Hibs' cup win ideal boost ahead of Hearts derby, says Alan Stubbs

Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs believes his side's League Cup run will give his players added belief away to Hearts on Sunday.

Stubbs guided Hibs to the final of the competition last weekend when they beat St Johnstone at Tynecastle, their third Premiership scalp in the run.

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Hibernian return to the venue and home of their fiercest rivals for their fifth-round Scottish Cup tie - live on Sky Sports - still in the hunt for three trophies, with automatic promotion for winning the Championship a realistic aim.

And having beaten Aberdeen and Dundee United before the victory over Saints, Stubbs says his squad are confident going into the derby.

"I don't think it will do any harm to the players," he said. "They will take confidence from the St Johnstone win, the Dundee United win and the Aberdeen win.

"If they needed any consolidation or any belief, that they are good enough to play against Premiership opposition then they would have got that from those games. But this is different now. On Sunday there are other things that make it more difficult.

"The fact that it is a derby, we are away from home at Tynecastle so if they are going to come through on Sunday they will certainly have earned it.

"We are in three competitions and if people want me to say we have no chance then I have said all along, they are speaking to the wrong person. We have managed to get ourselves to a final and we have an opportunity on Sunday, albeit a difficult one, to progress in the Scottish Cup.

"And as long as we keep doing that then we will keep having a better chance of winning silverware. But in order to keep going we will have to perform very well on Sunday, there is no doubt about that."