Match centre · H2H Stats & Game Preview
Hearts vs Celtic
26 Oct 2025, 12:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
Steven McLeanPremiership 2025/2026 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
HeartsMin
Celtic- ⚽
Dane Murray 1-0
Own Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
8′ - 12′⚽
Callum McGregor 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Kieran Tierney
Left foot shot
- ⚽
Alexandros Kyziridis 2-1
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
52′ - ⚽
Lawrence Shankland 3-1
Penalty · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
55′ - 60′⇄
Michel-Ange Balikwisha
Substitution
Off: Reo Hatate
- 60′⇄
James Forrest
Substitution
Off: Sebastian Tounekti
- 60′⇄
Shin Yamada
Substitution
Off: Johnny Kenny
Alexandros Kyziridis
Yellowcard
65′- ⇄
Ageu
Substitution
Off: Alexandros Kyziridis
70′ - 70′⇄
Luke McCowan
Substitution
Off: Benjamin Nygren
- ⇄
Michael Steinwender
Substitution
Off: Oisin McEntee
70′ - 75′
Arne Engels
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Tómas Bent Magnússon
Substitution
Off: Cláudio Braga
81′ Craig Halkett
Yellowcard
Foul
86′Stuart Findlay
Yellowcard
Time wasting
87′- ⇄
Elton Kabangu
Substitution
Off: Lawrence Shankland
90+1′ - ⇄
Jamie McCart
Substitution
Off: Stephen Kingsley
90+1′ Harry Milne
Yellowcard
Foul
90+4′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6.61 | |
| 70 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 6.69 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.54 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.77 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.49 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.17 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 7.25 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 7.06 | |
| 70 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 7.18 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 7.03 | |
| 81 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 7.62 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.58 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.63 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.34 |
Select a player to inspect every available typed match statistic. Ratings are provider match ratings; an unreported rating stays unavailable.
Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Hearts
Latest: Hibernian · 1–0
Match stats
4 Oct 2025, 17:45 · Home vs Hibernian · 2025/2026
Celtic
Latest: Dundee · 0–2
Match stats
19 Oct 2025, 12:00 · Away vs Dundee · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Hearts’s ground: 25 previous meetings, 7 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Hearts’s home games with Celtic’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Hearts
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Celtic
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Hearts
Celtic
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Hearts
Celtic
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Hearts
Celtic
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.