Those changes for Hibs mean Martin Boyle is back out in a more familiar wing-back role and Aussie poacher Jamie Maclaren is up top with Oli Shaw.

With a three-goal lead and opponents on the ropes, John McGinn decides to have an ambitious lash from long-range. It's nowhere near the goal but is still met with vigorous applause.

Now Hibs captain David Gray gets a warm reception as he goes off, with Vykintas Slivka taking over.

And there's another huge roar from the happy home fans as Jamie Maclaren, back on loan at Easter Road, trots on in place of Stevie Mallan.

A wee lull in play as the pace drops temporarily. Motherwell make their final change as Danny Johnson takes over from Curtis Main.

Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Easter Road

The Motherwell boss Stephen Robinson is standing with his arms crossed looking disconsolate as his team are being torn apart by a rampant Hibernian.

The visitors defence just cannot cope with the pace of Boyle and the sharpness and youthful enthusiasm of Oli Shaw.

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Martin Boyle sets off on another run and even has time to recover from a stumble as he sets up David Gray on the overlap. The Hibs skipper drills the ball down the "corridor of uncertainty" but no player in green can get a touch.

It's one-way traffic.

Jim Duffy
BBC Sportsound summariser

We know there's a lot of scouts, a lot of talk, the Celtic bids for John McCinn. I cannot believe, if it's going to cost £3-4m, when I see some of the players down south going for double and treble that, how none of these English teams are going to pay that. It's an absolute snip, that, in modern football.

He's powerful, he's dynamic, he's got everything you want in a midfield player. He gets into a tackle. What are they seeing down there? What are these clubs looking at?

Is it almost snobbery, saying they want to go and spend £30m on a player rather than looking at Scotland and saying, look at the quality he has for the money?

It absolutely baffles me.

Hibs want a third goal. Centre half Paul Hanlon pops up in the Motherwell penalty area and drills a fierce cross at goalkeeper Trevor Carson. The ball is palmed out in a thicket of bodies and the visitors somehow hack it away.

We're off again at Easter Road.

Motherwell boss Stephen Robinson is not hanging about as he looks for a way back, with Elliott Frear and Gael Bigirimana on in place of Liam Grimshaw and Aaron Taylor-Sinclair.

David Fearnley-Webb: Got a 6-5 to the Hibees written all over it.

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Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Easter Road

The Hibernian players are certainly not showing any signs of fatigue after their midweek European adventures.

John McGinn in particular has been quite oustatanding in the opening 45 minutes and the host of English scouts in the stand must already be sending back favourable reports of his performance this afternoon, with the fee rising every time he touches the ball.

Motherwell boss Stephen Robinson may have to make a few changes both tactically and with personnel but will remember they did manage a draw in this fixture last season having been two goals down.

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Peter Houston
Former Scotland assistant manager on BBC Sportsound

Motherwell need to get crosses into the box to feed Sammon and Main, who are good in the air. If you're playing a 4-4-2 diamond, you need your full-backs to get forward and play crosses in.

I look at Elliott Frear, he's dynamic, he goes at people, and they're crying out for something like that. It'll be interesting to see if Stephen Robinson changes it in the second half.

Motherwell are missing a few key players from last season, including the midfield bite of the suspended Allan Campbell. What can they do to get back into this one? Elliott Frear is an option on the bench. He's fast and can whip in a decent cross.

The bad news for the visitors is that Hibs have Florian Kamberi and Jamie Maclaren in reserve and those two were banging in the goals for fun in the second half of last season.

That's five goals already for Hibs' summer signing Stevie Mallan - with three of those coming from free-kicks.

The lad is very handy at set-pieces.

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Stevie Mallan slammed in a low free-kick and Oli Shaw struck a second goal just before half-time to give Hibs a healthy lead.

Hibs are a bit lax at the back and Chris Cadden almost profits as he burrows into the penalty area and digs in an angled shot from the right. Adam Bogdan has had nothing to do up until now but is up to the task, pushing the ball away at full-stretch.

You can hear more from Michael Stewart and his sidekick Steven Thompson when Sportscene returns at 22:30 on BBC One Scotland.

Jim Duffy
BBC Sportsound summariser at Easter Road

Derek McInnes tells BBC Radio Scotland he wants to add more defenders to his squad.

"Scott McKenna's out with a hamstring injury, Mark Reynolds is out with a cruciate injury, Tommie Hoban’s out, Shay Logan's suspended," the Dons boss said.

"We’ve got six defenders and four are injured or suspended. Our bench was so young today. Young Bruce Anderson comes on and it shows the importance of having those good kids.

"But for us to be where we want to be, we need more players in. We’ll look to address that this week and the focus now becomes the defensive side of things. We’ve got a few offers and enquiries in and we’re waiting for responses."