Hearts vs Celtic stats and head-to-head

2017-18. Sun, 17 Dec 2017

HeartsHome

40Full time, half-time 2–0

CelticAway

Hearts won by 4 goals.

LLLWLLeague form, oldest to newestLWWDL

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

Tynecastle Park. Photo: daniel0685, CC BY 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Hearts have 9 scored home results and Celtic 9 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Hearts at home: 1.44 points per match (9 measured matches); Celtic away: 2.56 points per match (9 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Hearts scored 0.89 per home match (9 measured matches); Celtic scored 2.22 away (9). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.37 per club appearance across 222 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 7 of 18 pooled club appearances (38.9%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Hearts: 0 wins; Celtic: 1 wins; draws: 0.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

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 half20

Second half20

The match in numbers

HeartsCeltic

12Shots15
5Shots on target4
4Corners5
11Fouls4
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Hearts

Shots12
On target5
Goals4

42% of shots on target, 80% of those scored.

Celtic

Shots15
On target4
Goals0

27% of shots on target, 0% 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. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

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

Hearts wins

Draws

Celtic wins

Goals / meeting

5.00

5 goals in 1 meeting · small sample

Both scored

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 1.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 2.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 3.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Hearts clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Celtic clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Corners / meeting

14.00

1 with corner data · small sample

Cards / meeting

4.00

1 with card data · small sample

Celtic v HeartsSat, 5 Aug 2017 · Scottish Premiership 2017-184–1HT 1–0

Latest stored form

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

Home and away All matches

Hearts at homeDWDWWW

Sat, 10 Octv St Mirren5–0C ––– · Y –––
Sun, 6 Septv Dundee2–1C 14–2 · Y 2–4
Sat, 29 Augv St Johnstone2–1C 8–4 · Y 0–0
Thu, 20 Augv SK Rapid Wien2–2C ––– · Y –––
Sun, 16 Augv Inverness C6–2C ––– · Y –––
Thu, 13 Augv Benfica1–1C ––– · Y –––

Celtic awayWWLWWL

Sun, 13 Sept@ Rangers0–3C ––– · Y –––
Wed, 9 Sept@ St Johnstone1–0C 11–2 · Y 2–2
Sat, 5 Sept@ St Mirren2–1C 10–6 · Y 1–4
Tue, 25 Aug@ LASK1–4C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 15 Aug@ Dundee United4–0C ––– · Y –––
Sun, 9 Aug@ Kilmarnock5–1C 7–5 · Y 0–1

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.

Home and away Overall

Hearts at home, Celtic away

43%
Both teams scored
League 51%
18 + 19 matches
89%
Over 0.5 goals
League 92%
18 + 19 matches
73%
Over 1.5 goals
League 76%
18 + 19 matches
43%
Over 2.5 goals
League 49%
18 + 19 matches
24%
Over 3.5 goals
League 25%
18 + 19 matches
5%
Over 4.5 goals
League 11%
18 + 19 matches
2.3
Avg total goals
League 2.61
18 + 19 matches
62%
1st half over 0.5
League 72%
18 + 19 matches
35%
1st half over 1.5
League 31%
18 + 19 matches
9.0
Corners per match
League 10.31
18 + 19 matches
54%
Corners over 8.5
League 68%
18 + 19 matches
40%
Corners over 9.5
League 57%
18 + 19 matches
27%
Corners over 10.5
League 46%
18 + 19 matches
3.8
Cards per match
League 3.90
18 + 19 matches
46%
Cards over 3.5
League 55%
18 + 19 matches
32%
Cards over 4.5
League 35%
18 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

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, 2017-18

Home and away Overall

Hearts at home, Celtic away

Hearts (home)		Celtic (away)
6	Position	1
DWWLW	Last 5, oldest to newest	WDWLW
18	Played	19
1.72	Points per match	2.21
44%	Win %	68%
1.28	Scored / match	1.84
0.72	Conceded / match	0.84
2.00	Avg total goals	2.68
44%	Both scored	42%
56%	Clean sheets	47%
17%	Failed to score	16%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

HeartsCeltic

0.721st half scored / match0.79
0.221st half conceded / match0.42
0.562nd half scored / match1.05
0.502nd half conceded / match0.42
33%Leading at half-time37%
56%1st half over 0.568%
33%1st half over 1.537%
61%2nd half over 0.584%
44%2nd half over 1.547%
17%Scored in both halves42%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Hearts at home, Celtic away, this season.

Goals

HeartsCeltic

1.28Scored / match1.84
0.72Conceded / match0.84
2.00Match total / match2.68
83%Scored 1+84%
28%Scored 2+63%
44%Conceded 1+53%
17%Conceded 2+21%
67%Match over 1.579%
33%Match over 2.553%
17%Match over 3.532%

Shots and xG

HeartsCeltic

10.67Shots for17.26
9.61Shots against7.21
4.22On target for6.47
3.72On target against2.89
12%Shot conversion11%

Corners

HeartsCeltic

4.28Corners for6.58
3.89Corners against3.16
8.17Match total9.74
67%Over 7.574%
50%Over 8.558%
33%Over 9.547%
17%Over 10.537%
11%Over 11.526%

Cards

HeartsCeltic

2.17Cards for1.26
1.83Cards against2.42
4.00Match total3.68
83%Over 2.574%
50%Over 3.542%
33%Over 4.532%
17%Over 5.516%
13.94Fouls committed9.42

Referee this season

W Collum

Matches

Cards / match

4.17

23 matches

Over 3.5 cards

61%

23 matches

Over 4.5 cards

39%

23 matches

Fouls / match

22.13

23 matches

The table, 2017-18

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	48	82
2	Aberdeen	38	19	73
3	Rangers	38	26	70
4	Hibernian	38	16	67
5	Kilmarnock	38	2	59
6	Hearts	38	0	49
7	Motherwell	38	-6	48
8	St Johnstone	38	-11	46

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