Hibernian lost two goals in the opening six minutes before recovering to record a remarkable 6-4 victory against Runavik in their Europa League qualifier.

The Easter Road side eased into the second qualifying round 12-5 on aggregate but only after Efe Ambrose's own goal and the first of Klaemint Olsen's hat-trick left them trailing.

John McGinn - playing amid interest from Celtic - and Lewis Stevenson hauled Hibs level before a further two goals were traded before the break.

Ambrose scored at the other end and Stevie Mallan netted two more to ensure Hibs were not embarrassed against a side who currently sit fifth in the Faroe Islands top flight.

Neil Lennon's side now progress to host Asteras Tripolis, who finished fifth in the Greek Superleague last season, in the second round of qualifying next week.

Runavik had defeated Linfield 4-3 at home in 2015 and edged out Dinamo Tbilisi 1-0 seven years earlier only to exit on aggregate. But they had never got through a two-legged European tie.

Despite the match being moved to the 6,000-capacity Toftir venue from Runavik's smaller home stadium, a sparse crowd indicated that the home support had little belief in even a consolation win.

It seemed the main talking point would be the decision of Lennon to field McGinn - who had missed the first leg through injury - thus ruling him out of Celtic's Champions League qualifying campaign should the Glasgow club be successful with a third summer approach.