The visiting Celtic side should be favourites in this visit to Hearts, as the away team holds a 31 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Hearts nor Celtic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts's results here at Tynecastle Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 182 minutes without scoring a league goal. S. MacLean was the last player to find the net.
The Hearts fans got no joy from their last match, a Premiership game also here at Tynecastle Park: A 0-1 defeat against St. Johnstone (placed 10th). Heartbreak before that as Hearts lost 0-1 at Motherwell's place.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hearts as they are travelling to their away game against Hamilton Academical in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Hearts are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Hearts's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic, who have the most scored goals (48) in Premiership, have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games. Celtic have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of eight victories in a row regardless of arena. Celtic has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Celtic won their last game, 2-0 versus Hibernian played at home. A 0-2 defeat away at CFR Cluj before that.
After this away game Celtic return home for a Premiership game against Aberdeen. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Celtic have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 17 goals from 7 away matches. It's not easy to score on Celtic as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Celtic - Hearts 3-1 earlier this season. Hearts-Celtic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hearts 2 wins, Celtic 8 wins, 0 draws. 9 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 
O. Édouard
10 goals
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R. Christie
9 goals
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J. Forrest
7 goals
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Hearts missing players
Celtic missing players
| Hearts | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 17 | 48 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 94% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 56% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 56% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 1.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 3.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 153 | 84 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 110 | 251 |
| 58 | 36 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 38 | 106 |
| 28% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 45% | 45% |
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Celtic has the most clean sheets (9)
- Celtic has the most scored goals (48)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the first half (21)
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+39)
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Hearts.
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Celtic is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Hearts has the fewest points (7) at home
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 39 | 43 |
| 2 | Rangers | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 37 | 41 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 7 | Ross County | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -15 | 20 |
| 8 | Livingston | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 15 |
| 11 | Hearts | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 12 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 12 |