Hearts replace Frankie Kent, Claudio Braga, and Blair Spittal with Stephen Kingsley, Pierre Landry Kabore, and Jordi Altena. Celtic makes no changes and fields Sinisalo, Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney, McGregor, Engels, Nygren, Yang, Tounekti, and Maeda. Hearts’ bench includes Schwolow, Steinwender, Findlay, Kingsley, Altena, Baningime, Devlin, Milne, Kyziridis, Kabore, and Shankland, with additional substitutes listed. Celtic’s home record against Hearts includes a long run of wins between 2009 and 2023, followed by more mixed results since. Celtic’s recent performance included a penalty decision in a win over Motherwell, while Hearts won 3-0 against Falkirk. The referee is Don Robertson.
"Three changes for Hearts, who drop Frankie Kent, Claudio Braga and Blair Spittal to the bench and bring Stephen Kingsley, Pierre Landry Kabore and Jordi Altena. No changes for Celtic. Share Celtic: Sinisalo, Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney, McGregor, Engels, Nygren, Yang, Tounekti, Maeda. Subs: Doohan, McCowan, Iheanacho, Osmand, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Saracchi, Murray, Forrest, Ralston. Hearts: Schwolow, Steinwender, Findlay, Kingsley, Altena, Baningime, Devlin, Milne, Kyziridis, Kabore, Shankland."
"Ahead of this game Martin O'Neill was asked what he made of the furore surrounding that penalty: Am I surprised? No, I'm not surprised because everybody wants Hearts to win. It's really as simple as that. Everybody outside Celtic and the Celtic diaspora wants Hearts to win. And if it wasn't Hearts, it would to be Rangers, it'd be somebody else, that's the nature of it. Spare me the Celtic-against-the-world schtick, please. But it is undeniable that the overwhelming majority of neutrals would like to see someone other than Celtic and Rangers win the Scottish title, and this Hearts side seems pretty likeable."
"Share And so the day has come, the day when decisions will be made and champions determined. Hearts play Celtic at Celtic Park needing to avoid defeat to seal the title. Celtic's record against Hearts at home? Well there was a run of 23 wins in 24 games between 2009 and 2023 (and they drew the other one). but since then it's three wins for Celtic and two for Hearts, including their previous meeting this season, back in December. Celtic's form is remarkable, but then this week they were unconvincing and needed a horror penalty decision to beat Motherwell 3-2, while Hearts outplayed Falkirk and won 3-0."
"Here's Derek McInnes on today: It's a perfect ending to a season for the league, for Scottish football, for drama and excitement ... It's pure box office. It'll"
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