Celtic 1-2 Hibernian: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 22 February 2026
Result
Celtic 1-2 Hibernian
Premiership · Sunday 22 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Celtic 1-2 Hibernian: match report
Celtic lost to Hibernian 1-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 22 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Felix Passlack opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Celtic's goal came from Benjamin Nygren (45'). Hibernian scored through Felix Passlack (24') and Kai Andrews (87').
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Hibernian received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 54 points from 26 and Hibernian 5th on 42 points from 27. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Hibernian 5th with 57.
Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hibernian in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Benjamin Nygren of Celtic (7.7), ahead of Kieran Tierney (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 2 for Hibernian.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Hibernian's W-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Felix Passlack
- 25'Yellow card · Callum McGregor
- 45'Goal · Benjamin Nygren
- 54'Yellow card · Nicky Cadden
- 74'Red card · Auston Trusty
- 85'Yellow card · Liam Scales
- 87'Goal · Kai Andrews
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Julián Araujo, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Hyun-jun Yang, Benjamin Nygren, Sebastian Tounekti, Tomas Cvancara
Hibernian line-up (3-4-1-2)
Raphael Sallinger, Warren O'Hora, Rocky Bushiri, Jack Iredale, Felix Passlack, Miguel Chaiwa, Dan Barlaser, Nicky Cadden, Jamie McGrath, Owen Elding, Martin Boyle