On the stroke of the interval, the Dons levelled when Andrew Bagshaw was impeded in the area after a John Stewart shot had been saved. Darren MACKIE made no mistake to tie things.
With twelve minutes remaining a Shiels shot was saved by Greg Kelly but substitute POW slammed home the rebound. In 86 minutes GRAY took advantage of indecision from Martin Skinner and Considine to add a third and although STEWART headed home a Chris Maguire cross in the final minute, Hibs held out. Although it was a poor performance from the Dons they did have a few chances with Danny Griffin twice having headers cleared off the line from Maguire corners. Griffin was also unlucky to see a free kick not go in.