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Celtic v Heart of Midlothian : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 16th May, 12:30 BST, Celtic Park, Glasgow

Martin O'Neill and Derek McInnes pit their wits in the Premiership on Saturday lunch time, as Celtic face Heart of Midlothian at the Celtic Park. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, statistics for every betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) records and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are also given.

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As Martin O'Neill prepares his side for kick-off, our prediction is for a combined total of over 3 goals scored during the match. Stats imply both sides are strong in attack, and have had few problems in finding the back of the net of late. In the absense of a strong favourite to win the fixture, we think the best tip as they go head-to-head is over 2.5 goals.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Celtic are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 54% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.60.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Celtic 54%	11/20	8/13
Draw 22%	10/3	10/3
Hearts 24%	17/4	19/5
Draw 1-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Celtic 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Celtic 1-0 8%	17/2	15/2
Celtic 2-0 8%	8/1	7/1
Celtic 3-1 6%	10/1	9/1
Hearts 2-1 6%	16/1	12/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	11/1
Hearts 1-0 5%	18/1	12/1
Celtic 3-0 5%	11/1	10/1
Draw 0-0 4%	16/1	12/1
Celtic 3-2 4%	18/1	16/1
Hearts 2-0 3%	33/1	20/1
Celtic 4-1 3%	20/1	14/1
Celtic 4-0 3%	20/1	16/1
Hearts 3-1 2%	40/1	22/1
Over 2.5 Goals 60%	8/15	8/15
Under 2.5 Goals 40%	6/4	11/8
Home 1st Goal 54%	1/2	10/21
Away 1st Goal 44%	8/5	9/5
No 1st Goal 3%	16/1	12/1
BTTS - Yes 60%	8/13	13/20
BTTS - No 40%	6/5	23/20
BTTS - Home Win 29%	15/8	19/10
BTTS - Draw 18%	4/1	4/1
BTTS - Away Win 13%	15/2	6/1
Home/draw 76%	1/6	2/11
Away/draw 46%	11/8	13/10
Home/away 78%	1/5	1/5
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	1/6	1/6
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	4/1	18/5
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	13/10	13/10
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	8/13	11/20
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	3/1	29/10
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	1/4	2/9
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	6/1	6/1
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/10	1/12
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/40	1/50
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	16/1	12/1
Home DNB 70%	2/9	1/4
Away DNB 39%	3/1	13/5
Celtic win to nil 26%	2/1	-
Hearts win to nil 10%	10/1	-
Celtic / Celtic 35%	13/10	13/10
Celtic / Hearts 3%	33/1	25/1
Celtic / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Celtic 17%	15/4	19/5
Draw / Hearts 7%	11/1	9/1
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1	11/2
Hearts / Celtic 5%	18/1	14/1
Hearts / Hearts 10%	15/2	6/1
Hearts / Draw 5%	16/1	12/1

Championship Group table

Celtic have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 3rd position in the league. Celtic are winless in the 3 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 1 and won zero. Celtic have conceded 7 goals, scored 4, scored in every game and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Celtic have played 18 games at home, winning 14, drawing 1 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 40 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Hearts lay in 1st place on 80 points in the Premiership league table having played 37 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 37 games against teams below them in the table, winning 24, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored 66 goals and kept 17 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Hearts have conceded 31 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Hearts have played 18 away games, winning 9, drawing 4 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Celtic Hearts
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	Date	HOME	AWAY	HOME
1	Hearts	37	35	80	-	-	-	-
2	Celtic	33	24	67	-	-	May 16	-
3	Rangers	37	30	69	-	w 2-1A	-	-
4	Motherwell	33	23	54	-	-	d 1-1A	-
5	Hibernian	37	15	57	-	-	w 1-2A	-
6	Falkirk	33	-3	46	-	w 3-0F	-	-

