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

Sun 7th Dec, 15:00 BST, Celtic Park, Glasgow

Sunday afternoon sees Martin O'Neill’s Celtic and Derek McInnes’s Heart of Midlothian go head to head in a Premiership clash at the Celtic Park. In this preview you'll find odds from leading bookmakers for the 17 biggest betting markets as well as predictions, statistics and head-to-head data for the two sides. You can access it all using the tabs below.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our top tip on this one, meaning that the sides will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during 90 minutes. Both Celtic and Hearts's current form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.20.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Celtic are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 55% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.57.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Celtic 55%	4/7	4/7
Draw 24%	14/5	16/5
Hearts 21%	5/1	9/2
Celtic 1-0 12%	13/2	6/1
Draw 1-1 11%	13/2	13/2
Celtic 2-0 10%	7/1	6/1
Celtic 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Draw 0-0 7%	11/1	9/1
Hearts 1-0 7%	16/1	11/1
Celtic 3-0 6%	10/1	9/1
Celtic 3-1 6%	11/1	10/1
Hearts 2-1 6%	18/1	14/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	12/1
Hearts 2-0 3%	33/1	20/1
Celtic 3-2 3%	22/1	18/1
Celtic 4-0 3%	20/1	16/1
Celtic 4-1 2%	22/1	16/1
Hearts 3-1 2%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 51%	4/5	8/11
Under 2.5 Goals 49%	1/1	1/1
Home 1st Goal 55%	1/2	10/21
Away 1st Goal 41%	7/4	2/1
No 1st Goal 4%	11/1	9/1
BTTS - Yes 51%	4/5	5/6
BTTS - No 49%	19/20	10/11
BTTS - Home Win 24%	9/4	9/4
BTTS - Draw 17%	4/1	17/4
BTTS - Away Win 10%	10/1	8/1
Home/draw 79%	1/8	1/7
Away/draw 45%	13/10	11/8
Home/away 76%	1/4	2/9
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	1/4	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	3/1	11/4
Over 3.5 Goals 29%	2/1	9/5
Under 3.5 Goals 71%	2/5	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	9/2	4/1
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1/7	1/7
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	10/1	17/2
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/20	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/20	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	10/1	9/1
Home DNB 72%	1/5	1/5
Away DNB 38%	10/3	3/1
Celtic win to nil 31%	13/8	-
Hearts win to nil 11%	10/1	-
Celtic / Celtic 34%	11/8	11/8
Celtic / Hearts 2%	40/1	28/1
Celtic / Draw 5%	14/1	14/1
Draw / Celtic 19%	10/3	16/5
Draw / Hearts 7%	11/1	9/1
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2	19/4
Hearts / Celtic 4%	20/1	16/1
Hearts / Hearts 9%	17/2	7/1
Hearts / Draw 5%	16/1	12/1

Win / draw / win Premiership table

Celtic have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 2nd position in the league. Celtic have a shocking record against teams above them in the league, they have lost all 1 matches and failed to score in 0 of those games. Celtic are unbeaten at home after 7 games and have kept 6 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

Home league performance

Celtic have played 7 games at home, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 2 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Hearts lay in 1st place on 32 points in the Premiership league table having played 15 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 5 and losing 1 game. They have scored 30 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Hearts have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Hearts have played 7 away games, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 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	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Hearts	15	18	32	Dec 7	l 3-1A	-	Jan 25	-	-	-	-
2	Celtic	14	15	32	-	-	-	-	w 3-1F	Dec 7	Jan 25	-
3	Motherwell	15	7	23	w 3-2F	Dec 30	Mar 14	-	d 3-3A	d 0-00-0	Apr 11	-
4	Rangers	14	6	23	Jan 3	d 0-00-0	-	Mar 1	Dec 21	w 0-2F	-	Feb 14
5	Hibernian	15	6	21	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F	Feb 21	-	w 1-0F	Dec 27	Feb 11	-
6	Falkirk	15	-2	21	w 4-0F	Jan 14	Feb 1	-	w 3-0F	Dec 13	Feb 21	-
7	Aberdeen	14	-2	18	Dec 21	w 0-2F	-	Feb 4	w 2-0F	l 1-0A	Feb 28	-
8	Dundee Utd	14	-2	16	Jan 10	Dec 17	-	Mar 21	d 1-1F	w 2-3F	-	Jan 31
9	Kilmarnock	15	-11	12	w 4-0F	w 1-2F	-	Feb 14	d 1-1F	w 0-3F	-	Mar 14
10	Dundee	15	-14	12	w 1-0F	l 2-0A	-	Apr 4	w 4-0F	Jan 11	Mar 21	-
11	St. Mirren	14	-10	11	w 1-0F	w 0-1F	Apr 11	-	Jan 14	d 2-2A	-	Feb 4
12	Livingston	14	-11	8	w 3-0F	Dec 27	Feb 11	-	Jan 3	w 1-2A	-	Apr 4

