Hearts out to make amends as Hibernian eye change of luck

Craig Levein admits his Hearts side go into today’s clash with Livingston looking to make amends for their last display at the Tony Macaroni Arena.

Hearts slumped to a 5-0 defeat in December last year after allowing Livi to score five goals in the last 20 minutes.

The memory of that day is still fresh in Levein’s mind and he wants his team to deliver a much better performance for the visiting fans this time.

At a press conference shown on Hearts TV, Levein said: “We lost heavily down here last season and I think that has to be at the forefront of our minds, that we have some making up to do after that really, really poor performance.

“We want to win every match. This match left a particularly bad taste in our mouth after the performance last season and for those supporters who went along last season, we owe them much, much better than what they got then.”

Hibs goalkeeper Chris Maxwell, meanwhile, insists they do not need to improve their performances despite being second bottom of the league.

Maxwell is convinced Hibs just need some luck to turn their displays into victories, after drawing four games in a row.

Hibs have two games at Easter Road in five days, with Ross County visiting today and Livingston in midweek, before Paul Heckingbottom’s side face Celtic in the Betfred Cup semi-finals.

“I don’t feel we need to improve our performance,” the on-loan Preston player said.

“Luck is maybe against us a little bit at the moment but when it comes around and when it’s our turn to be on the receiving end of it, we have just got to make sure we do the fundamentals right, we keep performing, we keep working hard for each other, and we’ll be fine.”