Celtic vs Hearts - prediction, team news, lineups

The Scottish Premiership rubric volition beryllium decided erstwhile Celtic and Hearts clash astatine Celtic Park connected Saturday afternoon.

The Bhoys indispensable triumph to assistance their 5th consecutive league title, portion the Jambos request to debar decision to unafraid the trophy.

Match preview

Celtic's phenomenal tally since the accomplishment of Martin O'Neill successful January - for his 2nd spell arsenic interim brag this word - has ensured they stay successful contention to support their crown going into the last day. 

Following the disastrous clip nether Wilfried Nancy, featuring 4 defeats and 2 wins successful six league games, O'Neill has overseen an awesome 13 victories, 2 draws and conscionable 2 losses successful the league.

The Bhoys person been peculiarly superb successful caller weeks, winning each of their past six league fixtures, including a melodramatic 3-2 triumph implicit Motherwell successful midweek acknowledgment to a 99th-minute Kelechi Iheanacho winner. 

That triumph ensured Celtic inactive person a accidental of lifting the rubric astatine Celtic Park, with O'Neill's broadside trailing the leaders by conscionable 1 constituent - meaning a triumph connected Saturday would spot the Bhoys assistance the Scottish Premiership trophy for the 5th consecutive campaign. 

Meanwhile, Hearts request to debar decision if they are to beryllium crowned Scottish Premiership champions for the archetypal clip since 1959-60, which would besides spot them go the archetypal non-Old Firm broadside to assistance the league rubric since Aberdeen successful 1984-85.

Derek McInnes, successful his debut run astatine the helm, has guided the Jambos to a fantastic 24 wins, 8 draws and lone 5 defeats successful 37 league fixtures - leaving them conscionable 1 crippled distant from glory. 

The Jambos volition question to Celtic Park successful formidable form, having avoided decision successful their past 7 matches, featuring 5 victories and conscionable 2 draws.

Hearts volition besides look to gully assurance from their grounds against Celtic passim the 2025-26 campaign, arsenic McInnes' men person not mislaid to the Bhoys successful their 3 meetings to date. 

Hearts secured a 3-1 triumph and 2-2 gully successful their 2 encounters astatine Tynecastle Park, arsenic good arsenic a 2-1 triumph successful their past sojourn to Celtic Park successful aboriginal December 2025. 

Celtic Scottish Premiership form:

W W W W W W

Celtic signifier (all competitions):

W W W W W W 

Hearts Scottish Premiership form:

D W W W D W

Team News

Celtic are contending with 8 injuries for Saturday's game, with Tomas Cvancara, Colby Donovan, Julian Araujo, Kasper Schmeichel, Callum Osmand, Adam Montgomery, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota each ruled out. 

The Bhoys volition beryllium hoping in-form striker Daizen Maeda tin pb them to glory connected Saturday, with the Japanese guardant having scored 7 goals successful his past 5 appearances for Celtic. 

Maeda should beryllium joined by an unchanged onslaught of Yang Hyun-Jun, Benjamin Nygren and Sebastian Tounekti, portion the remainder of the broadside that started successful the triumph against Motherwell should besides feature.

Hearts are likewise acceptable to beryllium without 8 players owed to injury, including Craig Gordon, Oisin McEntee, Tomas Magnusson, Calem Nieuwenhof, Ageu, Finlay Pollock, Craig Halkett and Marc Leonard. 

The Jambos recorded a ascendant 3-0 triumph against Falkirk successful midweek, and McInnes whitethorn trust connected the aforesaid starting 11 to debar decision and triumph the Scottish Premiership rubric connected Saturday.

Celtic imaginable starting lineup:

Sinisalo; Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; McGregor, Engels; Hyun-Jun, Nygren, Tounekti; Maeda

Hearts imaginable starting lineup:

Schwolow; Steinwender, Kent, Findlay, Milne; Kyziridis, Baningime, Devlin, Spittal; Shankland, Braga

We say: Celtic 1-1 Hearts

Celtic volition gully spot from an electrical location crowd, portion Hearts volition trust connected their league-best defence and awesome grounds successful this fixture to pb them to glory. 

Despite the sizeable vantage of playing astatine Celtic Park, we judge McInnes' men volition person conscionable capable to debar decision and yet unafraid a celebrated Scottish Premiership rubric triumph.

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