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Hearts need to avoid defeat to win first title since 1960 - win for Celtic would clinch fifth championship in row
Shankland heads in deep corner to give Hearts lead
Engels levels from spot after Tierney cross hits Kyziridis' hand
Falkirk 2-4 Rangers - Chermiti brace before Butland error; Gassama adds third & Miller pulls one back from spot before Chermiti completes hat trick
Hibs 0-1 Motherwell - Fadinger has visitors on course for fourth; Welsh has second ruled out
Hibernian 0-1 Motherwell
A lifeline for Hibernian. Referee Nick Walsh is called to the monitor to look at Elijah Just holding Hibs goalkeeper Raphael Sallinger.
The referee says it's a foul, and it remains 1-0.
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
James Forrest is on for Yang Hyun-jun.
Is Celtic medal number 27 in the post for the substitute?
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Kieran Tierney's delivery is easily gathered by Alexander Schwolow.
Hearts break and win a corner of their own, but Stephen Kingsley puts way too much on it.
Stephen Welsh
Finally the second goal arrives for Motherwell.
An inswinging corner is palmed into the air by goalkeeper Raphael Sallinger, and it drops for Welsh to head into the net.
However, they are checking for a foul on the goalkeeper...
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Another Celtic corner.
Alexandros Kyziridis is on his feet and back in the action.
Hibernian 0-1 Motherwell
Motherwell should be out of sight at Easter Road.
Tawanda Maswanhise has a shot saved by Raphael Sallinger after the Steelmen had a three v two on the break.
Then a woeful pass back from Hibs almost lets Elijah Just score, but Sallinger saves again.
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Alexandros Kyziridis is on the deck and Auston Trusty is in the ref's book.
The Greek winger looks in pain.
Are Hearts going to lose another player to injury?
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
A couple of Celtic corners in quick succession. The home crowd are finding their voices again.
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Allan Preston
Former Hearts defender on BBC Sportsound
You can see Iheanacho is dangerous. He's coming off, he's linking up, he's turning.
That wasn't happening in the first half.
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Alexandros Kyziridis wastes the free-kick with a terrible shot.
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Benjamin Nygren is cautioned as he impedes Pierre Landry Kabore's run towards the Celtic penalty box.
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Chris Sutton
Former Celtic striker on Sky Sports
Celtic have got to move the ball quickly after those changes and get two-on-ones in wide areas.
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
The game is over for Beni Baningime and he looks distraught as he limps off.
Blair Spittal is ready to come on for Hearts.
Image source, PA MediaCeltic 1-1 Hearts
Uh-oh. Concern for Hearts as midfielder Beni Baningime goes down off the ball.
Looks like a hamstring issue.
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Around 60 seconds into the second half, Hearts centre-half Frankie Kent takes over from full-back Jordi Altena.
Is that a direct response to the arrival of Kelechi Inecacho?
Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Here we go again.
Celtic have made a change, with striker Kelechi Iheanacho on for winger Sebastian Tounekti.
HT: Celtic 1-1 Hearts
This is how the Tynecastle Arms reacted to Lawrence Shankland's header.
Hearts fans in Edinburgh react to Shankland's opener
Youssef Chermiti
Chermiti has his hat-trick.
Tuur Rommens finds space to race down the left flank and delivers a dangerous cross that Chermiti meets with a powerful header to claim his third goal and restore Rangers' two-goal advantage.
HT: Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Lawrence Shankland has now scored the opening goal in six Premiership matches this season.
That also takes the captain's tally to 20.
Image source, SNSHT: Celtic 1-1 Hearts
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 67 | 32 | 35 | 81 |
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| 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 71 | 41 | 30 | 80 |
| |
| 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 75 | 43 | 32 | 72 |
| |
| 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 59 | 36 | 23 | 61 |
| |
| 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 58 | 44 | 14 | 57 |
| |
| 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 61 | -11 | 49 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 59 | -11 | 44 |
| |
| 37 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 52 | -14 | 40 |
| |
| 37 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 59 | -20 | 39 |
| |
| 37 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 46 | 67 | -21 | 37 |
| |
| 37 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 54 | -25 | 33 |
| |
| 37 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 39 | 71 | -32 | 21 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 28 | 30 | 70 |
| |
| 33 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 66 | 31 | 35 | 69 |
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| 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 59 | 35 | 24 | 67 |
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| 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 29 | 23 | 54 |
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| 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 14 | 51 |
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| 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 48 | -3 | 46 |
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| 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 45 | 54 | -9 | 40 |
| |
| 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 48 | -15 | 33 |
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| 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 53 | -19 | 33 |
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| 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 48 | -21 | 30 |
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| 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 65 | -28 | 28 |
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| 33 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 66 | -31 | 16 |
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Manager:Martin O'Neill
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Formation:4 - 4 - 2
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A win for Celtic in this match will see them crowned Scottish champions for the 56th time – overtaking Rangers (55) for the most of any side. Indeed, Celtic have won the title in 13 of the last 14 seasons, the only exception being 2020-21, when Rangers won it.
Should Heart of Midlothian avoid defeat in this match, they will be confirmed as champions. It would be their fifth Scottish top-flight title, the most of any non-Old Firm (Celtic/Rangers) club, and their first since 1959-60. Indeed, Hearts would be the first non-Old Firm side to be crowned champions of Scotland since Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen in 1984-85, and would end a run of 40 successive titles won by either Celtic or Rangers in the process.
Having already beaten Rangers three times and Celtic twice in 2025-26, Hearts could become the first side in Scottish football history to win six games against the two Old Firm clubs in a single league season.
Celtic are winless in their three league meetings with Heart of Midlothian this season (D1 L2); the last sides other than Old Firm rivals Rangers that the Hoops failed to beat in a league campaign were both Hearts and Motherwell in 1994-95.
Including the curtailed 2019-20 campaign, Celtic have only lost their final league game in one of the last 18 seasons (W14 D3), a 0-1 defeat to Aberdeen in 2017-18. In this time, they have played Hearts five times on MD38, winning the last four (D1).
After their 1-0 win over Kilmarnock last season, Hearts could win their final match in back-to-back top-flight campaigns for the first time since 2002-03/2003-04 against Dundee and Motherwell respectively.
Celtic have won each of their last six Scottish Premiership matches – their longest run of the season, while no side has yet won seven in a row in the competition in 2025-26. Should Celtic win here, seven wins would be their longest streak to finish a league season with since 2009-10, when they won their final eight in a row – the last of which was against Hearts.
The top four players in the Scottish Premiership this season for points won via their goals are Celtic duo Daizen Maeda (16) and Benjamin Nygren (13), and Hearts pair Lawrence Shankland (12) and Cláudio Braga (12). Indeed, only Tawanda Maswanhise has scored more goals overall (17) than all four of those players in the competition in 2025-26 (Nygren 16, Shankland 15, Braga 14, Maeda 13).