Win / draw / win form

Celtic have won 6 consecutive league games

Celtic have not lost in 6 consecutive league games

Hearts have not lost in 7 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Celtic	3 - 1	Rangers
Celtic	3 - 1	Falkirk
Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren
Celtic	3 - 1	Motherwell
Celtic	1 - 2	Hibernian
Celtic	2 - 1	Livingston
Celtic	2 - 0	Falkirk
Celtic	4 - 0	Dundee Utd
Celtic	1 - 3	Rangers
Celtic	3 - 1	Aberdeen
Celtic	1 - 2	Hearts
Celtic	1 - 0	Dundee
Celtic	4 - 0	Kilmarnock
Celtic	4 - 0	Falkirk
Celtic	3 - 2	Motherwell
Celtic	0 - 0	Hibernian
Celtic	3 - 0	Livingston
Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren
Celtic	1 - 1	St. Mirren
Celtic	3 - 1	Hibernian

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Celtic	3 - 2	Motherwell
H	Celtic	3 - 1	Rangers
A	Celtic	2 - 1	Hibernian
H	Celtic	3 - 1	Falkirk
H	Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren
A	Celtic	2 - 1	Dundee
A	Celtic	0 - 2	Dundee Utd
H	Celtic	3 - 1	Motherwell
A	Celtic	2 - 1	Aberdeen
A	Celtic	2 - 2	Rangers
H	Celtic	1 - 2	Hibernian
A	Celtic	3 - 2	Kilmarnock
H	Celtic	2 - 1	Livingston
H	Celtic	2 - 0	Falkirk
A	Celtic	2 - 2	Hearts
A	Celtic	1 - 0	Falkirk
H	Celtic	4 - 0	Dundee Utd
H	Celtic	1 - 3	Rangers
A	Celtic	0 - 2	Motherwell
A	Celtic	4 - 2	Livingston

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Motherwell	1 - 1	Hearts
Hibernian	1 - 2	Hearts
Livingston	2 - 2	Hearts
Kilmarnock	1 - 0	Hearts
Rangers	4 - 2	Hearts
St. Mirren	1 - 0	Hearts
Dundee Utd	0 - 3	Hearts
Dundee	0 - 1	Hearts
Hibernian	3 - 2	Hearts
Falkirk	0 - 2	Hearts
Celtic	1 - 2	Hearts
Motherwell	0 - 0	Hearts
Aberdeen	1 - 0	Hearts
St. Mirren	2 - 2	Hearts
Kilmarnock	0 - 3	Hearts
Rangers	0 - 2	Hearts
Livingston	1 - 2	Hearts
Dundee Utd	2 - 3	Hearts
Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Hearts
Ross County	1 - 3	Hearts

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Hearts	3 - 0	Falkirk
A	Hearts	1 - 1	Motherwell
H	Hearts	2 - 1	Rangers
A	Hearts	2 - 1	Hibernian
H	Hearts	3 - 1	Motherwell
A	Hearts	2 - 2	Livingston
H	Hearts	1 - 0	Dundee
A	Hearts	0 - 1	Kilmarnock
H	Hearts	1 - 0	Aberdeen
H	Hearts	1 - 0	Falkirk
A	Hearts	2 - 4	Rangers
H	Hearts	1 - 0	Hibernian
A	Hearts	0 - 1	St. Mirren
A	Hearts	3 - 0	Dundee Utd
H	Hearts	2 - 2	Celtic
H	Hearts	2 - 0	St. Mirren
A	Hearts	1 - 0	Dundee
H	Hearts	1 - 0	Livingston
A	Hearts	2 - 3	Hibernian
H	Hearts	2 - 1	Rangers

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Celtic

Hearts

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

18 / 20

9 / 20

Clean sheets

11 / 20

2 / 20

CEL

HEA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Celtic
	1 - 2	Hearts
Celtic	3 - 0
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	3 - 0
	0 - 2	Hearts
Celtic	3 - 1
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	4 - 1
Celtic	1 - 0
Celtic	5 - 0
Celtic	3 - 1
Celtic	2 - 1
Celtic	5 - 0
Celtic	3 - 1
Celtic	4 - 1
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	4 - 0
Celtic	3 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Celtic	2 - 0

