Celtic 1-1 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 13 December 2008

Result

Celtic 1-1 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 13 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Celtic 1-1 Hearts: match report

Celtic drew with Hearts 1-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 13 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Andy Driver opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Celtic's goal came from S. McManus (79'). Hearts scored through Andy Driver (23').

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Hearts received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 43 points from 17 and Hearts 4th on 29 points from 16. Celtic went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Hearts 3rd with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 3 for Hearts.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Hearts's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · R. NeilsonHearts
  • 23'Goal · Andy DriverHearts · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Laryea KingstonHearts
  • 79'Goal · S. McManusCeltic · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · János BaloghHearts

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 6, draws 1, Hearts 3.

Team news

Celtic expected line-up (4-4-2)

Stephen McManus, Barry Robson, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, Scott Brown, G. Caldwell, Andreas Hinkel, Mark Wilson, Shunsuke Nakamura, Shaun Maloney, Paul Hartley