Match centre · H2H Stats & Game Preview
Hearts vs Celtic
25 Jan 2026, 15:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
Steven McLeanPremiership 2025/2026 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
HeartsMin
Celtic- 7′⚽
Benjamin Nygren 0-1
Goal · Free Kick
Free Kick
- ⚽
Stuart Findlay 1-1
Goal · Header
With: Marc Leonard
Header
48′ - 62′⚽
Hyun-jun Yang 1-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Tomas Cvancara
Right foot shot
- 64′
Tomas Cvancara
Yellowcard
Off the ball foul
Tómas Bent Magnússon
Yellowcard
Foul
65′- 66′⇄
Sebastian Tounekti
Substitution
Off: Tomas Cvancara
- ⇄
Sabah Kerjota
Substitution
Off: Tómas Bent Magnússon
71′ - ⇄
Oisin McEntee
Substitution
Off: Jamie McCart
71′ - 73′⇄
Dane Murray
Substitution
Off: Kieran Tierney
- 76′•
Auston Trusty
VAR_CARD · Card adjusted
- 77′
Auston Trusty
Redcard
Professional foul last man
- 77′⇄
Anthony Ralston
Substitution
Off: Hyun-jun Yang
- 79′
Julián Araujo
Yellowcard
Time wasting
Oisin McEntee
Yellowcard
Foul
82′- ⇄
Blair Spittal
Substitution
Off: Michael Steinwender
86′ - ⚽
Cláudio Braga 2-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Oisin McEntee
Right foot shot
87′ - 89′
Arne Engels
Yellowcard
Argument
Stuart Findlay
Yellowcard
Argument
89′- 89′
Callum McGregor
Yellowcard
Argument
- ⇄
James Wilson
Substitution
Off: Pierre Landry Kabore
90+4′ - 90+7′
Sebastian Tounekti
Yellowcard
Foul
- 90+8′
Kasper Schmeichel
Yellowcard
Time wasting
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.00 | |
| 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.27 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.53 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.29 | |
| 71 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.28 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | 7.22 | |
| 71 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.75 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.30 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.78 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 6.51 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.76 | |
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| 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| 19 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.83 | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 6.66 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Hearts
Latest: St. Mirren · 2–0
Match stats
14 Jan 2026, 19:45 · Home vs St. Mirren · 2025/2026
Celtic
Latest: Falkirk · 1–0
Match stats
14 Jan 2026, 19:45 · Away vs Falkirk · 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
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