article_snippet.sent: The dominant Easter Road side hit the post just before the break through Fraser Fyvie and again in the second half through fellow midfielder Scott Allan, with the Bairns rarely threatening.
article_snippet.sent: Hibernian (3-5-2): Oxley; Forster, Hanlon, Fontaine; McGeouch, Allan, Robertson (Dja Djedje 80), Fyvie, Stevenson; El Alagui, Cummings (Malonga 87)
article_snippet.sent: Falkirk (4-3-3):MacDonald; Duffie, McCracken, Grant, Leahy; Taiwo, Vaulks, Sibbald, Smith; (Bia Bi 45), Morgan (Muirhead 77), Alston .
article_snippet.sent: Hibs midfielder Scott Robertson replaced Martin Boyle who is cup-tied after playing for parent club Dundee in the competition before Hibs midfielder Scott Robertson loan move to Easter Road.
article_snippet.sent: Falkirk manager Peter Houston had John Baird and Mark Kerr cup-tied and top scorer Rory Loy failed to recover from an ankle injury as captain David McCracken returned to defence with forward Taylor Morgan given a start.
article_snippet.sent: Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs (left) and Falkirk manager Peter Houston Falkirk manager Peter Houston shake hands before the match .
article_snippet.sent: The Hibernian supporters can't quite believe The Hibernian supporters luck as Fraser Fyvie and Scott Allan both hit the woodwork .
article_snippet.sent: Lewis Stevenson misses from close range for Hibernian on one of those afternoon's for Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs ( side .
article_snippet.sent: Midfielder Will Vaulks' long-range drive was deflected past the post as Hibs withstood a brief spell of pressure, with McCracken heading a Sibbald corner just past the near post.
article_snippet.sent: Hibs were the slicker but both teams final ball was lacking and
article_snippet.sent: Houston replaced David Smith with Botti Biabi for the start of the second half but, in the 47th minute, it was Alston who forced Hibs keeper Mark Oxley to push Hibs keeper Mark Oxley 25-yard shot round the post for a corner, which came to nothing.
article_snippet.sent: But the Hibees were stunned when Falkirk took the lead.
article_snippet.sent: Reeling Hibs threw everything forward in search of a leveller.
highlights_snippet.sent: Fraser Fyvie and Scott Allan both hit the post for Hibs with the score at 0-0 .
  