Hearts 2-1 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 20 December 2009

Result

Hearts 2-1 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 20 December 2009, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Hearts 2-1 Celtic: match report

Hearts defeated Celtic 2-1 in the Premiership on Sunday 20 December 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Georgios Samaras opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Hearts's goals came from Michael Stewart (32', penalty) and Ismaël Bouzid (76'). Celtic scored through Georgios Samaras (21').

Discipline: Hearts received 5 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Hearts were 7th on 16 points from 15 and Celtic 2nd on 31 points from 15. Hearts went on to finish that season 6th with 50 points, and Celtic 1st with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hearts win, 4 draws and 5 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 0-1
  • 32'Red card · Gary CaldwellCeltic
  • 32'Penalty goal · Michael StewartHearts · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · B. RobsonCeltic
  • 71'Yellow card · Lee WallaceHearts
  • 74'Yellow card · Ismaël BouzidHearts
  • 76'Goal · Ismaël BouzidHearts · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · E. JónssonHearts
  • 84'Yellow card · José GonçalvesHearts
  • 88'Yellow card · D. TempletonHearts

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hearts 1, draws 4, Celtic 5.

Team news

Hearts line-up

Marián Kello, Eggert Gunnthor Jonsson, José Gonçalves, Rubén Palazuelos, Michael Stewart, David Templeton, Jamie Mole, Scott Robinson, Lee Wallace, Ismaël Bouzid, Craig Thomson

Celtic line-up

Danny Fox, Glenn Loovens, Landry N'Guemo, Marc Crosas, Barry Robson, Aiden McGeady, Scott McDonald, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, Andreas Hinkel, G. Caldwell