Hibs made it two wins from two as they rounded off their week in the Algarve with a comprehensive 4-2 victory over Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink’s Burton Albion.
Goals from Elie Youan and an Elias Melkersen double did the damage for Lee Johnson’s side against the League One opposition before Nohan Kenneh put the icing on the cake. Burton took a fifth minute lead when ex-Motherwell hero Louis Moult’s free kick deflected off the wall and rebounded off the post before Gassan Ahadme tapped home.
But Youan blasted in his first goal in green and white with a superb 20 yard effort low into the bottom right hand corner after a slide-rule pass from Joe Newall. The on-loan St Gallen man nearly doubled his tally moments later when he fired into the side netting from an angle. David Marshall replaced Kevin Dabrowski at half time and within minutes had to look sharp to deny Ciaran Gilllligan. But sixty seconds later Melkersen slammed Hibs ahead when he side footed home from a Josh Campbell cross.
