EDINBURGH. Hearts prevails over Celtic with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by J. Grant (43′) and a goal from L. Shankland (56′).

Adam Idah didn’t convert a decisive penalty (13′). That would have allowed Celtic to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Tynecastle Park stadium in Edinburgh on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. In front of 17,748 spectators.​ The referee was Don Robertson with the collaboration of Daniel McFarlane and Ross MacLeod. The 4th official was Graham Grainger. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.83 degrees Celsius or 44.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Hearts was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Celtic that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Hearts had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hearts won the match​.

Hearts shot 14 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Celtic shot 17 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Hearts received 2 yellow cards (Macaulay Tait and Alex Cochrane ). On the other side, Celtic received 2 yellow cards (Daniel Kelly and Alistair Johnston).

Also, Celtic didn’t end the match with 11 players after Hyun-jun Yang (Celtic) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (16′).

Standings

After this match, Hearts has 55 points to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Celtic will stays with 68 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Hearts will play away against Ross County on the 16th of March with a 12-2 head to head in favor of Hearts (14 draws).

Celtic will host St. Johnstone on the 16th of March with a 38-4 head to head statistic in favor of Celtic (8 draws).

Hearts – Formation

Hearts started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Steven Naismith decided to play with the following team: Zander Clark (8.8), Toby Sibbick (7.0), Stephen Kingsley (7.7), Kye Rowles (7.7), Dexter Lembikisa (7.7), Calem Nieuwenhof (7.5), Beni Baningime (7.1), Jorge Grant (7.7), Alex Cochrane  (6.6), Lawrence Shankland (7.3) and Alan Forrest (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Craig Gordon  , Nathaniel Atkinson , Cammy Devlin (6.4), Aidan Denholm, Finlay Pollock, Macaulay Tait (6.8), Scott Fraser, Kyosuke Tagawa (6.4) and James Wilson.

Hearts could not rely on the presence of Cammy Devlin (injured).

Substitutions

Hearts made 4 changes: Jorge Grant for Macaulay Tait (71′), Alan Forrest for Kyosuke Tagawa (79′), Beni Baningime for Aidan Denholm (88′) and Calem Nieuwenhof for Cammy Devlin (79′).

Player of the match: Zander Clark​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hearts was the goalkeeper: Zander Clark. His rating is 8.77. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.

Celtic – Formation

Celtic started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Brendan Rodgers played with: Joe Hart (7.0), Alistair Johnston (6.7), Cameron Carter-Vickers (7.5), Liam Scales (7.3), Greg Taylor (6.8), Matt O’Riley (8.1), Tomoki Iwata (6.7), Paulo Bernardo (6.8), Hyun-jun Yang (4.3), Adam Idah (6.4) and Daizen Maeda  (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Gustaf Lagerbielke, Luis Palma, Kyogo Furuhashi (6.8), Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn, Odin Thiago Holm, Scott Bain, Daniel Kelly (6.7), Anthony Ralston and Stephen Welsh.

Substitutions

Celtic made only 1 change substituting Paulo Bernardo for Kyogo Furuhashi (46′)​.

Player of the match: Matt O’Riley​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Celtic was Matt O’Riley.

His rating is 8.1 with 55 passes (85% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 13 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​

• Hearts – Celtic – 2-0