Celtic 4-1 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 7 May 2022

Result

Celtic 4-1 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 7 May 2022, 11:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Celtic 4-1 Hearts: match report

Celtic won against Hearts 4-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 7 May 2022. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Ellis Simms opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Celtic's goals came from Daizen Maeda (30'), Kyogo Furuhashi (37'), M. O'Riley (69') and Georgios Giakoumakis (90'). Hearts scored through Ellis Simms (3').

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Hearts received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 86 points from 35 and Hearts 3rd on 61 points from 35. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Hearts 3rd with 61.

Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Hearts in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Greg Taylor of Celtic (7.8), level with Callum McGregor (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 1 for Hearts.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Ellis SimmsHearts · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Daizen MaedaCeltic · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Toby SibbickHearts
  • 37'Yellow card · Peter HaringHearts
  • 37'Goal · Kyogo FuruhashiCeltic · 2-1
  • 69'Goal · M. O'RileyCeltic · 3-1
  • 90'Goal · Georgios GiakoumakisCeltic · 4-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Celtic 2, draws 0, Hearts 1.

Team news

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Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Anthony Ralston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Carl Starfelt, Greg Taylor, Matt O'Riley, Callum McGregor, David Turnbull, Jota, Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda

Hearts line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig Gordon, Nathaniel Atkinson, Taylor Moore, Stephen Kingsley, Alex Cochrane, Peter Haring, Toby Sibbick, Josh Ginnelly, Liam Boyce, Barrie McKay, Ellis Simms