'Chess game' is often a polite way of saying a game is boring.

Play is swinging from end to end but it's certainly not the 4-3 thriller we got in Perth...

Callum Davidson
Former St Johnstone manager on BBC Sportsound

It's really interesting.

It's more of a chess game at the moment until we get the first goal.

Both bosses will want more creativity from their teams. Lots of energy but not much craft and guile on display in the opening 25 minutes.

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Scott Allan
Former Hibs midfielder on BBC Sportsound

Not much to mention in terms of goalmouth action.

Motherwell have to find a way to stop Jordan Obita getting in behind.

Jordan Obita gets forward again for Hibs but Felix Passlack is outmuscled as he tries to meet the cross at the back post.

Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Easter Road

There has been a furious pace in the opening quarter of an hour. Not sure even at this early stage of the season it can be maintained.

Oscar Priestman and Martin Boyle clash again, with the Motherwell man cutting across to stop an attack and winning himself a foul in the process.

A slack touch from Oscar Priestman allows Martin Boyle to venture into the penalty area but the Motherwell midfielder recovers to win the ball back.

From defending a corner, Motherwell win one of their own.

Tom Sparrow is guilty of a huge shirt tug on Nathan Lowe. A bit early for swapping jerseys.

Hibs' Jordan Obita steps up from the left centre-half role to ping a cross to the back post. Felix Passlack's shot is deflected behind for a corner.

Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Easter Road

There is a really good atmosphere being created here, with both sets of fans playing their part.

Hopefully the 22 players on the pitch can feed off that and give us another cracking game.

Owen Elding seizes on a slack Motherwell pass and Nathan Lowe is off and running. The Hibs striker is well off target with a low shot though.

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Emmanuel Longelo slips as he tries to cross but earns Motherwell the first corner of the match.

Hibs clear their lines eventually.

A nice turn and driving run from Miguel Chaiwa but his long pass is too firm and Hibs wing-back Felix Passlack can't catch it before the ball runs out for a throw-in.

Josh Mulligan loses the ball deep in his own half but no damage is done.

Motherwell do look like snap into a press, so Hibs will need to be more switched on than that.

Here we go for match number five of the new Scottish Premiership season.

The air is thick with smoke from a pyrotechnic display - an organised show, we should stress.

Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Easter Road

These teams should be feeling an a fair degree of confidence after decent midweek wins in Europe and both will have ambitions of hitting the heights in the Premiership.

'Well ended last season on a high with a victory here and, although there has been a fair amount of change in personnel and manager, they look as if they are continuing to play an attractive style of football that is pleasing on the eye.

Hibs lost their last three home matches in the 2025-26 campaign and the fans are very demanding. They will be looking for a performance and a victory to get them off to a flying start.

Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Easter Road

A late change for Hibs on the bench with Joe Newell injured in the warm-up, so Jacob MacIntyre takes the club captain's place.

The Hibs squad remains along familiar lines, with no major exits, although the arrivals might not whet the appetite of supporters.

Maybe the biggest bit of business was done in May when Martin Boyle signed a surprise new deal, just a couple of months after it had been announced that he was moving on.

He might not start every week, but the 33-year-old was like a man possessed in Thursday's win over Malisheva.

Jason Kerr looks like a solid addition to a defence that was guilty of conceding too many late goals last season.

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