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Celtic v Hearts, Scottish Premiership, Sat, 16 May 2026: statistics and head to head

2025-26. Sat, 16 May 2026

CelticHome
31Full time, half-time 1–1
HeartsAway

Celtic won by 2 goals.

WWWWWLeague form, oldest to newestWWDWL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Celtic Park. Photo: Zhi Yong Lee from Glasgow, UK, CC BY 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Celtic have 18 scored home results and Hearts 18 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Celtic at home: 2.39 points per match (18 measured matches); Hearts away: 1.72 points per match (18 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Celtic scored 2.22 per home match (18 measured matches); Hearts scored 1.61 away (18). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.37 per club appearance across 444 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 18 of 36 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Celtic: 5 wins; Hearts: 4 wins; draws: 1.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half11
Second half20

The match in numbers

CelticHearts
  • 14Shots12
  • 5Shots on target2
  • 9Corners6
  • 10Fouls9
  • 6Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Celtic

  • Shots14
  • On target5
  • Goals3

36% of shots on target, 60% of those scored.

Hearts

  • Shots12
  • On target2
  • Goals1

17% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

10 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

5
Celtic wins
1
Draws
4
Hearts wins
Goals / meeting
3.30
33 goals in 10 meetings
Both scored
50%
5 of 10 meetings
Over 1.5
100%
10 of 10 meetings
Over 2.5
70%
7 of 10 meetings
Over 3.5
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Celtic clean sheets
30%
3 of 10 meetings
Hearts clean sheets
20%
2 of 10 meetings
Corners / meeting
11.60
10 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.50
10 with card data
  1. Hearts v CelticSun, 25 Jan 2026 · Scottish Premiership 2025-262–2HT 0–1
  2. Celtic v HeartsSun, 7 Dec 2025 · Scottish Premiership 2025-261–2HT 0–1
  3. Hearts v CelticSun, 26 Oct 2025 · Scottish Premiership 2025-263–1HT 1–1
  4. Celtic v HeartsSat, 29 Mar 2025 · Scottish Premiership 2024-253–0HT 3–0
  5. Hearts v CelticSat, 23 Nov 2024 · Scottish Premiership 2024-251–4HT 0–0
  6. Celtic v HeartsSat, 14 Sept 2024 · Scottish Premiership 2024-252–0HT 0–0
  7. Celtic v HeartsSat, 4 May 2024 · Scottish Premiership 2023-243–0HT 2–0
  8. Hearts v CelticSun, 3 Mar 2024 · Scottish Premiership 2023-242–0HT 1–0
  9. Celtic v HeartsSat, 16 Dec 2023 · Scottish Premiership 2023-240–2HT 0–2
  10. Hearts v CelticSun, 22 Oct 2023 · Scottish Premiership 2023-241–4HT 0–2

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Celtic at home, Hearts away
  • 53%
    Both teams scored
    League 52%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 95%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 93%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 76%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 78%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 66%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 53%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 42%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 32%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 11%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 13%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 2.9
    Avg total goals
    League 2.78
    19 + 19 matches
  • 87%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 76%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 42%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 35%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 10.8
    Corners per match
    League 10.02
    19 + 19 matches
  • 79%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 70%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 66%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 58%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 50%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 46%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 4.5
    Cards per match
    League 4.11
    19 + 19 matches
  • 61%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 58%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 34%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 39%
    19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

Celtic at home, Hearts away
Celtic (home)Hearts (away)
1Position2
WWWWWLast 5, oldest to newestLDWDL
19Played19
2.42Points per match1.63
79%Win %47%
2.26Scored / match1.58
0.79Conceded / match1.21
3.05Avg total goals2.79
53%Both scored53%
47%Clean sheets32%
5%Failed to score21%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CelticHearts
  • 0.951st half scored / match0.74
  • 0.321st half conceded / match0.74
  • 1.322nd half scored / match0.84
  • 0.472nd half conceded / match0.47
  • 53%Leading at half-time32%
  • 84%1st half over 0.590%
  • 42%1st half over 1.542%
  • 84%2nd half over 0.574%
  • 68%2nd half over 1.553%
  • 58%Scored in both halves42%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Celtic at home, Hearts away, this season.

Goals

CelticHearts
  • 2.26Scored / match1.58
  • 0.79Conceded / match1.21
  • 3.05Match total / match2.79
  • 95%Scored 1+79%
  • 63%Scored 2+63%
  • 53%Conceded 1+68%
  • 21%Conceded 2+32%
  • 79%Match over 1.574%
  • 74%Match over 2.558%
  • 53%Match over 3.532%

Shots and xG

CelticHearts
  • 18.16Shots for13.89
  • 7.32Shots against11.16
  • 6.95On target for4.74
  • 2.47On target against3.68
  • 13%Shot conversion11%

Corners

CelticHearts
  • 7.68Corners for5.74
  • 3.68Corners against4.42
  • 11.37Match total10.16
  • 90%Over 7.590%
  • 79%Over 8.579%
  • 68%Over 9.563%
  • 58%Over 10.542%
  • 58%Over 11.516%

Cards

CelticHearts
  • 2.00Cards for2.32
  • 1.79Cards against2.79
  • 3.79Match total5.11
  • 74%Over 2.595%
  • 42%Over 3.579%
  • 26%Over 4.542%
  • 16%Over 5.542%
  • 12.74Fouls committed12.00
Referee this season
D Robertson
Matches
22
Cards / match
3.86
22 matches
Over 3.5 cards
55%
22 matches
Over 4.5 cards
23%
22 matches
Fouls / match
23.27
22 matches

The table, 2025-26

#ClubPGDPts
1Celtic383282
2Hearts383380
3Rangers383372
4Motherwell382361
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