Three points and two jobs are on the line this afternoon at Easter Road in a match that is being billed as El Sackico.Lee Johnson is under scrutiny but it’s perhaps nothing compared to the pressure facing his opposite number Jim Goodwin.Dave Cormack spared the Aberdeen boss from the sack in midweek after the humiliation in Darvel on Monday night but the Irishman’s reprieve came with a warning – win at Hibs or you will no longer be the Dons manager.
The statement infuriated the Aberdeen fans who felt there should have been no coming back for the former St Mirren manager.Johnson, meanwhile, is reeling from another derby doing at the hands of Hearts and victory is a must for him as well.
Temperatures are rising in Scotland’s capital and in the Granite City and the thermometer is threatening to explode.Hibs have been dealt a double blow ahead of the tie with Ryan Porteous leaving to join Watford and Rocky Bushiri ruled out for three months.
In better news Johnson is able to call on the services of Kevin Nisbet after he turned down a move to Millwall at the eleventh hour and he's made the bench.
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