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

6 / 20

Clean sheets

14 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Celtic	5 - 1	Kilmarnock
Celtic	3 - 0	Hearts
Celtic	2 - 3	Rangers
Celtic	5 - 1	Aberdeen
Celtic	3 - 0	Dundee Utd
Celtic	6 - 0	Dundee
Celtic	2 - 0	Dundee Utd
Celtic	3 - 0	St. Mirren
Celtic	4 - 0	St. Johnstone
Celtic	4 - 0	Motherwell
Celtic	3 - 0	Hibernian

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Celtic	1 - 0	Dundee
A	Celtic	2 - 1	Hibernian
A	Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren
H	Celtic	4 - 0	Kilmarnock
H	Celtic	4 - 0	Falkirk
A	Celtic	1 - 3	Hearts
A	Celtic	0 - 2	Dundee
H	Celtic	3 - 2	Motherwell
H	Celtic	0 - 0	Hibernian
A	Celtic	2 - 1	Kilmarnock
A	Celtic	0 - 0	Rangers
H	Celtic	3 - 0	Livingston
A	Celtic	2 - 0	Aberdeen
H	Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren
H	Celtic	1 - 1	St. Mirren
A	Celtic	5 - 1	Aberdeen
H	Celtic	3 - 1	Hibernian
A	Celtic	1 - 1	Rangers
A	Celtic	5 - 0	Dundee Utd
H	Celtic	5 - 1	Kilmarnock

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Motherwell	0 - 0	Hearts
Celtic	3 - 0	Hearts
Hibernian	2 - 1	Hearts
St. Johnstone	1 - 2	Hearts
Dundee	0 - 6	Hearts
Aberdeen	0 - 0	Hearts
Dundee Utd	0 - 1	Hearts
Ross County	2 - 2	Hearts
Kilmarnock	1 - 0	Hearts
Rangers	1 - 0	Hearts
St. Johnstone	1 - 2	Hearts

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Celtic have beaten Hearts in 3 consecutive home league meetings

Celtic have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive home league meetings with Hearts

Celtic

Hearts

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

17 / 19

8 / 19

Clean sheets

11 / 19

2 / 19

CEL

HEA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Celtic
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

15 / 19

16 / 19

Clean sheets

3 / 19

4 / 19

CEL

HEA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Hearts
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 5 consecutive Premiership outings. Their PG of 1.7 against Heart of Midlothian on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Celtic 2nd	Hearts 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% probability that Celtic will score 1 or more goals	0 38% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 75% probability of Hearts scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+15 Celtic have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted	+7 Hearts’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	3.0 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	0.5 conceded	0.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2025/2026 season

CEL

HEA

16%

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Games scored	11		13
Failed to score	3		2
Scored first	10		10
Goals scored	24		30
Avg. goals scored	1.7		2
Avg. shots per game	12		11
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	14		18
Avg. XG for	2.2		1.7
KickOff rating		+16%

21%

better

CEL

HEA

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Games conceded	5		8
Clean sheets	9		7
Conceded first	2		4
Goals conceded	9		12
Avg. goals conceded	0.6		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	5		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		8
Conversion rate against	13%		12%
Avg. XG against	0.9		0.7
KickOff rating		+21%

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
14	5	2	4
K Schmeichel	B Nygren	B Nygren	L Scales

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Schmeichel GLK	14			2 -
L Scales DEF	14		1	4 -
C McGregor MID	14	2		3 -
L McCowan MID	14	1	1	1 -
B Nygren FWD	14	5	2	3 -
A Engels MID	13	2	1	3 -
R Hatate MID	12	1	2	1 -
D Maeda FWD	12	5	2	2 -
K Tierney DEF	11	1	2	-
A Ralston DEF	11			-
S Tounekti FWD	10	1		2 -
J Forrest FWD	10			-
M Saracchi DEF	8		1	-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	8		1	-
J Kenny FWD	8	4		-
C Carter-Vickers DEF	7			1 -
A Trusty DEF	7			-
M Balikwisha FWD	7		1	-
C. Donovan DEF	6		1	1 -
P Bernardo MID	4			-
K Iheanacho FWD	4	2		1 -
S Yamada FWD	4			-
D Murray DEF	3			-
A Johnston DEF	2			-
J. Simpson-Pusey DEF	1			-
H Inamura DEF	1			-
C. Osmand FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	13	2	5
B Nygren	B Nygren	B Nygren	R Hatate

