Celtic 5-0 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 25 August 2007

Result

Celtic 5-0 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 25 August 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Celtic 5-0 Hearts: match report

Celtic beat Hearts 5-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 25 August 2007. The half-time score was 2-0.

Celtic's goals came from an own goal by Christophe Berra (9'), M. Donati (22'), Scott Brown (61'), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (63', penalty) and Shunsuke Nakamura (79'). Hearts did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 7 points from 3 and Hearts 9th on 2 points from 3. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Hearts 8th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 3 for Hearts.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-D and Hearts's D-D-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Own goal · Christophe BerraCeltic · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · M. DonatiCeltic · 2-0
  • 61'Goal · Scott BrownCeltic · 3-0
  • 63'Penalty goal · Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkCeltic · 4-0
  • 79'Goal · Shunsuke NakamuraCeltic · 5-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Celtic 4, draws 1, Hearts 3.

Team news

Celtic expected line-up

Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Paul Telfer, Aiden McGeady, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Artur Boruc, Neil Lennon, Shunsuke Nakamura, Darren O'Dea