Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Celtic & Hearts face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Celtic have less rest than Hearts in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Celtic Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Hearts have had more rest.
Celtic form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.There’s a good atmosphere here at Celtic Park after three straight home wins.
Celtic's previous game was a Europa League match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Jablonec. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Previous to that game, a Premiership home match hosting Dundee in a game that was won 6-0.Celtic are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew one and lost four.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Celtic friendly games in pre-season: Celtic played five friendlies, won 2, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Celtic scored 7 goals and conceded 9 in these five games.
Hearts form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Peterhead, Inverness CT, Cove Rangers and Stirling Albion in order to reach 2nd round of League Cup. Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 4W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. Hearts are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.
It's the second away game in a row for Hearts, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus St. Mirren in the Premiership last time out. Liam Boyce, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.74. Boyce scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Celtic in the Premiership.You'll want to know how Hearts managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Hearts have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Celtic eight wins, one draw and Hearts one victory. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 3 goals |  A. Ralston 2 goals |  T. Rogić 1 goals |
Celtic missing players
Hearts missing players
| Celtic | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 47 | 28 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.2 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||