Hibs will be desperate to improve on last season’s hugely disappointing Scottish Premiership campaign when the new season rolls around in August.
Under Lee Johnson and, latterly, Nick Montgomery, the Hibees finished eighth in the table, with two interim stints taken on by now permanent manager David Gray. The Easter Road side missed out on the top six in the final pre-split fixture, and played out a low-key end to the term in the bottom-half.
The league was won by Celtic, who pulled away from Rangers across the final weeks of the season. At the other end, Livingston finished bottom and were relegated to the Championship. Ross County entered into the play-off but retained their top-flight status with victory over Raith Rovers.
The Premiership is the highest domestic league in Scotland, and was first established all the way back in 1890. It has undergone several rebrands since then, starting out as the Scottish Football League. Before being repackaged as the Scottish Premiership in 2013, it was known as the Scottish Premier League, which evolved on from its previous incarnation as the Scottish Premier Division.
The Scottish Premiership consists of 12 teams contesting a 38-game season. After 33 matchdays, the division splits in two to form a top six and bottom six. For the final five rounds of fixtures, teams only play against sides in their half of the league.
Read on for our Scottish Premiership profile - everything you need to know.
Scottish Premiership standings
When all was said and done last term, Celtic emerged as champions with 93 points. A strong end to the campaign saw them pull away from Rangers, who finished on 85 points. Hearts comfortably finished best of the rest in third place with 68 points. 56 points was enough to secure European football for Kilmarnock, as was 47 points for St Mirren, while Dundee made up the top six with 42 points.
In the bottom six, Aberdeen finished the season strongest to end on 48 points, two ahead of Hibs with that disappointing 46. Behind them was Motherwell with 43 points, then St Johnstone and Ross County both on 35, a full10 clear of rock bottom Livingston with 25.
Scottish Premiership fixtures
Hibs kick off their 2024/25 Scottish Premiership schedule with a trip to St Mirren on Sunday, August 4. Check out Hibs' 2024/25 fixtures in full including Hearts derbies.
Scottish Premiership top scorers
A total of 629 goals were scored across the 23/24 Scottish Premiership campaign. Here are the final standings for top 10 league goals.
1. Lawrence Shankland (Hearts) 24 goals; 4 assists in 37 games
2. Matt O'Riley (Celtic) 18 goals; 13 assists in 37 games
3. James Tavernier (Rangers) 17 goals; 10 assists in 38 games
4. Cyriel Dessers (Rangers) 16 goals; 4 assists in 35 games
=4. Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen) 16 goals; 2 assists in 38 games
6. Theo Bair (Motherwell) 15 goals; 6 assists in 38 games
7. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) 14 goals; 5 assists in 38 games
= 7. Simon Murray (Ross County) 14 goals; 4 assists in 37 games
9. Abdallah Sima (Rangers) 11 goals; 2 assists in 25 games
10. Luke McCowan (Dundee) 10 goals; 5 assists in 37 games
= 10. Myziane Maolida (Hibs) 10 goals; 2 assists in 18 games
When is the next Hibs vs Hearts game?
The next Edinburgh derby will be revealed when the fixtures are confirmed later this month. The city rivals went head-to-head three times in 23/24, with the last meeting a 1-1 draw at Tynecastle.
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