GLASGOW. Hearts beats Celtic with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Shankland (15′) and a goal from S. Kingsley (30′). Celtic was surely superior in terms of ball possession (77%).
The match was played at the Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Kevin Clancy assisted by David Roome and Jonathan Bell. The 4th official was Duncan Williams. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.44 degrees Celsius or 52.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Celtic was in firm control of the ball 77% while Hearts was struggling with a 23% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Celtic was more pushing with 109 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Hearts was able to find the solution to win this match.
Celtic shot 22 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Hearts shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Celtic received 1 yellow card (Daizen Maeda ). Talking about the opposition, Hearts didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Celtic stays with 42 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Hearts will has 26 points like St. Mirren to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, Celtic will host Livingston on the 23rd of December with a 12-2 head to head record in favor of Celtic (6 draws).
Hearts will host St. Mirren on the 23rd of December with a 19-10 head to head record in favor of Hearts (12 draws).
Celtic – Formation
Celtic
46'
52'Celtic started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Joe Hart , Alistair Johnston , Cameron Carter-Vickers , Liam Scales , Greg Taylor , Matt O’Riley , Callum McGregor , David Turnbull , Mikey Johnston , Kyogo Furuhashi and Luis Palma .
The home team had on the bench: Hyeon-gyu Oh , Hyeok-kyu Kwon, Alexandro Bernabéi , Paulo Bernardo, Scott Bain, Daizen Maeda , James Forrest , Anthony Ralston and Stephen Welsh.
Substitutions
Celtic made 5 changes: Alistair Johnston for Anthony Ralston (46′), David Turnbull for Hyeon-gyu Oh (46′), Mikey Johnston for Daizen Maeda (46′), Luis Palma for Alexandro Bernabéi (62′) and Greg Taylor for James Forrest (71′).
Player of the match: Liam Scales
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Celtic was Liam Scales.
His rating is with 100 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 17 duels out of 23. He performed 1 cross.
Hearts – Formation
Hearts
30'
Hearts started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Steven Naismith played with: Zander Clark , Stephen Kingsley , Frankie Kent , Kye Rowles , Nathaniel Atkinson , Aidan Denholm , Beni Baningime , Jorge Grant , Alex Cochrane , Lawrence Shankland and Alan Forrest .
They had on the bench: Craig Gordon , Craig Halkett , Peter Haring, Yutaro Oda, Barrie McKay , Toby Sibbick , Macaulay Tait , Kyosuke Tagawa and Kenneth Vargas .
Substitutions
Hearts made 5 changes: Stephen Kingsley for Toby Sibbick (46′), Jorge Grant for Macaulay Tait (85′), Aidan Denholm for Kenneth Vargas (65′), Alan Forrest for Barrie McKay (66′) and Nathaniel Atkinson for Craig Halkett (90′).
Player of the match: Alex Cochrane
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hearts was Alex Cochrane even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 15 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 16 duels out of 17. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- St. Johnstone – Hibernian – 1-0
- St. Mirren – Motherwell – 0-0
- Ross County – Dundee – 0-1
- Livingston – Kilmarnock – 0-0
- Celtic – Hearts – 0-2
