Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian Venue: Easter Road Hibernian's Paul Heffernan returns from a thigh injury for Thursday's Edinburgh derby against Hearts. Kevin Thomson is also in contention following a calf strain but Alex Harris remains out with an ankle injury. Hearts manager Gary Locke has an unchanged squad with Ryan Stevenson having returned from a hamstring injury in Sunday's draw with St Mirren. Gary Oliver (ankle), Mark Ridgers (knee) and Jason Holt (foot) remain out due to injury. Hibernian manager Terry Butcher: "There have been a lot of firsts that we have achieved since [assistant] Maurice [Malpas] and myself came to the club in seven matches. The two results against Hearts during the early part of the season [both 1-0 defeats] don't mean a thing to us now. Hearts manager Gary Locke: "If we win the derby we go into plus points. It would be huge, psychologically, for everyone here, just getting into positive points would be fantastic. That's been our aim. Hibs have certainly got better since Terry went in there which is not a shock to me. I knew that would happen. So we're facing a different Hibs side from the two we've already faced this season. They're a lot more physical, a lot stronger. Terry's put a lot of bigger lads in the team. Hibs are favourites, there's no doubt about that. But I'm sure I've got players who can cause Hibs one or two problems. We've had some good results this season against Hibs and Aberdeen, probably two of the bigger teams in Scotland. You celebrate any derby win, we've certainly enjoyed the two derbies so far this season. So we've got to make sure we go down and enjoy this one. It'll be like a normal derby; 100 miles per hour, it'll be a battle, but it's important we make sure we win it.