Celtic 0-2 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 16 December 2023

Result

Celtic 0-2 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Celtic 0-2 Hearts: match report

Celtic lost to Hearts 0-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 16 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.

Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Celtic did not score. Hearts scored through Lawrence Shankland (15') and Stephen Kingsley (30').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Hearts received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 42 points from 17 and Hearts 6th on 23 points from 16. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Hearts 3rd with 68.

Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Hearts in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Scales of Celtic (8.1), level with Luis Palma (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 1 for Hearts.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Stephen KingsleyHearts · 0-2
  • 52'Yellow card · Daizen MaedaCeltic

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Celtic 8, draws 0, Hearts 1.

Team news

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Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Greg Taylor, Matt O'Riley, Callum McGregor, David Turnbull, Mikey Johnston, Kyogo Furuhashi, Luis Palma

Hearts line-up (3-5-2)

Zander Clark, Stephen Kingsley, Frankie Kent, Kye Rowles, Nathaniel Atkinson, Aidan Denholm, Beni Baningime, Jorge Grant, Alex Cochrane, Lawrence Shankland, Alan Forrest