Hearts 4-0 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 17 December 2017
Result
Hearts 4-0 Celtic
Premiership · Sunday 17 December 2017, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Hearts 4-0 Celtic: match report
Hearts won against Celtic 4-0 in the Premiership on Sunday 17 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
H. Cochrane opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Hearts's goals came from H. Cochrane (26'), Kyle Lafferty (35'), Manuel David Milinkovic (48') and Manuel David Milinkovic (76', penalty). Celtic did not score.
Discipline: Hearts received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Hearts were 5th on 24 points from 18 and Celtic 1st on 41 points from 17. Hearts went on to finish that season 6th with 49 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.
Hearts lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Hearts wins, 2 draws and 8 for Celtic.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read W-W-D-D-D and Celtic's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 26'Goal · H. Cochrane
- 34'Yellow card · Don Cowie
- 35'Goal · Kyle Lafferty
- 36'Yellow card · Leigh Griffiths
- 45'Yellow card · Kyle Lafferty
- 48'Goal · Manuel David Milinkovic
- 76'Penalty goal · Manuel David Milinkovic
Head-to-head
Team news
Hearts line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jon McLaughlin, Michael Smith, Christophe Berra, Connor Randall, Prince Bauben, Manuel David Milinkovic, D. Cowie, R. Callachan, Jamie Brandon, Harry Cochrane, Kyle Lafferty
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Jozo Simunovic, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Leigh Griffiths