THE LOWDOWN
We travel to Gayfield Park for our Scottish Cup Fifth Round tie with Arbroath after beating Cove Rangers in the previous round. The match kicks off at 12:30 and will be broadcasted live on BBC One Scotland.
Shaun Maloney's side come into the tie after experiencing a dip in form since the turn of the year. Despite this our cup record has been impressive in recent years, reaching both the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup Finals in 2021.
Arbroath currently hold a five-point lead at the top of the cinch Championship and Dick Campbell's men are enjoying what has been one of their most successful seasons to date.
TEAM NEWS
Paul McGinn came off injured after ten minutes against Rangers in midweek and is being accessed ahead of the weekend.
Maloney is still monitoring the fitness of Paul Hanlon who has missed our last five games through injury (foot).
Joe Newell is unlikely to play whilst Kyle Magennis and Harry Clarke are both unavailable for selection.
THE HOSTS
Arbroath are flying at the top of the cinch Championship. They are five points clear of Kilmarnock in second and with 12 games left to place, they are in pole position to be promoted to the cinch Premiership next season.
The 'Red Lichties' have reached this stage of the Scottish Cup after comfortably beating Forfar in the third round (3-0) before overcoming Darvel in the fourth round by the same scoreline thanks to a hat-trick from Jack Hamilton.
Manager Dick Campbell has been with the Angus club since 2016 and has overseen two league titles during his tenure - which has seen the club rise from Scottish League Two to the top of the Championship.
HEAD TO HEAD
The last time these two sides met was in the Scottish League Cup group stages back in July 2019. Fraser Murray, Florian Kamberi and Scott Allan were on the scoresheet that day as we ran out 3-0 winners at Easter Road.
The last time we played at Gayfield was in a pre-season friendly in 2019 which Arbroath won 3-2. The Hibees have won our last four competitive matches with Arbroath dating back to 2006.