Celtic 1-0 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 7 October 2012

Result

Celtic 1-0 Hearts

Premiership · Sunday 7 October 2012, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 1-0 Hearts: match report

Celtic defeated Hearts 1-0 in the Premiership on Sunday 7 October 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Georgios Samaras of Celtic in the 34th minute.

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Hearts received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 14 points from 7 and Hearts 9th on 9 points from 8. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Hearts 9th with 44.

Celtic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Hearts in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 2 for Hearts.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Kelvin WilsonCeltic
  • 34'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Andy DriverHearts
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Marius ZaliukasHearts

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 8, draws 0, Hearts 2.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Efe Eric Ambrose, Kelvin Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Kris Commons, Victor Wanyama, Georgios Samaras, James Forrest, Gary Hooper

Hearts line-up (4-3-3)

Jamie MacDonald, Daniel Grainger, Ryan McGowan, Andy Webster, Marius Zaliukas, Ryan Stevenson, Mehdi Taouil, Andy Driver, Arvydas Novikovas, Callum Paterson, Darren Barr