Celtic FC vs Heart of Midlothian FC, Premier League 2025 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Match Preview
Celtic FC vs Heart of Midlothian FC — Premier League at Celtic Park.
- Celtic FC 33 games · 67 pts (2025/26)
- Heart of Midlothian FC 33 games · 70 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Heart of Midlothian FC 33 70 2 Rangers FC 33 69 3 Celtic FC 33 67 4 Motherwell FC 33 54 5 Hibernian FC 33 51 6 Falkirk FC 33 46 7 Dundee United FC 33 40 8 Aberdeen FC 33 33 9 Dundee FC 33 33 10 St. Mirren FC 33 30 11 Kilmarnock FC 33 28 12 Livingston FC 33 16 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 May Heart of Midlothian FC H 3–1 W 13 May Motherwell FC A 3–2 W 10 May Rangers FC H 3–1 W 03 May Hibernian FC A 2–1 W 25 Apr Falkirk FC H 3–1 W 11 Apr St. Mirren FC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 May Celtic FC A 1–3 L 13 May Falkirk FC H 3–0 W 09 May Motherwell FC A 1–1 D 04 May Rangers FC H 2–1 W 26 Apr Hibernian FC A 2–1 W 11 Apr Motherwell FC H 3–1 W Season Stats
Celtic FC Heart of Midlothian FC #3 Position #1 67 Points 70 33 Played 33 21 / 4 / 8 W / D / L 21 / 7 / 5 59 Scored 58 35 Conceded 28 +24 GD +30 2.03 PPG 2.12 64% Win % 64% Key Stats
54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
Celtic FC this season44% Clean Sheets
Heart of Midlothian FC this seasonCeltic FC are 3rd (67 pts). Heart of Midlothian FC are 1st (70 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Celtic FC0-152/116-302/131-454/246-603/161-751/176+5/1■ Scored ■ ConcededHeart of Midlothian FC0-15–/216-302/131-453/146-602/261-752/176+4/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Celtic FC and Heart of Midlothian FC has kicked off!
- 5' Heart of Midlothian FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' Celtic FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 15' Celtic FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' It looks surprising Celtic FC does not make any changes. Cameron Devlin has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 25' Heart of Midlothian FC is showing some good football. However, Heart of Midlothian FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Liam Scales made 24 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 35' Alistair Johnston was booked on 35.
- 38' The referee calls foul for Michael Steinwender. He receives a card.
- 43' Lawrence Shankland puts Heart of Midlothian FC on the lead.
- 48' GOAL! Arne Engels scores on 45.
- 53' That looks like a foul for a card for Benjamin Nygren.
- 58' It’s a booking for Celtic FC player. Auston Trusty gets a card.
- 63' Supporters expect more eagerness from Alexandros Kyziridis, as he is very good at scoring at Celtic Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 68' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 73' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 73 minutes.
- 77' The referee shows Heart of Midlothian FC player a card on 77.
- 82' The travelling Heart of Midlothian FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 87' Callum McGregor needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 30 Yellow cards this season.
- 88' What a strike from Benjamin Nygren! The score is 2-1.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Lawrence Shankland.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-1.
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Celtic FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 63
- 42
- 38
- 8
- 5
- 2
- 23
- 12
- 27
- 13
Bench
- 17
- 21
- 36
- 49
- 56
- 31
- 14
- 47
- 19
Coach Martin O'NeillHeart of Midlothian FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 3
- 25
- 14
- 19
- 9
- 15
- 23
- 89
- 18
- 11
Bench
- 2
- 30
- 17
- 5
- 16
- 29
- 10
- 99
- 12
Coach Derek McInnes -
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kyogo Furuhashi 8 Daizen Maeda 8 Lawrence Shankland 6 James Forrest 4 Matt O'Riley 3 Giorgos Giakoumakis 3 Josh Ginnelly 3 Odsonne Edouard 3 Head to Head
Celtic FC Form
Heart of Midlothian FC Form
2026-05-16 Celtic FC 3–1 Heart of Midlothian FC L 2026-05-13 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–0 Falkirk FC W 2026-05-09 Motherwell FC 1–1 Heart of Midlothian FC D 2026-05-04 Heart of Midlothian FC 2–1 Rangers FC W 2026-04-26 Hibernian FC 1–2 Heart of Midlothian FC W 2026-04-11 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–1 Motherwell FC W -
Prediction accuracy3 / 31.76 Celtic FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.3 Heart of Midlothian FC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 58%
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Celtic FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.06Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 58% 42% ± 3.5 37% 63% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
Celtic FC or Draw 74%Draw or Heart of Midlothian FC 51%Celtic FC or Heart of Midlothian FC 75%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.6%2 – 1 9.1%1 – 0 7.4%2 – 0 7.2%1 – 2 6.7%0 – 0 6.3%2 – 2 5.9%3 – 1 Actual0 – 1 5.3%3 – 0 4.1%0 – 2 3.9%3 – 2 3.5%Asian Handicap — Celtic FC
Handicap Celtic FC covers Push Heart of Midlothian FC covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 14% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 21% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 73% — 27% +1 73% 15% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Celtic FC keeps clean sheet 28% ✓Heart of Midlothian FC keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.