Hearts

Celtic

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

16 / 20

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

4 / 20

CEL

HEA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Hearts
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Hearts	3 - 1
	1 - 4	Celtic
Hearts	2 - 0
	1 - 4	Celtic
	0 - 2	Celtic
	3 - 4	Celtic
	1 - 2	Celtic
Hearts	2 - 1
	0 - 2	Celtic
	1 - 2	Celtic
Hearts	1 - 0
	1 - 3	Celtic
Hearts	4 - 0
	0 - 5	Celtic
	1 - 2	Celtic
	1 - 3	Celtic
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 2	Celtic
	1 - 3	Celtic

Goal Statistics

Celtic have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 6 consecutive Premiership matches. Their PG of 1.9 against Heart of Midlothian on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Celtic 3rd	Hearts 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 13% There is a 85% probability that Celtic will score 1 or more goals	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Hearts will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-3 Celtic’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+13 Hearts have scored 13% more goals when away than predicted
	2.2 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

CEL

HEA

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Games scored	32		33
Failed to score	5		4
Scored first	23		23
Goals scored	70		66
Avg. goals scored	1.9		1.8
Avg. shots per game	12		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	16		17
Avg. XG for	2.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+1%

CEL

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Games conceded	24		20
Clean sheets	13		17
Conceded first	12		13
Goals conceded	40		31
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	17%		12%
Avg. XG against	1		1
KickOff rating		+16%

Celtic v Hearts Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	16	8	12
C McGregor	B Nygren	K Tierney	L Scales

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Nygren FWD	37	16	5	3 -
L Scales DEF	36		3	12 -
C McGregor MID	36	2	2	8 -
D Maeda FWD	35	13	6	5 -
K Tierney DEF	34	6	8	2 -
R Hatate MID	30	2	2	5 -
L McCowan MID	30	1	1	2 -
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	30	8	2	1 -
A Engels MID	29	4	3	6 -
K Schmeichel GLK	26			3 -
S Tounekti FWD	26	2	2	3 -
J Forrest FWD	26	1	1	1 -
A Trusty DEF	25			3 2
A Ralston DEF	24			4 -
M Saracchi DEF	18	1	2	-
C. Donovan DEF	14		2	2 -
K Iheanacho FWD	12	5		2 -
V Sinisalo GLK	11			-
J Araujo DEF	10	1		3 -
A Oxlade-Chamberlain MID	9	2		1 -
T Čvančara FWD	9	2	1	2 -
P Bernardo MID	8			1 -
C Carter-Vickers DEF	7			1 -
M Balikwisha FWD	7		1	-
D Murray DEF	6			-
A Johnston DEF	6		1	1 -
B. Arthur DEF	4			-
C Adamu FWD	4			-
C. Osmand FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	37	8	12
B Nygren	B Nygren	K Tierney	D Maeda

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Nygren FWD	16	37	5	8
D Maeda FWD	13	32	6	12
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	8	17	2	7
K Tierney DEF	6	10	8	11
K Iheanacho FWD	5	8		3
A Engels MID	4	7	3	6
C McGregor MID	2	14	2	6
R Hatate MID	2	11	2	7
S Tounekti FWD	2	7	2	6
A Oxlade-Chamberlain MID	2	5		1
T Čvančara FWD	2	7	1	1
L McCowan MID	1	10	1	6
J Forrest FWD	1	4	1	4
M Saracchi DEF	1	4	2	3
J Araujo DEF	1	4		1
L Scales DEF		3	3	4
A Trusty DEF		2
A Ralston DEF		3
C. Donovan DEF			2	1
P Bernardo MID		1
C Carter-Vickers DEF		2		1
M Balikwisha FWD		1	1	1
D Murray DEF				1
A Johnston DEF			1	3
C Adamu FWD		1
C. Osmand FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2937	59	197
L Scales	K Tierney	L Scales

