It's derby day in the capital, just three weeks after the last meeting of the Edinburgh duo.Hearts ran out 3-0 winners over Hibs at Tynecastle, but head across the city to Easter Road today for a blockbuster Scottish Cup fourth round clash.Robbie Neilson's men are in good form, unbeaten in their last eight games and haven't lost a derby since December 2019.Lee Johnson has found wins hard to come by with just two in his last nine.The Hibees added Australian international Jimmy Jeggo to their squad on Saturday, taking the number of Aussies across both squads to six, as five of them could be involved at some stage this afternoon.Lawrence Shankland is one goal away from becoming the first Hearts striker to score 20 goals in a season since John Robertson in 1991/92, and what more fitting venue to do it than Easter Road?Kevin Nisbet is also a man on the goal trail, with seven in his last six games since coming back from injury.We'll have all the action from Leith right here on the LIVE blog.He only trained with his teammates yesterday before his signing was confrimed, but Jimmy Jeggo could be in for a baptism of fire if he;s thrown in for his Hibs debut this afternoon.There will be a distinctively Aussie them even if he isn't, with Kye Rowles, Cammy Devlin, Nathaniel Atkinson and Garang Kuol all likely to be part of the Hearts squad,Lewis Miller hasn't been seen much in a Hibs shirt in recent weeks, but Jeggo's addition ramps up the Aussieness of the capital clash.It's been too long since a Hearts striker netted 20 goals in a single season.Many felt Lawrence Shankland was the most likely to repeat the feat when the Jambos signed him from Beerschott in the summer.He's now one goal away, and can emulate John Robertson's 91/92
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