Celtic 2-0 Hearts: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 21 December 2013
Result
Celtic 2-0 Hearts
Premiership · Saturday 21 December 2013, 12:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Celtic 2-0 Hearts: match report
Celtic beat Hearts 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 21 December 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.
Kris Commons opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Celtic's goals came from Kris Commons (64') and James Forrest (90+3'). Hearts did not score.
Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Hearts received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 41 points from 15 and Hearts 12th on 12 points from 16. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Hearts 8th with 39.
Celtic lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Hearts in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 1 for Hearts.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Hearts's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 57'Yellow card · Jamie Walker
- 60'Yellow card · J. Hamill
- 64'Goal · Kris Commons
- 75'Yellow card · A. King
- 90+1'Yellow card · David Smith
- 90+3'Goal · James Forrest
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Fraser Forster, Efe Eric Ambrose, Virgil van Dijk, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Mikael Lustig, Beram Kayal, Joe Ledley, Georgios Samaras, James Forrest, Teemu Pukki
Hearts expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Jamie MacDonald, Kevin McHattie, Dylan McGowan, Andy Webster, Jamie Hamill, J. Holt, Ryan Stevenson, Jamie Walker, Mehdi Taouil, Michael Ngoo, John Sutton