Martin Boyle

Martin Boyle was still a high-usage attacker for Hibernian in the finished Premiership season, making 36 appearances and 26 starts from the right wing. Eight league goals was a solid return, while 10 substitute outings suggest his minutes were managed rather than guaranteed every week. For Celtic, that profile still marked him out as one of Hibs’ more direct attacking threats.

Boyle’s 6.76 average rating across the league season points to a dependable but not dominant level. A high of 7.89 showed he still had match-winning peaks, while a low of 5.98 reflected some inconsistency across a long campaign. The overall profile was of a regular contributor rather than a week-to-week standout.

Boyle’s career has been built around Hibernian, with spells at Montrose, Dundee, Al-Faisaly and two separate periods at Easter Road. The trajectory points less to a steady climb than to long-term Premiership reliability, interrupted by a lucrative move to Saudi Arabia. His recent Hibs scoring record remained relevant – 12 goals in 2020-21, 15 in 2024-25 and eight in 2025-26.

The transfer history shows Hibernian extracting major value from Boyle. They first took him from Dundee on loan, then signed him on a free transfer in 2015, before selling him to Al-Faisaly for £3,000,000 in January 2022. His return to Hibs seven months later for an undisclosed fee underlined both his importance to the club and the difficulty of replacing his output.