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

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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 12 games · 20 pts (2026/27)
Celtic FC 13 games · 31 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Steven McLean

6 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Celtic FC	13	31
2	Rangers FC	12	27
3	Falkirk FC	13	21
4	Heart of Midlothian FC	12	20
5	Dundee FC	12	17
6	Dundee United FC	12	17
7	St. Johnstone FC	13	17
8	St. Mirren FC	13	14
9	Motherwell FC	13	13
10	Hibernian FC	12	11
11	Aberdeen FC	12	11
12	Kilmarnock FC	13	9

Head-to-Head

Heart of Midlothian FC 25 games · Avg 3.6 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
#4	Position	#1
20	Points	31
12	Played	13
6 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	10 / 1 / 2
26	Scored	28
22	Conceded	10
+4	GD	+18
1.67	PPG	2.38
50%	Win %	77%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
Heart of Midlothian FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Celtic FC this season

Heart of Midlothian FC are 4th (20 pts). Celtic FC are 1st (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Heart of Midlothian FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/4

31-45

5/4

46-60

6/4

61-75

3/1

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Celtic FC

0-15

6/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

7/4

46-60

6/1

61-75

3/1

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Heart of Midlothian FC

Claudio Braga	6 G	2 A
Calvin Miller	5 G	1 A
James Wilson	3 G
Laurent Mendy	3 G
Joshua McPake	2 G	1 A

Celtic FC

Camilo Duran	7 G	6 A
Benjamin Nygren	6 G	3 A
Kasper Hogh	3 G	3 A
Liam Scales	3 G	1 A
Hyun-jun Yang	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at !
3-1 the final result. Celtic FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Heart of Midlothian FC Lineups

Celtic FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kyogo Furuhashi	8
Daizen Maeda	8
Lawrence Shankland	6
James Forrest	4
Ryan Christie	3
Matt O'Riley	3
Giorgos Giakoumakis	3
Callum Osmand	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

1.63 Heart of Midlothian FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.01 Celtic FC xG

I would bet for: Heart of Midlothian FC or Celtic FC 77% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Heart of Midlothian FC39% Draw23% Celtic FC38%

Actual: Heart of Midlothian FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.64

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Heart of Midlothian FC or Draw

62%

Draw or Celtic FC

61%

Heart of Midlothian FC or Celtic FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Heart of Midlothian FC25% Draw40% Celtic FC35%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.5%

1 – 2

8.4%

2 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 3

5.6%

0 – 2

5.4%

0 – 1

4.8%

2 – 3

4.5%

0 – 0

1 – 0

3.7%

3 – 1

Actual

3 – 2

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Heart of Midlothian FC

Handicap	Heart of Midlothian FC covers	Push	Celtic FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	9%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	15%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	19%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	14%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Heart of Midlothian FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Celtic FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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