Hibernian under-20s are back in action against Aberdeen at Pittodrie this afternoon (kick off 2pm) and Head of Academy Coaching James McDonaugh says the young team in bottle green are targeting an improved performance.

New signing Sean Murdoch could potentially make his debut in goals while Sammy Stanton and Alex Harris are both expected to feature.

McDonaugh said: "We are going up to Aberdeen with a young team. We will make four changes from our last game, this has made it difficult because the regular changes makes it difficult to gain consistency.

"But my objective is to progress players up to the first team and so far this season it has been very successful on that front.

"This game provides the young players an opportunity to show they can do it on a good stage, Pittodrie."

Hibernian under-20s' next match is against Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the Hibernian Training Centre on Tuesday, 16 October, kick off 2pm.