the disappointing thing, we haven't been able to hold on to that and conceded pretty quickly and pretty tamely on two occasions." It was something that was strongly considered but we have the luxury of live GPS by the side of the pitch and Kyle was our second highest output in terms of consistent metres per minute. The longer you go the more opportunity the opposition have to turn the tide.” I wanted to keep him on the pitch. “We made very good decisions in the first half and were the dominant side.

In what was a historic night for Scottish football, Hibs fell to defeat as the Perth side scored two goals after Kyle Magennis saw red for two bookable offences ...

The offside was checked by VAR and was correct by the tightest of margins. He curled a brilliant ball across the six-yard box, which was poked goalwards by Boyle who got across his man, but unfortunately his effort went into the side netting. Eight minutes in and VAR was in action for the first time – with the whole of Scotland watching on eagle-eyed. Kuharevich – determined to get his first goal for Hibs – was involved again on the 13th minute. Johnson got the tempo he wanted at the start and two big chances fell to Mykola Kuharevich in the opening two minutes. This was Magennis’ first start for the Club in over a year.

Stevie May. The long-haired St Johnstone legend, complete with tattoos of the Joker and Lloyd Christmas, had the sheer audacity, the cheek, to upstage VAR ...

We don’t come to the football to look at a screen in a state of confusion. But the way the game transpired provided a reminder of why the game is brilliant. St Johnstone handed the hosts the initiative with a set-up which was more acceptable for a trip to the Bernabeu to face Real Madrid. It confirmed the goal then the check was ‘complete’. The official gave the indication of a pause in play as the decision was double checked. VAR was in the background. The addition of a violinist playing Freed from Desire provoked looks of curiosity, the crowd responded positively, but the presence of fireworks let it be known it was a special occasion. But it wouldn’t be long before it was clinking its glass once more for attention and this time it got its moment in the sun. VAR was checking the goal. Was Kevin Clancy going to point to the penalty spot? No was the answer. The emotion.

HIBERNIAN manager Lee Johnson last night claimed that his centre half Ryan Porteous had been pushed off the ball in the build up to St Johnstone's…

“But they got the decision right. I knew it was a good tackle, but you still have that anxious couple of minutes, well it feels like a couple-of-minutes wait. He does take one in the back, there's no doubt in that.

Ratings out of ten for every Hibs player who took part in Friday's match at Easter Road against St Johnstone.

Sub – Jair Tavares – 6 A consistent threat until Hibs went down to ten men. Showed real energy and dynamism in the first half.

She knows only too well that you never know what is round the corner. The 21-year-old Scottish international defender signed for the club back in 2018 from ...

It’s just when you go back to the club you try to bring that into the training and try and implement that as much as you can.” Eddie scored direct from a corner in the 3-1 win away to Her [Hibs](/topic/hibs) career could not have gotten off to a worst start when a knee injury kept her out for most of the 2019 season, with the pandemic causing further disruption the following year.

St Johnstone recorded a big 2-1 win over Hibs at Easter Road on the night VAR was officially introduced to the Scottish Premiership. Joel Sked looks back at ...

“That’s going to happen, celebrations are probably going to be a bit more muted, especially on the sidelines as you wait to see if it’s a goal. Supporters appeared to have an understanding of when a check was taking place, even if they were unaware as to what the check was for. They have a nice balance as a pairing, the former Dundee United forward’s presence freeing the Saints legend. His presence had a profound impact as did the red card to Hibs’ Kyle Magennis. In fact the five players to have the fewest touches in the first 45 minutes were the visitors’ three attackers and wing-backs. Not only were St Johnstone able to put a buffer between themselves and bottom, but they are the same number of points away from third as they are 12th.