Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 18

Dec 16, 2023 at 3pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
0 - 2
Hearts

Maeda (52')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Shankland (15'), Kingsley (30')

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers bemoans lack of "desire" and "passion" in Hearts loss

Brendan Rodgers expressed his disappointed at the lack of "desire" and "passion" shown by his Celtic players in Saturday's 2-0 home defeat to Hearts in the Scottish Premiership.

Dec 16, 22:53

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between Celtic and Hearts, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Celtic 2-1 Feyenoord
Wednesday, December 13 at 8pm in Champions League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Hearts

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Aberdeen 2-1 Hearts
Saturday, December 9 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Aiming to avoid another slip which could see Rangers move within touching distance of top spot, Celtic should have more than enough quality, even without several key men, to get past Hearts on home turf this weekend. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 71.58%. A draw had a probability of 16.5% and a win for Hearts had a probability of 11.93%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.19%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.42%) and 3-0 (8.47%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.56%), while for a Hearts win it was 1-2 (3.49%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 1.4% likelihood.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Hearts
71.58% ( -0.17)	16.49% ( 0.14)	11.93% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 55.33% (

-0.47)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

66.35% (

-0.63)

33.65% (

0.63)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

44.53% (

-0.72)

55.47% (

0.73)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

91.73% (

-0.18)

8.27% (

0.19)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

71.12% (

-0.47)

28.88% (

0.48)

Hearts Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.32% (

-0.39)

39.68% (

0.39)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.64% (

-0.36)

76.36% (

0.37)

Score Analysis

Celtic 71.57%

Hearts 11.93%

Draw 16.49%

Celtic	Draw	Hearts
2-0 @ 10.19% ( 0.15) 2-1 @ 9.42% ( 0.04) 3-0 @ 8.47% ( 0.04) 1-0 @ 8.18% ( 0.19) 3-1 @ 7.83% ( -0.04) 4-0 @ 5.28% ( -0.02) 4-1 @ 4.88% ( -0.07) 3-2 @ 3.62% ( -0.06) 5-0 @ 2.63% ( -0.04) 5-1 @ 2.43% ( -0.06) 4-2 @ 2.26% ( -0.06) 5-2 @ 1.12% ( -0.04) 6-0 @ 1.09% ( -0.03) 6-1 @ 1.01% ( -0.03) Other @ 3.17% Total : 71.57%	1-1 @ 7.56% ( 0.1) 2-2 @ 4.36% ( -0.03) 0-0 @ 3.28% ( 0.11) 3-3 @ 1.12% ( -0.03) Other @ 0.18% Total : 16.49%	1-2 @ 3.49% ( 0.01) 0-1 @ 3.03% ( 0.07) 0-2 @ 1.4% ( 0.02) 2-3 @ 1.34% ( -0.02) 1-3 @ 1.08% ( -0.01) Other @ 1.59% Total : 11.93%