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Nygren FWD	5	13	2	4
D Maeda FWD	5	12	2	3
J Kenny FWD	4	7		2
C McGregor MID	2	6		2
A Engels MID	2	2	1	1
K Iheanacho FWD	2	4		2
L McCowan MID	1	3	1	3
R Hatate MID	1	5	2	5
K Tierney DEF	1	2	2	2
S Tounekti FWD	1	3		1
L Scales DEF			1	3
A Ralston DEF		1
J Forrest FWD		2
M Saracchi DEF		3	1	2
Y Hyun-Jun FWD		4	1	1
C Carter-Vickers DEF		2		1
M Balikwisha FWD		1	1	1
C. Donovan DEF			1
P Bernardo MID		1
S Yamada FWD		1
D Murray DEF				1
A Johnston DEF				2
H Inamura DEF		1
C. Osmand FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1350	25	84
L Scales	C McGregor	L Scales

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Scales DEF	1350	10	84
C McGregor MID	990	25	42
C Carter-Vickers DEF	686	7	39
K Tierney DEF	549	15	33
A Ralston DEF	541	9	35
K Schmeichel GLK	537	1	6
R Hatate MID	534	13	33
A Trusty DEF	525	4	31
B Nygren FWD	432	17	47
A Engels MID	389	13	32
M Saracchi DEF	370	9	21
S Tounekti FWD	306	5	31
L McCowan MID	288	7	20
D Maeda FWD	238	13	34
C. Donovan DEF	224	6	19
D Murray DEF	200	6	19
J Forrest FWD	184	4	20
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	168	5	16
A Johnston DEF	159	6	12
M Balikwisha FWD	103	4	13
P Bernardo MID	94	1	3
H Inamura DEF	91	3	5
J. Simpson-Pusey DEF	72	2	5
J Kenny FWD	53	1	13
K Iheanacho FWD	39	2	6
S Yamada FWD	22	2	8
C. Osmand FWD	3		1

Hearts Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	8	4	6
S Findlay	L Shankland	A Kyziridis	C Halkett

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Findlay DEF	15	3		3 -
O McEntee DEF	15		1	2 -
H Milne DEF	15	1	3	5 -
C Devlin MID	15			4 -
C. Soares Braga FWD	15	6	1	2 -
A Kyziridis FWD	15	3	4	5 -
L Shankland FWD	14	8	1	1 -
C Halkett DEF	12	3		6 -
A Schwolow GLK	11			-
M Steinwender DEF	11			1 -
T Magnusson MID	11	1		1 -
S Kingsley DEF	10			-
B Spittal MID	10		1	-
B Baningime MID	9			1 -
A Forrest FWD	9			1 -
E Kabangu FWD	8			-
P. Kabore FWD	7	2	1	-
F Kent DEF	6			1 -
S. Kerjota FWD	6		1	-
Z Clark GLK	4			-
C Borchgrevink DEF	4			1 -
J. Wilson FWD	4			-
J McCart DEF	3			-
Ageu MID	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	21	4	4
L Shankland	C. Soares Braga	A Kyziridis	H Milne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Shankland FWD	8	17	1	1
C. Soares Braga FWD	6	21	1	3
S Findlay DEF	3	7		1
A Kyziridis FWD	3	10	4	4
C Halkett DEF	3	4
P. Kabore FWD	2	4	1	2
H Milne DEF	1	3	3	4
T Magnusson MID	1	4
O McEntee DEF		2	1	2
C Devlin MID		2		1
S Kingsley DEF		1		1
B Spittal MID		1	1
A Forrest FWD				2
E Kabangu FWD				2
F Kent DEF		1
S. Kerjota FWD		2	1	1
C Borchgrevink DEF				1
Ageu MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
934	71	129
C Devlin	C Devlin	H Milne

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Devlin MID	934	71	121
S Findlay DEF	701	8	90
H Milne DEF	586	44	129
C Halkett DEF	539	14	76
O McEntee DEF	461	26	92
A Kyziridis FWD	392	11	39
L Shankland FWD	383	10	54
S Kingsley DEF	331	14	27
A Schwolow GLK	308		5
C. Soares Braga FWD	301	10	82
B Baningime MID	296	32	49
F Kent DEF	279	9	34
M Steinwender DEF	255	11	26
B Spittal MID	244	3	15
T Magnusson MID	165	8	25
C Borchgrevink DEF	119	5	21
Z Clark GLK	98		2
A Forrest FWD	97	3	11
P. Kabore FWD	88	7	29
Ageu MID	29	1	10
S. Kerjota FWD	26	2	5
J McCart DEF	24		3
E Kabangu FWD	21		4
J. Wilson FWD	13		3