Celtic 5-0 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 12 February 2020

Result

Celtic 5-0 Hearts

Premiership · Wednesday 12 February 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 5-0 Hearts: match report

Celtic beat Hearts 5-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 12 February 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Olivier Ntcham opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Celtic's goals came from Olivier Ntcham (30'), Christopher Jullien (46'), Callum McGregor (53'), Ryan Christie (67') and Jozo Simunovic (80'). Hearts did not score.

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

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 67 points from 25 and Hearts 12th on 18 points from 25. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Hearts 12th with 23.

Celtic lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Hearts in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christopher Jullien of Celtic (8.6), level with Ryan Christie (8.6).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Jozo SimunovicCeltic
  • 30'Goal · Olivier NtchamCeltic · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Jamie WalkerHearts
  • 46'Goal · Christopher JullienCeltic · 2-0
  • 53'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 3-0
  • 67'Goal · Ryan ChristieCeltic · 4-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Craig HalkettHearts
  • 80'Goal · Jozo SimunovicCeltic · 5-0
  • 86'Red card · M. LangerHearts
  • 86'Red card · Marcel LangerHearts

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Fraser Forster, Kristoffer Ajer, Jozo Simunovic, Christopher Jullien, James Forrest, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, Greg Taylor, Olivier Ntcham, Odsonne Édouard, Leigh Griffiths

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

Joel Pereira, Michael Smith, Craig Halkett, John Souttar, Ben Garuccio, Sean Clare, Andrew Irving, Anthony McDonald, Steven Naismith, Jamie Walker, Liam Boyce