Hearts 1-2 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Wednesday 26 January 2022
Result
Hearts 1-2 Celtic
Premiership · Wednesday 26 January 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Hearts 1-2 Celtic: match report
Hearts lost to Celtic 1-2 in the Premiership on Wednesday 26 January 2022. The half-time score was 0-2.
R. Hatate opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Hearts's goal came from Liam Boyce (62'). Celtic scored through R. Hatate (27') and Georgios Giakoumakis (35').
Discipline: Hearts received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hearts were 3rd on 39 points from 21 and Celtic 2nd on 48 points from 21. Hearts went on to finish that season 3rd with 61 points, and Celtic 1st with 93.
Hearts lined up in a 3-4-3 and Celtic in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Gordon of Hearts (7.8), ahead of Matt O'Riley (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hearts win, 0 draws and 1 for Celtic.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Celtic's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 27'Goal · R. Hatate
- 35'Goal · Georgios Giakoumakis
- 45'Yellow card · Cammy Devlin
- 45'Yellow card · Jota
- 45'Yellow card · Greg Taylor
- 53'Yellow card · N. Bitton
- 61'Yellow card · Craig Halkett
- 62'Goal · Liam Boyce
- 67'Yellow card · Liam Boyce
- 73'Missed penalty · Liam Boyce
Head-to-head
Team news
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Hearts line-up (3-4-3)
Craig Gordon, John Souttar, Craig Halkett, Stephen Kingsley, Michael Smith, Cammy Devlin, Peter Haring, Alex Cochrane, Josh Ginnelly, Liam Boyce, Barrie McKay
Celtic line-up (4-3-3)
Joe Hart, Josip Juranovic, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Carl Starfelt, Greg Taylor, Matt O'Riley, Nir Bitton, Reo Hatate, James Forrest, Georgios Giakoumakis, Jota