Heart of Midlothian FC vs Celtic FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2025-26

Heart of Midlothian FC

3 – 1

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Celtic FC

Sun 26 Oct 2025 · 12:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Heart of Midlothian FC vs Celtic FC — Premier League .

Heart of Midlothian FC 33 games · 70 pts (2026/27)
Celtic FC 33 games · 67 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Steven McLean

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

Heart of Midlothian FC 24 games · Avg 3.5 goals Celtic FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-26 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–1 Celtic FC 2025-03-29 Celtic FC 3–0 Heart of Midlothian FC 2024-11-23 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–4 Celtic FC 2024-09-14 Celtic FC 2–0 Heart of Midlothian FC 2024-05-04 Celtic FC 3–0 Heart of Midlothian FC

Recent Form

Heart of Midlothian FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Oct	Celtic FC	H	3–1	W
18 Oct	Kilmarnock FC	A	3–0	W
04 Oct	Hibernian FC	H	1–0	W
27 Sep	Falkirk FC	H	3–0	W
13 Sep	Rangers FC	A	2–0	W
30 Aug	Livingston FC	A	2–1	W

Celtic FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Oct	Heart of Midlothian FC	A	1–3	L
23 Oct	SK Sturm Graz	H	2–1	W
19 Oct	Dundee FC	A	0–2	L
05 Oct	Motherwell FC	H	3–2	W
02 Oct	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	0–2	L
27 Sep	Hibernian FC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

Heart of Midlothian FC		Celtic FC
#1	Position	#3
70	Points	67
33	Played	33
21 / 7 / 5	W / D / L	21 / 4 / 8
58	Scored	59
28	Conceded	35
+30	GD	+24
2.12	PPG	2.03
64%	Win %	64%

Key Stats

54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Heart of Midlothian FC are 1st (70 pts). Celtic FC are 3rd (67 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Heart of Midlothian FC welcome Celtic FC for this crunch clash at .
Game over. The scoreline of 3-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Heart of Midlothian FC Lineups

Celtic FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daizen Maeda	8
Kyogo Furuhashi	8
Lawrence Shankland	6
James Forrest	4
Josh Ginnelly	3
Odsonne Edouard	3
Ryan Christie	3
Matt O'Riley	3

Head to Head

Heart of Midlothian FC Form

2025-10-26 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–1 Celtic FC W 2025-10-18 Kilmarnock FC 0–3 Heart of Midlothian FC W 2025-10-04 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–0 Hibernian FC W 2025-09-27 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–0 Falkirk FC W 2025-09-13 Rangers FC 0–2 Heart of Midlothian FC W 2025-08-30 Livingston FC 1–2 Heart of Midlothian FC W

Celtic FC Form

2025-10-26 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–1 Celtic FC L 2025-10-23 Celtic FC 2–1 SK Sturm Graz W 2025-10-19 Dundee FC 2–0 Celtic FC L 2025-10-05 Celtic FC 3–2 Motherwell FC W 2025-10-02 Celtic FC 0–2 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2025-09-27 Celtic FC 0–0 Hibernian FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.74 Heart of Midlothian FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.21 Celtic FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Heart of Midlothian FC51% Draw25% Celtic FC24%

Actual: Heart of Midlothian FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.95

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Heart of Midlothian FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Celtic FC

49%

Heart of Midlothian FC or Celtic FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Heart of Midlothian FC35% Draw44% Celtic FC21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 0

8.3%

2 – 0

7.8%

0 – 0

1 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

5.6%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

4.4%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Heart of Midlothian FC

Handicap	Heart of Midlothian FC covers	Push	Celtic FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	22%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Heart of Midlothian FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Celtic FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.