Hearts 1-3 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 6 May 2018
Result
Hearts 1-3 Celtic
Premiership · Sunday 6 May 2018, 11:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Hearts 1-3 Celtic: match report
Hearts were beaten by Celtic 1-3 in the Premiership on Sunday 6 May 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Kyle Lafferty opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Hearts's goal came from Kyle Lafferty (18'). Celtic scored through Dedryck Boyata (21'), Moussa Dembélé (51') and Scott Sinclair (90+4').
Discipline: Hearts received 4 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Hearts were 6th on 46 points from 35 and Celtic 1st on 78 points from 35. Hearts went on to finish that season 6th with 49 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.
Hearts lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hearts win, 1 draw and 8 for Celtic.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read L-L-W-D-W and Celtic's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Kyle Lafferty
- 18'Goal · Kyle Lafferty
- 21'Goal · Dedryck Boyata
- 32'Yellow card · Joaquim Adao
- 33'Yellow card · Ross Callachan
- 43'Yellow card · Callum McGregor
- 51'Goal · Moussa Dembélé
- 76'Yellow card · John Souttar
- 90+4'Goal · Scott Sinclair
Head-to-head
Team news
Hearts line-up (4-3-3)
Jon McLaughlin, Michael Smith, John Souttar, Christophe Berra, D. Cowie, R. Callachan, Demetri Mitchell, Lewis Moore, Joaquim Adao, Kyle Lafferty, Steven Naismith
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Bain, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Kristoffer Ajer, Scott Brown, Tom Rogić, Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Moussa Dembélé, Odsonne Édouard