Celtic 5-0 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 3 November 2018

Result

Celtic 5-0 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 3 November 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Celtic 5-0 Hearts: match report

Celtic won against Hearts 5-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 3 November 2018. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Odsonne Edouard opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Celtic's goals came from Odsonne Edouard (18'), Filip Benkovic (26'), Odsonne Edouard (39'), James Forrest (65') and Ryan Christie (89', penalty). Hearts did not score.

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

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 22 points from 10 and Hearts 1st on 26 points from 11. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Hearts 7th with 51.

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-W-W-L and Hearts's D-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Odsonne EdouardCeltic · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Filip BenkovicCeltic · 2-0
  • 39'Goal · Odsonne EdouardCeltic · 3-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Sean ClareHearts
  • 65'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 4-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Peter HaringHearts
  • 89'Penalty goal · Ryan ChristieCeltic · 5-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Michael SmithHearts

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Celtic line-up

Craig Gordon, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Filip Benkovic, Kieran Tierney, Scott Sinclair, Ryan Christie, Tom Rogić, Callum McGregor, Odsonne Édouard, James Forrest

Hearts line-up

Zdeněk Zlámal, Michael Smith, Jimmy Dunne, Sean Clare, Clevid Dikamona, Peter Haring, Arnaud Djoum, Demetri Mitchell, Harry Cochrane, Jake Mulraney, Steven MacLean