Celtic vs Heart Of Midlothian match stats & report

3–1 Full time

Premiership · Scotland · Championship Group - 38 · Celtic Park, Glasgow · Ref D. Robertson

Celtic stats & fixtures · Heart Of Midlothian stats & fixtures

Celtic beat Heart Of Midlothian 3–1 in the Premiership (Championship Group - 38) on 16 May 2026. Expected goals finished 2.82–0.96. Celtic had 67% of the ball.

Celtic vs Heart Of Midlothian match statistics

CelticHeart Of Midlothian

67% Ball possession 33%
2.82 Expected goals (xG) 0.96
14 Total shots 12
5 Shots on target 2
6 Shots off target 8
3 Blocked shots 2
10 Shots inside the box 7
9 Corners 6
10 Fouls 9
2 Offsides 2
6 Yellow cards 3
465 Passes 235
82% Pass accuracy 57%
1 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

35' Yellow card A. Johnston Celtic
38' Yellow card M. Steinwender Heart Of Midlothian
43' Goal L. Shankland (assist S. Kingsley) Heart Of Midlothian
45' Penalty scored A. Engels Celtic
53' Yellow card Benjamin Nygren Celtic
58' Yellow card A. Trusty Celtic
77' Yellow card C. Devlin Heart Of Midlothian
87' Goal D. Maeda (assist Callum Osmand) Celtic
90' Goal Callum Osmand (assist C. McGregor) Celtic
90+4' Yellow card M. Saracchi Celtic
90+4' Yellow card L. Shankland Heart Of Midlothian
90+6' Yellow card D. Maeda Celtic
90+7' Yellow card C. McGregor Celtic

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Celtic

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Martin O'Neill

12 V. Sinisalo

63 Kieran Tierney 5 Liam Scales 6 A. Trusty 2 A. Johnston

27 A. Engels 42 C. McGregor

23 S. Tounekti 8 Benjamin Nygren 13 Yang Hyun-Jun

38 D. Maeda

Bench R. Doohan , J. Forrest , K. Ịheanachọ , A. Ralston , A. Oxlade-Chamberlain , M. Saracchi , L. McCowan , Dane Murray , Callum Osmand

Heart Of Midlothian

Confirmed 4-4-2 Derek McInnes

25 A. Schwolow

18 H. Milne 19 S. Findlay 15 M. Steinwender 3 S. Kingsley

23 J. Altena 6 B. Baningime 14 C. Devlin 89 A. Kyziridis

11 Pierre Landry Kaboré 9 L. Shankland

Bench R. Fulton , S. Kerjota , I. Chesnokov , Cláudio Braga , B. Spittal , A. Forrest , J. McCart , F. Kent , Christian Borchgrevink

Form guide

Celtic at home

6–2–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.9 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 8.4 per game
Shots on target: 5.6 per game

11% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Heart Of Midlothian away

3–1–6 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.2 per game
Conceded: 2.2 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 6.3 per game
Shots on target: 3.7 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Celtic vs Heart Of Midlothian head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
25 Jan 26	Heart Of Midlothian v Celtic	2–2
7 Dec 25	Celtic v Heart Of Midlothian	1–2
26 Oct 25	Heart Of Midlothian v Celtic	3–1
29 Mar 25	Celtic v Heart Of Midlothian	3–0
23 Nov 24	Heart Of Midlothian v Celtic	1–4
14 Sep 24	Celtic v Heart Of Midlothian	2–0

The full Celtic vs Heart Of Midlothian head-to-head record