Hearts 0-2 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 18 December 2019

Result

Hearts 0-2 Celtic

Premiership · Wednesday 18 December 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

Hearts · Celtic · Premiership predictions

Hearts 0-2 Celtic: match report

Hearts lost to Celtic 0-2 in the Premiership on Wednesday 18 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-2.

Ryan Christie opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Hearts did not score. Celtic scored through Ryan Christie (28') and Olivier Ntcham (40').

Discipline: Hearts received 4 yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 11th on 12 points from 17 and Celtic 1st on 43 points from 16. Hearts went on to finish that season 12th with 23 points, and Celtic 1st with 80.

Hearts lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum McGregor of Celtic (8.2), ahead of Olivier Ntcham (7.8).

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

Going into the match Hearts's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Celtic's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic
  • 28'Goal · Ryan ChristieCeltic · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Steven MacLeanHearts
  • 40'Goal · Olivier NtchamCeltic · 0-2
  • 43'Yellow card · Kristoffer AjerCeltic
  • 43'Yellow card · L. DamourHearts
  • 63'Yellow card · Michael SmithHearts
  • 78'Yellow card · Craig HalkettHearts

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Hearts line-up (4-3-3)

Joel Pereira, Jamie Brandon, Craig Halkett, Christophe Berra, Aaron Hickey, Loïc Damour, Michael Smith, Oliver Božanić, Craig Wighton, Steven MacLean, Jake Mulraney

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

Fraser Forster, Jeremie Frimpong, Christopher Jullien, Kristoffer Ajer, Jonny Hayes, Scott Brown, Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, Ryan Christie, James Forrest, Odsonne Édouard