Robbie Neilson shrugs off Hibs top six hopes as Hearts boss insists 'everybody needs to win a derby'

Hearts may be coasting to third spot with a gap the length of Gorgie Road between themselves and Hibs.

But don’t even try telling Robbie Neilson that the need to win tomorrow’s capital derby at Tynecastle is any greater for the Easter Road side.

The two are separated by 16 points, with third spot all but in the bag for the Jambos while Hibs still have work to do just to cement a top-six spot on the final weekend before the split.

Indeed a victory for Hearts could well condemn their arch rivals to a bottom half finish and deliver a body blow just as week before they meet again in the Scottish Cup semi-final.

But Neilson is long enough in the tooth to know form means nothing in derbies. After all his side have yet to win in two clashes this season, both ending 0-0.

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The only thing matters at Tynecastle – dishing out a first dose of capital punishment on the park to prove who rules the roost in Edinburgh.

Neilson said: “When you go into a derby you can’t say, ‘they need to win it more than us’.

“Everybody needs to win a derby, it doesn’t matter if you’re bottom of the league or top of the league.

“We’ve got four derbies a season and you want to win all four of them. We haven’t won one yet but we’ve got