Celtic 2-0 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 21 December 2013

Result

Celtic 2-0 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 21 December 2013, 12:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Celtic 2-0 Hearts: match report

Celtic beat Hearts 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 21 December 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.

Kris Commons opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Celtic's goals came from Kris Commons (64') and James Forrest (90+3'). Hearts did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Hearts received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 41 points from 15 and Hearts 12th on 12 points from 16. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Hearts 8th with 39.

Celtic lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Hearts in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 1 for Hearts.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 57'Yellow card · Jamie WalkerHearts
  • 60'Yellow card · J. HamillHearts
  • 64'Goal · Kris CommonsCeltic · 1-0
  • 75'Yellow card · A. KingHearts
  • 90+1'Yellow card · David SmithHearts
  • 90+3'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 9, draws 0, Hearts 1.

Team news

Celtic expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Fraser Forster, Efe Eric Ambrose, Virgil van Dijk, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Mikael Lustig, Beram Kayal, Joe Ledley, Georgios Samaras, James Forrest, Teemu Pukki

Hearts expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Jamie MacDonald, Kevin McHattie, Dylan McGowan, Andy Webster, Jamie Hamill, J. Holt, Ryan Stevenson, Jamie Walker, Mehdi Taouil, Michael Ngoo, John Sutton