Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 35

May 4, 2024 at 3pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
3 - 0
Hearts

Furuhashi (4', 21'), O'Riley (87' pen.)

FT(HT: 2-0)

Shankland (18'), Devlin (52')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between Celtic and Hearts, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Dundee 1-2 Celtic
Sunday, April 28 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Hearts

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Kilmarnock 0-0 Hearts
Saturday, April 27 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Games such as this one mean that Celtic will not get carried away in the title race, and it should sharpen their focus. Hearts have the qualities to earn a result at Celtic Park, but we feel the leaders will produce one of their most professional performances of the campaign to seal three points. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 78.07%. A draw had a probability of 13.6% and a win for Hearts had a probability of 8.28%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (9.92%) and 2-1 (8.69%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.31%), while for a Hearts win it was 1-2 (2.54%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 9.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Hearts
78.07% ( -0.59)	13.65% ( 0.16)	8.28% ( 0.42)

Both teams to score 51.7% (

1.56)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

68.95% (

0.85)

31.05% (

-0.85)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

47.55% (

0.99)

52.44% (

-1)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

93.62% (

0.06)

6.37% (

-0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

76.08% (

0.19)

23.92% (

-0.19)

Hearts Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

55.22% (

1.63)

44.77% (

-1.63)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.24% (

1.28)

80.75% (

-1.28)

Score Analysis

Celtic 78.07%

Hearts 8.28%

Draw 13.65%

Celtic	Draw	Hearts
2-0 @ 10.81% ( -0.43) 3-0 @ 9.92% ( -0.35) 2-1 @ 8.69% ( 0.06) 3-1 @ 7.97% ( 0.09) 1-0 @ 7.86% ( -0.34) 4-0 @ 6.83% ( -0.21) 4-1 @ 5.49% ( 0.08) 5-0 @ 3.76% ( -0.1) 3-2 @ 3.2% ( 0.18) 5-1 @ 3.02% ( 0.05) 4-2 @ 2.21% ( 0.13) 6-0 @ 1.73% ( -0.04) 6-1 @ 1.39% ( 0.03) 5-2 @ 1.21% ( 0.08) Other @ 3.98% Total : 78.07%	1-1 @ 6.31% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 3.49% ( 0.18) 0-0 @ 2.85% ( -0.14) Other @ 0.99% Total : 13.65%	1-2 @ 2.54% ( 0.12) 0-1 @ 2.29% ( -0) 2-3 @ 0.94% ( 0.09) 0-2 @ 0.92% ( 0.04) Other @ 1.6% Total : 8.28%