Ninety
Celtic
SPFL Premiership
Show score
7 - 1
Full time
Hearts
Celtic vs Hearts: match report
Celtic hosted Heart of Midlothian at Celtic Park on Sunday 18 October 2026, in the SPFL Premiership (round 9). David Dickinson is the referee, averaging 4.2 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.
Result and scorers
Celtic 7-1 Hearts. Goals: Kieran Tierney 7' for Celtic; Benjamin Nygren 10' for Celtic; Callum Osmand 36' for Celtic; Callum Osmand 38' for Celtic; Laurent Mendy 41' for Hearts; Jamie McCart 45'+1' (own goal) for Celtic; Camilo Durán 49' for Celtic; Benjamin Nygren 83' for Celtic.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 7' Goal: Kieran Tierney (Celtic)
- 10' Goal: Benjamin Nygren (Celtic)
- 34' Yellow card: Calvin Miller (Hearts)
- 36' Goal: Callum Osmand (Celtic)
- 38' Goal: Callum Osmand (Celtic)
- 41' Goal: Laurent Mendy (Hearts)
- 45'+1' Own goal: Jamie McCart (Celtic)
- 49' Yellow card: Jota (Celtic)
- 49' Goal: Camilo Durán (Celtic)
- 51' Yellow card: Mika Baur (Celtic)
- 52' Yellow card: Colby Donovan (Celtic)
- 83' Goal: Benjamin Nygren (Celtic)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 47.9% | Possession | 52.1% |
| 18 | Shots | 20 |
| 10 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 6 | Corners | 3 |
| 17 | Fouls | 8 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Celtic 4-2-3-1
Coach: Martin O'Neill
- 1 Viljami Sinisalo GK
- 51 Colby Donovan DEF
- 47 Dane Murray DEF
- 5 Liam Scales DEF
- 63 Kieran Tierney DEF
- 42 Callum McGregor MID
- 22 Mika Baur MID
- 23 Haissem Hassan FWD
- 8 Benjamin Nygren MID
- 19 Callum Osmand FWD
- 11 Camilo Durán FWD
Bench
- 7 Jota FWD
- 12 Landon Emenalo DEF
- 21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain MID
- 9 Kasper Waarts Høgh FWD
- 49 James Forrest FWD
- 26 Sam Johnstone GK
- 6 Auston Trusty DEF
- 18 Oliver Sørensen MID
- 29 Shumaira Mheuka FWD
Hearts 4-4-1-1
Coach: Wouter Vrancken
- 1 Beau Reus GK
- 23 Jordi Altena DEF
- 64 Malachi Fagan-Walcott DEF
- 5 Jamie McCart DEF
- 3 Stephen Kingsley DEF
- 7 Calvin Miller FWD
- 78 Laurent Mendy DEF
- 6 Oisin McEntee DEF
- 15 Joshua McPake FWD
- 19 Sabri Guendouz MID
- 10 Cláudio Braga FWD
Bench
- 22 Tómas Magnússon MID
- 74 Rogers Mato FWD
- 29 Sabah Kerjota FWD
- 77 Amadou Ba-Sy FWD
- 21 James Wilson FWD
- 30 Ryan Fulton GK
- 18 Harry Milne DEF
- 17 Stuart Findlay DEF
- 9 JJ Williams FWD
Previous meetings
- Saturday 16 May 2026: Celtic 3-1 Heart of Midlothian
- Sunday 25 January 2026: Heart of Midlothian 2-2 Celtic
- Sunday 7 December 2025: Celtic 1-2 Heart of Midlothian
- Sunday 26 October 2025: Heart of Midlothian 3-1 Celtic
- Saturday 29 March 2025: Celtic 3-0 Heart of Midlothian