Hibs striker Florian Kamberi skilfully gets away from Michael Devlin, bears down on goal then cuts in only to shoot over.

Niall McGinn is warming up on the touchline for Aberdeen. Dons boss Derek McInnes said pre-match James Wilson was unlikely to play long into the match so that may be the change he is thinking about.

Jim Duffy
Former Hibernian manager on Sportsound

At a Hibs corner Stevie Mallan's delivery is headed up in the air by Max Lowe and Mark Milligan's volley goes off target. The ball just came at the Hibs man too quickly.

Gary Mackay-Steven's low drive is collected by Hibs goalkeeper Adam Bogdan.

Some nice intricate play between James Wilson and Gary Mackay-Steven almost gets Sam Cosgrove away but the offside flag halts Aberdeen's advance. Again, the call looked dubious.

A nice through ball by Lewis Stevenson finds Oli Shaw but the Hibs man is flagged offside.

A replay shows he may have been onside, though team-mate Paul Hanlon was offside.

The match resumes with Aberdeen kicking off the second half.

Dominic Ball's free-kick for Aberdeen came back off the crossbar in the first half.

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Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Easter Road

I don’t think there is any doubt that Derek Mcinnes will have been the happier of the two managers when referee Steven McLean blew his whistle at the end of a frantic opening 45 minutes.

Once the Hibernian midfield established that Max Love was unable to track the pace of Martin Boyle when he drifted inside the chances began to be created.

The winger will be disappointed that both opportunities that came his way did not end up with the home side taking the lead.

That said, if Dominic Ball's free-kick had been one inch lower it would have been the Pittodrie side that would have gone in front.

I would not be too surprised if the Dons boss makes a change at the break to try and nullify the threat of Boyle and maybe go back to a more orthodox four-man defence.

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It's been a pretty hectic first half with Aberdeen starting well but soon ceding control to Hibernian.

The hosts should have gone ahead through Florian Kamberi's early chance and have had the ball in the net only to have the goal chalked off for Martin Boyle's handball.

And Hibs almost fell behind when Dominic Ball fired a free-kick off the bar.

An interesting second half beckons.

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Aberdeen goalkeeper Joe Lewis beats away Oli Shaw's shot and Dominic Ball does enough to put Emerson Hyndman off as the Hibs man tries to knock in the rebound.

Hibs' Stevie Mallan catches Sam Cosgrove late and is the third player booked in this first half.

Martin Boyle is at it again, this time getting away a shot that is deflected wide for a Hibs corner.

Willie Miller
Ex-Aberdeen captain on Martin Boyle's disallowed goal

Martin Boyle is in on goal again, this time on the right-hand side.

He sets himself to shoot but gets his angles wrong and fires across the face of goal and out.

Hibs' Emerson Hyndman is booked for a late challenge on Michael Devlin.

Martin Boyle uses his arm to control the ball when chasing a long pass and shoots into the net but referee Steven McLean spotted the infringement and awards Aberdeen a free-kick.

Florian Kamberi fires well over the bar but referee Steven McLean brings play back for a free-kick for Michael Devlin's challenge on Emerson Hyndman. Devlin gets booked but Hibs cannot make anything out of the set piece.