Celtic 4-1 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 5 August 2017

Result

Celtic 4-1 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 5 August 2017, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 4-1 Hearts: match report

Celtic won against Hearts 4-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 5 August 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Celtic's goals came from Leigh Griffiths (29'), Scott Sinclair (51'), Leigh Griffiths (63') and Callum McGregor (73'). Hearts scored through Esmaël Gonçalves (84').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Hearts received 3 yellow cards.

Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Hearts 6th with 49.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hearts in a 4-5-1.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic
  • 29'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Kyle LaffertyHearts
  • 44'Yellow card · Michael SmithHearts
  • 51'Goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 2-0
  • 63'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 3-0
  • 68'Yellow card · R. GrzelakHearts
  • 73'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 4-0
  • 84'Goal · Esmaël GonçalvesHearts · 4-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig Gordon, Jozo Simunovic, Mikael Lustig, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Leigh Griffiths

Hearts line-up (4-5-1)

Jack Hamilton, Michael Smith, Aaron Hughes, Christophe Berra, Rafal Grzelak, Prince Bauben, Arnaud Djoum, D. Cowie, Jamie Brandon, Lewis Moore, Kyle Lafferty