Hearts showed their clinical edge in front of goal as they defeated Hibernian 3-0 at Easter Road to progress to the fifth round of the Scottish Cup in an action packed Edinburgh derby.
Hibs started the better of the two sides but it was the Jambos who showed their ruthless touch to go a goal up against the run of play. On 10 minutes, Robert Snodgrass whipped in a free kick from the right hand side, and after Hibs failed to clear their lines twice, the ball fell to Josh Ginnelly, who fired it low into the bottom corner from inside the area past David Marshall.
The home side passed up several big opportunities to find a leveller, with Josh Campbell having two huge chances to get his team on the scoresheet. It was more of the same story in the second half, but once again Hearts bided their time, and on 72 minutes Lawrence Shankland lashed in a terrific half volley from the edge of the area after a neat one-two with Stephen Humphrys.