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Scales DEF	2937	31	197
C McGregor MID	2442	55	104
A Trusty DEF	1924	23	131
K Tierney DEF	1734	59	136
B Nygren FWD	1231	34	127
R Hatate MID	1117	21	56
A Ralston DEF	1102	30	92
A Engels MID	1001	31	80
K Schmeichel GLK	950	2	11
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	924	42	121
L McCowan MID	734	19	47
S Tounekti FWD	723	22	97
C Carter-Vickers DEF	685	7	39
D Maeda FWD	612	37	101
J Araujo DEF	557	18	42
M Saracchi DEF	538	10	30
V Sinisalo GLK	451		6
C. Donovan DEF	421	18	44
J Forrest FWD	366	9	38
D Murray DEF	334	8	41
A Johnston DEF	292	12	25
B. Arthur DEF	254	5	18
A Oxlade-Chamberlain MID	219	8	17
P Bernardo MID	203	7	16
T Čvančara FWD	105	2	29
M Balikwisha FWD	103	4	13
K Iheanacho FWD	86	4	21
C Adamu FWD	31	1	7
C. Osmand FWD	3		1

Hearts Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	15	8	10
C. Soares Braga	L Shankland	A Kyziridis	C Halkett

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C. Soares Braga FWD	37	14	3	2 -
A Kyziridis FWD	37	4	8	5 -
S Findlay DEF	33	5	1	5 -
A Schwolow GLK	31			1
M Steinwender DEF	31		2	3 -
C Halkett DEF	30	4		9 1
H Milne DEF	29	1	6	8 -
O McEntee DEF	28	2	3	5 -
L Shankland FWD	28	15	3	3 -
T Magnusson MID	27	3		3 -
C Devlin MID	27	2		5 -
B Baningime MID	25		1	2 1
P. Kabore FWD	24	5	2	2 -
B Spittal MID	23	2	2	3 -
S Kingsley DEF	20	2		1 -
J McCart DEF	20			1 -
F Kent DEF	19	1		2 1
S. Kerjota FWD	18		2	-
J. Altena MID	15		1	1 -
M Leonard MID	13	1	3	3 1
E Kabangu FWD	13			-
A Forrest FWD	12			1 -
I Chesnokov FWD	9	1		1 -
Ageu MID	7			1 -
C Borchgrevink DEF	5			1 -
C Gordon GLK	3			-
R Mato FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	45	8	15
L Shankland	C. Soares Braga	A Kyziridis	A Kyziridis

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Shankland FWD	15	36	3	4
C. Soares Braga FWD	14	45	3	6
S Findlay DEF	5	10	1	1
P. Kabore FWD	5	13	2	5
A Kyziridis FWD	4	25	8	15
C Halkett DEF	4	7
T Magnusson MID	3	7		1
O McEntee DEF	2	7	3	3
C Devlin MID	2	4		1
B Spittal MID	2	6	2	5
S Kingsley DEF	2	4		1
H Milne DEF	1	10	6	8
F Kent DEF	1	3
M Leonard MID	1	2	3	4
I Chesnokov FWD	1	2
M Steinwender DEF		3	2
B Baningime MID		1	1	1
J McCart DEF				1
S. Kerjota FWD		3	2	1
J. Altena MID		1	1	3
E Kabangu FWD				2
A Forrest FWD				2
Ageu MID		3
C Borchgrevink DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1499	112	226
C Devlin	C Devlin	H Milne

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Devlin MID	1499	112	224
S Findlay DEF	1460	27	189
C Halkett DEF	1330	32	212
H Milne DEF	1169	62	226
A Kyziridis FWD	980	32	122
M Steinwender DEF	861	45	126
A Schwolow GLK	853		12
O McEntee DEF	784	44	171
M Leonard MID	755	40	80
C. Soares Braga FWD	753	34	204
L Shankland FWD	741	23	94
B Baningime MID	636	55	99
B Spittal MID	613	19	62
S Kingsley DEF	585	20	55
F Kent DEF	486	14	72
T Magnusson MID	484	28	110
J McCart DEF	359	9	47
P. Kabore FWD	261	18	102
J. Altena MID	240	11	34
C Borchgrevink DEF	122	5	22
S. Kerjota FWD	113	4	14
A Forrest FWD	101	3	11
I Chesnokov FWD	81	8	20
C Gordon GLK	78		1
Ageu MID	39	2	14
E Kabangu FWD	31		8
R Mato FWD	2	1	3

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Celtic v Heart of Midlothian : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Celtic have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 3rd position in the league. Celtic are winless in the 3 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Hearts lay in 1st place on 80 points in the Premiership league table having played 37 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

Celtic v Hearts Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

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